Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
Are you passionate about driving operational excellence and creating value through proactive financial leadership? Volvo Construction Equipment is looking for a dedicated Global Finance Process Owner Tax to be part of our ERP Project One Digital Core.
Our organization's success is built on great people and teamwork. As a global company, we are driven by the purpose of building the world we want to live in, and together we develop and deliver solutions for a cleaner, smarter, and more connected world. By unleashing everyone’s full potential, we create a more sustainable future for all our stakeholders.
Your Future Team
The Volvo Construction Equipment Accounting, Tax and Internal Control team is a diverse team dedicated to driving change and making a difference. We own and drive the global compliance agenda for the Business Area, through support and security empowering informed business decisions. The team is a part of HQ Volvo CE and is within the central finance function, we provide guidance and directives to be implemented by our legal entities. You will belong to the central team but also take on the role of functional lead and process owner for tax within the ERP project organization.
You have a strong academic background in either accounting, finance, business administration or law. You bring solid experience working with tax in a multinational environment, either in-house, within a consulting firm, or at a tax authority. Over time, you have developed deep knowledge of indirect taxes such as VAT and GST, combined with a strong understanding of how tax interacts with finance processes and systems. You have also have an understanding of processes supporting transfer pricing and direct tax.
You are comfortable working at the intersection of business, finance, and IT, and have experience from finance transformation initiatives or ERP implementations such as S/4Hana. Your ability to translate complex tax requirements into practical process and system solutions is one of your key strengths. You are analytical and structured, with a proactive and problem-solving mindset, and the ability to drive initiatives forward in a global organization.
As a person, you are passionate about continuous improvement and sharing best practices. With an open and positive attitude, you drive to improve. Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
- Act as a functional leader by defining, reviewing, and ensuring the quality of tax-related processes involving multiple stakeholders.
- Key owner of securing tax practices and processes in the current ERP implementation. Including but not limited to leading process rollouts, ensuring smooth implementation, data integrity, and change management.
- Capacity to adapt to receiving organization, acknowledge cultural differences while challenging local requirements
- Ensure accurate tax determination and compliance for indirect taxes such as VAT and GST, as well as alignment with direct tax requirements where relevant
- Provide expert guidance to e.g. IT and other project stakeholders on indirect tax regulations and compliance
- Support the development of process documentation, training materials and perform training sessions for end-users
- Monitor tax-related issues throughout the project lifecycle and ensure sustainable, compliant solutions
- Collaborate closely with your extended Finance Processes Owners network to maintain clear and compliant tax procedures, supporting the entire Volvo CE network.
- Develop and share best practices, directives, and guidelines within your area of expertise.
- Coordinate decision-making and approvals for process improvements and design topics.
- Prioritize business inputs for VCE E2E ERP development and process enhancements.
The role acts as a bridge between tax, finance, and systems, ensuring that tax is fully integrated into business processes and transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess a solid knowledge of indirect taxes such as VAT and GST, along with a very good understanding of business and finance processes, tax determination and SAP or other ERP Finance systems.
Last application date: May 22
Location: Gothenburg
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Hiring Manager: Robin Wingne, Head of Accounting Volvo CE
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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
Part of Volvo Group, Volvo Construction Equipment is a global company driven by our purpose to build the world we want to live in. Together we develop and deliver solutions for a cleaner, smarter, and more connected world. By unleashing everyone’s full potential, we build a more sustainable future for all our stakeholders. Come join our team and help us build a better tomorrow.
