VAT Expert (m/f/d) 80-100%

About the job

Working at BDO

Unique. Versatile. Ambitious. With over 40 locations in Switzerland, we offer you a working environment characterised by local connection and international professionalism. Together we create sustainable growth, promote diversity and take responsibility. A strong team culture, attractive benefits and predictable flexibility foster our joint development and enable you to realise your full potential.

Looking for a new environment? Join our VAT expert team

You can expect an open and collaborative working culture based on trust, integrity and mutual respect. We are a small, growing, well-coordinated and straightforward team of "VAT enthusiasts" and manage a broad, diverse client portfolio. Interdisciplinary, we work closely with our colleagues from Direct Taxes, Legal, Auditing and Fiduciary services. We all benefit from lively professional exchange, interesting business management issues and a friendly & dynamic collaboration.

VAT Expert (m/f/d) 80-100%

Your responsibilities

• You answer complex queries on national and international VAT in an interdisciplinary environment
• You independently manage mandates from the industrial, public sector, NPO and real estate sectors
• You assess complex VAT issues, prepare expert opinions and support VAT audits, legal proceedings and due diligence reviews
• You manage fiscal representation mandates (foreign companies with VAT obligations in Switzerland)
• You maintain existing client relationships sustainably and personally; furthermore, you participate in marketing activities and offers
• You contribute to the organisation and execution of seminars or conferences and bring your own ideas and suggestions into the planning
• You act as an interface to the international BDO network, answer VAT-specific queries and maintain your international contacts

Your profile

• With at least 5 years of professional experience and your profound VAT expertise, you are an important part of our VAT service as a whole and actively contribute to its continuous development
• You hold a Master of Advanced Studies in VAT law or tax law (LL.M. at a university of applied sciences) or are on the way to obtaining it
• You enjoy dealing with complex VAT issues, share your knowledge with the team as well as across departments and keep yourself up to date on VAT legal changes
• In our international environment, you can apply your excellent German and English skills daily; additional languages, especially French, are very welcome
• You are a responsible, open and authentic consulting personality and enjoy working with people
• Together with the team, you want to contribute to the further success of the company

What we offer

Varied activities

• Comprehensive insight into many companies
• Early assumption of responsibility possible
• Interdisciplinary work with specialists

Personal development

• Support for external training
• Wide range of internal seminars
• Leadership development programme
• Opportunities for international assignments (secondment)

Individual support

• Annual working hours with flexible working times
• Compensation of overtime
• Home office / location-independent working possible
• Option for unpaid leave (sabbatical)
• Work-life balance – for us not an empty phrase but lived reality

Become part of BDO

Levina Selvabalan
HR Recruiting Partner
+41 32 624 60 96
www.bdo.ch/karriere