Bern
VAT Expert (m/f/d) 80-100%
- 07 September 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Native language)
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 and diverse client portfolio. Interdisciplinarily, 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 impact
- You answer complex queries on national and international VAT in an interdisciplinary environment
- You are primarily responsible for mandates from the industrial, public sector, NPO and real estate sectors
- You assess complex VAT matters, 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 concepts into the planning
- You act as an interface to the international BDO network, answer VAT-specific queries and maintain your international contacts
What makes you successful
- With your 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 participate in 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 matters, share your knowledge with the team as well as cross-departmentally and keep yourself continuously updated on VAT legal changes
- In our international environment, you can apply your excellent German and English skills daily; additional foreign languages, especially French, are very welcome with us
- 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
Versatile 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 – with us not an empty phrase but lived everyday reality
Become part of BDO
Levina Selvabalan
HR Recruiting Partner
+41 32 624 60 96
www.bdo.ch/karriere