Senior Indirect Tax Accountant Budapest

Senior Indirect Tax Accountant
Budapest
Budapest, HU

Senior Indirect Tax Accountant

• Location: Budapest – Sanofi Business Operations, Váci Greens

About the job

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main responsibilities

Taxation

• Manage the accounting and reporting of tax accounts.
• Perform, supervise tax calculations and prepare tax returns.
• Ensures full compliance with tax legislation and other statutory obligations, including the accurate and timely preparation and submission of VAT returns for the assigned region or country.
• Address operational issues and follow through to resolution in an effective and timely manner. Serves as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders on a wide range of tax-related matters.
• Acts as a senior accountant to the business on VAT issues at the local, regional, and global levels, providing guidance on complex transactions and regulatory developments.
• Oversees the preparation and filing of tax returns, including VAT and corporate income tax, in collaboration with relevant teams and external advisors.

Internal Controls and Compliance

• Maintains and enforces internal accounting controls to ensure that financial transactions, records, and statements are accurate, complete, and compliant with applicable internal policies and external regulations.
• Conducts self-assessments and testing activities to monitor adherence to key controls and ensure compliance with internal audit standards and regulatory requirements.
• Proactively identifies control gaps and supports remediation efforts to strengthen the financial control environment.

Projects & Support

• Actively participating in ad hoc projects, process changes, and continuous improvement initiatives, contributing financial expertise and ensuring accounting accuracy.
• Taking ownership of resolving VAT related issues, providing guidance and technical support where needed. Main stakeholders and contacts Contact and advise to the business on (complex) local, regional and global VAT matters.
• You will work closely with and supports the sub-process teams, Tax, Treasury and Controllers and other departmental colleagues during month closing. Is in frequent contact with colleagues in other financial departments across the region.

About you

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a similar subject.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in a multinational corporate environment, ideally within a high-performance, quality-driven organization.
• Strong expertise in accounting principles and practices, with a solid understanding of financial operations, structures, and compliance requirements.
• Advanced proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Excel, with the ability to manage and analyze large volumes of financial data efficiently.

Soft and technical skills

• Experienced SAP user with strong proficiency in navigating and utilizing the system effectively.
• Excellent analytical skills and keen attention to detail, with the ability to maintain a high-level perspective and understand the bigger picture.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects, set priorities, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Capable of working independently and collaboratively within a team, with a proactive.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, combined with the ability to build effective working relationships across functions and levels.
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken) is required; additional language skills are a plus.

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Why choose us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention, and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
• Flexible home office policy.
• Join a great community & special event (Weekly Yoga/Pilates classes, Monthly Board Game Nights, Summer Events, Well-Being Lectures & Sport Clubs).

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

 

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Discover our Code of Conduct, that serves as the moral compass that guides us when chasing the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Please ensure to have read this document, before applying.

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