Career Opportunity
VAT Manager, EMEA
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Company Description
At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.
Position Overview
This position will be responsible for supporting the day to day VAT compliance function and its transformation to automation, including third party co-source as well as partnering with existing IT, Finance and other business teams in the areas of International VAT and Trade matters. Critical to this role is an understanding of the technical issues impacting tax compliance, including digital taxation, the ability to handle to answer to business day to day demands.
VAT
Responsibility for the support of compliance obligations and digital transformation in connection with VAT reporting in EMEA.
Support to Business Internal Clients:
- Finance Operations (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Sales Audit)
- Credit Control
- Accounting
- Sales and Purchase teams
- Supply Chain
- Information Technologies
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Key contact point with external providers to ensure timely preparation and submission of VAT returns completion in the most efficient manner by proceeding final reconciliation, review and payments coordination
- Maintain and provide tax codes to internal stakeholders to ensure proper settings in SAP including guidelines
- Validate the outcome of IT settings for new projects flows related to VAT aspects to ensure robust compliance
- Support VAT and Customs Director in providing professional and robust tax and legal advice on all VAT EMEA matters
- Lead VAT Audits (internal & external)
- Support VAT and Customs Director to drive efficiency, quality improvements and automation transformation projects from end to end (IT or external providers)
- Provide advice and guidance to internal stakeholders related to VAT to ensure robust tax compliance and support RL in his medium-term strategy
- Support VAT and Customs Director with other ad hoc projects as and when required
Experience, Skills, and Knowledge
- Fully conversant with VAT EMEA legislation
- VAT background combined with good experience around ERP systems (SAP, other ERP systems), technology, data and processes
- Ability to multi-task across number complex projects, be quick thinking and eager to solve problems
- Excellent organizational skills and autonomy in the work
- Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing environments
- Accounting and/or audit experience is essential, and a recognized accounting degree or qualification is a plus
- 5 to 10 years’ experience in a similar role or in a Big 4 tax consultancy firm
- Fluent English and French speaker
