Junior Personal Income Tax & International Mobility Consultant (sept. 2027)

BDO Belgium; Melle; Hybrid; EUR 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Net expense allowance

Company car

Mobile phone plan

Hospitalisation insurance

Flexible working hours

Work from home options

Job summary

BDO Belgium is seeking a junior member for its International Mobility Services team in Ghent. You will support HR and finance on cross-border tax and legal matters, after a training period, and grow through client exposure and internal development programs.

The role offers a pathways to specialise in expatriate tax, international assignments, and compliance, with a focus on growth, training, and flexible work options including home-based arrangements.

Qualifications

• Graduate this year or have 1–2 years of experience.
• Fluent in Dutch and/or French and English.
• Strong, dynamic personality with pragmatic approach.
• Commercial mindset and quality oriented.

Responsibilities

• Provide confidential advice to HR and finance on tax and legal aspects of policies.
• Advise on structures for simultaneous employment across countries (salary splits).
• Advise on Belgian expat tax regime and related topics (social security, labour law).
• Support annual compliance processes (tax returns, payroll calculations).
• Advise on stock options and share plans implementation.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Dutch/French/English fluency

Job description

To join our International Mobility Services (Personal income tax) team, we are looking for a new junior member with growth potential, based in Ghent, who is a recent or upcoming graduate and can start at BDO.

Join the BDO family, a worldwide consulting firm where you can bring your own personality to your job! We help organisations grow sustainably with our expertise in audit & assurance, tax & legal, advisory and accountancy.

At BDO, you are not just a number. Your wellbeing and development are just as important to us as the personal, hands-on advice and pragmatic solutions we offer our clients. Because as you grow, so do we and so do our clients. That is why our slogan is 'Let's Grow Together'!

What will you be doing?

After an orientation and training period, you will join a team that provides confidential advice to HR and financial management on the tax and legal aspects of their (human resources) policies. Your duties include:

• Advising on and setting up structures for simultaneous employment in various countries (salary splits)
• Advising on the Belgian special tax regime for foreign executives and specialists (expats)
• Advising on the consequences of working abroad in terms of tax, social security and labour law (secondment, transfers, etc.)
• Supporting the annual compliance process (tax returns, payroll calculations, following up on procedures, etc.)
• Advising on and implementation of share-related compensation (stock options, share plans, etc.)

What do you bring to the table?

• You will graduate this year or have one or two years of experience
• You have good interpersonal and communication skills; written and spoken fluency in Dutch and/or French and English is essential
• You have a strong, dynamic personality and you are driven, committed and pragmatic
• You have a commercial mentality and are quality-oriented in your work
• You are proactive, act with integrity and enjoy taking initiative and responsibility

What do we bring to the table?

• Start in a general position and discover which types of clients, duties or specialisations suit you best. After the starters days, you will build your own career along with your other new colleagues.
• Take on increasing amounts of responsibility as the rest of your team stands by, ready to support you.
• BDO Academy’s extensive list of training courses helps you grow both personally and professionally.
• Sample projects from other Business Practices through our “flex pool”.
• Options to work from home or from the nearest office, for example, and flexible working hours.
• A competitive salary package with many attractive benefits such as a net expense allowance, company car, mobile phone plan, hospitalisation insurance, etc.
• Work at a company with an integrated sustainability policy on issues such as climate impact and equality, diversity and inclusion, which actively contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.