Sr Specialist GBS VAT Control & Analytics

Location:

Portalegre, Portuguese areas, Portugal

Salary:

Competitive

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

Search Finance, Banking & Insurance Jobs

Advertiser:

adidas

Job ID:

132444876

Posted On:

15 November 2025

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

The mission of this department is to ensure that the company is not facing a risk in terms of VAT Compliance.

The Senior Specialist GBS VAT Control & Analytics will be responsible to executing detailed controls over the declarations, accounting and system settings, following up in any identified issue and resolving it together with other teams/stakeholders.
This role will also be responsible to support projects with VAT implications.

Key Responsibilities

-Guarantee the quality of the preparation of complex/high volume Tax declarations from end-to-end, including data extraction, controls, inputs and review
-Responsible to execute Sales Reconciliation, follow up on findings when needed and prevent reoccurrences
-Act as a point of contact for VAT matters
-Responsible to analyze the VAT implications of projects and execute necessary testings on VAT correctness
-Provide support to Corporate Tax on conducting VAT trainings to other departments when needed
-Responsible to clarify major compliance exceptions and keep up to date documentation of issues and resolutions
-Responsible for preparing all the necessary information and data for audits purposes
-Suppor
t the team on ongoing projects for the implementation of new systems
 

Key Relations

hips

-GBS organization
-Project managers
-Finance Hubs in all finance markets
-Global Tax Tech
-Corporate Tax
 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

-Knowledge in VAT area within European countries (other markets will be a plus)
-Solid experience in SAP
-Profficiency in MS-Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Advanced knowledge in MS Excel
-Experience in shared service center environment is a plus
-Strong customer focus and stakeholder management skills to interact with business partners
-Ability to read, write and communicate in English in a business setting
-Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a multi-team environment to achieve consensous decisions, always having adidas consistent growth in mind
-Ability to pay close attention to detail and high degree of customer orientation
-Problem solving and analytical skills
-Ability to work autonomously and with tight deadlines
-Critical thinking mindset
-Availability to travel for periods of 1 to 4 weeks

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

-A bachelor’s or master’s degree in economics, finance, tax, legal or other related areas
-At least 3-5 years of progressive work experience in the area

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