Senior Manager - Consumer Tax, EU Stores Tax

AMAZON UK; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Senior Tax Manager to support its European Stores business, based in London or Luxembourg. The role involves assessing tax laws, managing audits, and providing tax advice on business initiatives. Ideal candidates will have extensive tax experience and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of tax experience in Europe, primarily in corporate tax.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Assess impact of tax laws on Amazon Stores business in Europe.
• Manage tax audits and coordinate with tax authorities.
• Provide tax support for new business initiatives.

Skills

Tax experience

Communication skills

Education

Degree in law or accounting

Chartered accountant or equivalent

Graduate degree in taxation

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon seeks a Senior Tax Manager to support its European Stores business. The ideal candidate will be able to work with a high level of collegiality, functioning as a tax adviser and project supervisor.

This req has option to be based in London or Luxembourg.

Key job responsibilities
Primary duties include:
- Assess how existing and upcoming tax laws and regulations will impact the Amazon Stores business in Europe.
- Manage and coordinate tax audits including preparing audit deliverables, responding to document requests, meetings with tax authorities, etc, as well as adopting preventative measures and designing tools and mechanisms to achieve more efficient and scalable audit management
- Partner with multiple stakeholders across the company to lead tax input on the launch of new Stores business initiatives and provide ongoing tax support for queries
- Own corporate tax input on projects to deliver detailed tax analysis and recommendations
- Communicate complex tax concepts in ways that are meaningful and useful to non-tax professionals
- Engage regularly with business partners to ensure understanding and continued compliance with the European Stores business structure

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- A minimum of 15 years of tax experience in Europe (primarily in corporate tax) with a public accounting firm, major law firm, and/or in industry, preferably a multinational corporation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Degree in law or accounting - chartered accountant (or equivalent) or graduate degree in taxation
- Command of another European language (in addition to English)
- Knowledge of Digital Services Tax

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