Indirect Tax Team Manager – Europe Operations (SSC)
Michelin is hiring!
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The Tax Manager leads a team responsible for indirect tax compliance activities (mainly VAT) across multiple European Group entities.
The role ensures high-quality operational delivery, people's development, stakeholder governance, and continuous improvement, contributing to efficient, compliant and value-driven tax operations within an international Shared Service Center environment.
Key Responsibilities
Lead, coach, and develop a teamof approximately12people
Supervise operational activitiesrelatedmainlytoVAT compliance(scope:20+ European entities),but alsoCustoms and Export Control
Drive continuous improvement initiatives, process optimization, and standardization across tax operations,promote and implement digital solutionsandautomation opportunities
Ensureclose collaborationwith keypartners (mainlyLocalTax Managers,but alsoGroup Tax,CFOs,Process Engineers, and otherkeypartners)
Act as akey interfacebetweenoperational tax deliveryandstrategic tax stakeholders, ensuring alignment, transparency, and proactive issue resolution
Support theidentification of VAT recovery opportunitiesandvalue creation levers
Contribute totransformation projectsand development of the SSC tax organization
Foster acollaborative, customer-oriented, and high-performance team culture
Mandatory Skills & Experience
Solid experience inpeople managementandteam leadership
Strongknowledgeofindirecttax processes/applicable legislation (especially VAT/INTRASTAT)andcompliance environment(
Previousexperience within amultinational consulting and auditcompanyand/orShared Service Center organization
Provenexperience in contributing to digitalandcontinuous improvementinitiatives
Strongcommunicationandstakeholder managementskills,ability to workeasily with business partners in main European countries
Fluent English
Nice to Have:
Knowledge ofprocess improvement methodologies(Lean, Six Sigma, etc.)
Project management/transition projectsexperience
In Michelin we offer:
Hybrid way of working;
A customizable benefits package with options to choose: gym access, medical or dental services, private retirement pension, deduction of public transport costs, cultural activities vouchers etc.
Private medical subscription;
Life insurance;
Lunch vouchers and discounts;
Deduction of vacation costs.
How we recruit:
Once you submit your application, one of our recruiters reviews it. If your profile fits our role:
We have a phone call to get to know each other;
We hold assessments to see your language skills and competencies;
We meet in a face to face (or online, depending the context) interview, with a recruiter and the hiring manager.
Pass all stages with flying colors, and we’ll send you our offer.
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Where do success and ideas come from? We strongly believe they come from collective intelligence.
Our talents, people and employees are the source of purposeful and sustainable innovations. That’s why we care about developing and enhancing their strength, and we ensure them a tailored professional journey across units and countries.
What drives us is the spirit of unlimited innovation, which we all possess. Our goal is to cultivate and nurture that spirit, by questioning the status quo, improving our way to do things. Therefore, we are always optimistic as to overcome the challenges of tomorrow.
That’s our mission as an employer: inspiring innovation in all of us, to build a better life in motion for you and for everyone.
Michelin, a leader in the field of tires, is dedicated to sustainably enriching the mobility of goods and people through the production, distribution and marketing of tires for each type of vehicle. It also offers innovative business support services, digital mobility services and publishes travel, hotel and restaurant guides, maps and atlases. Michelin has over 4500 employees in Romania: 3 factories (2 in Zalău and 1 in Florești - Prahova), as well as a commercial network, and a center for shared services, in Bucharest. The office in Bucharest also hosts the coordination center for the Central Europe and Central Asia region.
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