(Senior) Associate

IBFD; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 51,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free office lunches

Work abroad up to 3 months

Personal Budget for holidays

Pension

8% holiday pay

Coursera access

Job summary

IBFD Academic Department seeks a (Senior) Associate to lead production processes for academic projects and to balance research with entrepreneurial and publishing development. You will manage research activities and contribute to conferences, workshops and external collaborations in international, European and domestic taxation.

In this role you will edit documents to postdoctoral quality, teach if required, and collaborate closely with researchers on case law and literature across topics in tax

Qualifications

• PhD degree in (tax) law with knowledge and experience in the field of International tax law.
• Fluency in English (academic level); knowledge of other foreign languages would be an asset
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Ability to work in a team and to prioritize collective achievements over individual achievements
• Willingness to do all the tasks required to ensure the quality of the product
• Ability to work independently and under prefixed deadlines; ability to meet deadlines
• Diplomacy and persuasion
• Excellent computer skills (mainly MS Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Ability to anticipate project related needs and propose efficient solutions to solve them.

Responsibilities

• Research and project management of academic research activities in the field of domestic, international, comparative and European taxation; follow-up on the project’s activities including conference organization, speaker management, author’s correspondence
• Editing (including linguistic, style and content / scientific editing) of scientific documents (reports, memo’s, drafts, input statements, etc.) at a postdoctoral quality level; lecturing if required
• Base research for other researchers or other projects (case law, domestic and international positive law, scholarly literature) in selected topics in the field of international, European or comparative taxation
• Promotion of IBFD products and services
• Teaching, lecturing activities and related services (creation or update of syllabus, of reading materials, of slides, creation of exams, marking exams and communications)
• Coordinating or supporting editorial production processes
• Monitoring with a proactive attitude relevant developments in the international tax framework to be included in IBFD publications
• Coordinating the optimal workflow of the editorial activities and the publication process (editing, link incorporation etc.).

Skills

Fluent English

Academic writing

Project management

Teamwork

Deadline oriented

Communication skills

Diplomacy

MS Outlook

MS Word

MS Excel

Education

PhD in Tax law

Tools

MS Outlook

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Challenging position at IBFD's Academic Department

(Senior) Associate

The IBFD Academic department is responsible, among others, for fundamental research in matters of international, European, comparative and domestic taxation. Over the past few years, it has developed and contributed to important research projects (comprising both internal and external collaborative research projects). IBFD Academic also actively organizes conferences and workshops around the world on relevant tax topics. We currently have an opening for the challenging position of:

(Senior) Associate

The Associate and/or Senior Associate will be responsible for initiating, maintaining, developing, and taking complete responsibility for production processes of IBFD Academic. The role will balance research knowledge with entrepreneurial skills and a keen interest in online publishing developments as well as a strong sense for relationship management.

Research and lecturing responsibilities

• Research and project management of academic research activities in the field of domestic, international, comparative and European taxation; follow-up on the project’s activities including conference organization, speaker management, author’s correspondence
• Editing (including linguistic, style and content / scientific editing) of scientific documents (reports, memo’s, drafts, input statements, etc.) at a postdoctoral quality level; lecturing if required
• Base research for other researchers or other projects (case law, domestic and international positive law, scholarly literature) in selected topics in the field of international, European or comparative taxation
• Promotion of IBFD products and services
• Teaching, lecturing activities and related services (creation or update of syllabus, of reading materials, of slides, creation of exams, marking exams and communications)
• Coordinating or supporting editorial production processes
• Monitoring with a proactive attitude relevant developments in the international tax framework to be included in IBFD publications
• Coordinating the optimal workflow of the editorial activities and the publication process (editing, link incorporation etc.).

Requirements and skills

• PhD degree in (tax) law with knowledge and experience in the field of International tax law; we will accept applications of those within the 6 months of defending their thesis.
• Fluency in English (academic level); knowledge of other foreign languages would be an asset
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Ability to work in a team and to prioritize collective achievements over individual achievements
• Willingness to do all the tasks required to ensure the quality of the product
• Ability to work independently and under prefixed deadlines; ability to meet deadlines
• Diplomacy and persuasion
• Excellent computer skills (mainly MS Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Ability to anticipate project related needs and propose efficient solutions to solve them.

Please note that the work is to be performed at the IBFD Headquarters in Amsterdam; fully remote working is not available for this position.

Salary & fringe benefits

We offer a full-time position (37 hours per week) with a salary, depending the level of seniority and relevant work experience between EUR 4.600 and 5.500 gross per month. Please not that this salary range is based on an associate position. I f it becomes apparent during the interview process that the candidate is more senior than initially anticipated, the salary will be adjusted accordingly.

Completed by an attractive package of fringe benefits, amongst others:

• Free office lunches from Monday to Thursday
• The possibility to work abroad for a maximum of three months per year
• Flexibility with 5.44% Personal Budget (individual choice to buy up to 33 days extra paid holiday per year or end of year bonus)
• Pension free of premium
• 8% holiday pay.
• Access to learning platform Coursera and performance management system Dialog

Please note that all applications will be reviewed after the closing date.

Do you have any questions on the content of the role? Please contact [e-mail].