Tax Specialist 80% IKEA, Itingen

We are looking for a Tax Specialist to advise, monitor and support IKEA Switzerland in a pro-active way on direct and indirect tax matters, with additional assignments within the country insurance coordination.
• You speak German and English and you have a competent knowledge of the Swiss Tax Law and of Finance. For this, you have successfully completed a higher education to a Chartered Specialist in Accounting and Financial Management Federal Diploma or to a Certified Fiduciary Federal Diploma
• You have at least 3 years of experience in Tax, in advisory or in-house role and good knowledge in legal and accounting principles.
• You have good communication skills to understand and explain complex matters to people with different backgrounds and you collaborate with others to achieve goals.
• You have excellent analytical and numerical skills.
• You are result-driven and don’t lose focus on details and accuracy.
• You can comfortably handle unclear or unpredictable situations.
•You can translate expert knowledge into system landscape and act in a changing and complex environment.

Your responsibilities

• Manage all direct and indirect tax matters for IKEA Switzerland to ensure compliance with internal and external requirements
• Ensure accurate and timely filing of the Corporate Income Tax returns, VAT returns and all other reports to local and central authorities and handle tax audits
• Support on tax relevant matters regarding management and statutory reporting
• Advise the local finance organisation on any relevant tax matters
• Ensure availability of books and records in accordance with local legal requirements
• Ensure relevant tax competence, knowledge and awareness amongst team members and other relevant staff
• Participate in local and global projects (providing relevant input on tax matters).
• Manage and lead all insurance processes, procedures and yearly activities for the country in a timely and in an effective way, securing all relevant standards and rules are in place.

Good to know

At IKEA we pay fixed monthly salaries. That means that whether you are on holiday or take time off in lieu of overtime, your salary will be the same.
There are many ways to say, “thank you”. The benefits from IKEA are part of that and benefit you too!
Besides 15% staff-discount you benefit from 28 holidays (based on 100%), eight weeks paternal leave, four months maternal leave, contributions to public transport tickets or free on-site parking, full access to the LinkedIn Learning platform, discounted meals in the staff canteen, and the IKEA bonus system.
At IKEA you find endless opportunities to develop yourself. We support our co-workers, who are interested, to change teams or roles and to realise their ideas.
👉 If you feel spoken to, click on “apply now” and let us know through your documents why you are motivated to fill this role. We look forward to hearing from you!
After a first selection we will contact you and – if we think there might be a match – discuss the next steps.
We continuously examine all applications and discontinue the hiring process as soon as we have found the right candidate. Therefore, please submit your application as soon as possible.