Tax Manager (Senior Tax Manager)

Reporting to the Head of Tax, the (Senior) Tax Manager will be an internal point of contact for tax filings, tax compliance matters and a leading driver for tax projects to support the business growth.

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the fastest, well-funded and exciting companies in the world and join the exciting journey of the Lilium Jet early in its inception phase.

The successful candidate will be a motivated and driven professional who is ready to apply their technical skills in a dynamic and exciting environment. You will be part of a team building out processes and systems that will define the company into the future...

Your Day to day:

• Support the development of the internal tax department.
• Participate in / lead projects of all sizes across the organisation.
• Support with key decisions around company growth and structure to facilitate future operations as well as other major decisions with a tax aspect.
• Review contracts plans and submissions, working with colleagues to proactively identify and pragmatically manage tax considerations.
• Manage the planning, compliance and reporting in various areas of tax (such as, but not limited to, CIT, trade income tax, VAT, Transfer Pricing and payroll tax).    
• Hands-on and proactive identification and processing of all German and international tax matters.   
• Work closely with internal stakeholders and external stakeholders to deliver high quality outcomes across all tax matters, both project-based and recurring compliance activities.
• Prepare tax calculations for annual submissions.
• Manage VAT filings and preparation of CIT & trade income tax returns.
• Work with the team to design, implement and improve existing internal processes according to IKS standards and leveraging IT solutions.
• Be the key contact for all tax related matters, for both the finance team and external advisors, including delivering training on tax topics to non specialists.
• Work on ad hoc tasks, reports or projects.

Your Profile:

• Postgraduate degree and significant work experience gained in a tax function either in a Big 4 firm, tax firm or equivalent industry inhouse tax role
• Certified German tax consultant (“Steuerberater”)
• Advanced understanding of IFRS and HGB accounting standards.
• Effectively handle multiple priorities, lead projects, organising workload and meet deadlines.
• Attention to detail coupled with a pragmatic and commercial outlook.
• Excellent communicator and able to build trust within the business.
• Self driven and comfortable working in a fast paced and constantly changing company.
• Fluent in English and German.

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