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Job Description
Global Indirect Tax Manager (12 month FTC)
Lead VAT projects, ensure compliance, and implement efficient systems for indirect tax specific projects and cross-functional projects.
About the Role
- Collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets to lead interesting projects from a VAT perspective.
- Assist the Senior Manager with indirect tax planning involving the Primark Group, including identification of opportunities and managing the implementation of selected projects.
- Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement to bring efficiencies to processes and technology, improve ways of working and enhance controls to manage indirect tax risks.
- Oversee project implementation from a VAT perspective from requirements gathering through to project implementation.
- Represent indirect tax in cross-functional forums and develop good relationships across the business.
- Collaborate with the wider business daily as a key VAT point of contact and advise on the indirect tax implications of various activities and initiatives.
- Support the business on all indirect tax obligations for new country entry.
- Work closely with the Global Indirect Tax compliance team to manage Primark's indirect tax position across certain markets.
- Develop and manage key trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including dealing with tax authority queries and indirect tax audits.
- Review relevant transactions, contracts, and new business practices from an indirect tax perspective.
- Stay informed and educate the Global Indirect Tax team on changes in indirect tax legislation and practice.
- Contribute to the Global Indirect Tax team development and provide technical indirect tax training.
- Work with the wider Tax team to ensure consistency of approach across all jurisdictions.
About Primark
At Primark, people matter. They're the beating heart of our business and the reason we've grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business with over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today.
Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.