Senior Manager Indirect Tax

Join our global indirect tax team. Turning complexity into business opportunities in a dynamic and exciting environment.

In this role, you will be a key player in leading and executing our global indirect tax agenda across multiple jurisdictions and partnering with diverse internal and external stakeholders. In this high-impact role, you will oversee indirect tax matters, mainly related to value-added tax, to ensure compliance, mitigate risks, and improve standards and procedures while enabling efficient, business-oriented solutions.
As one of our indirect tax experts, you will not only work on day-to-day business tasks but will also act as a critical partner in strategic cross-functional projects. You will have the opportunity to participate in the further development of our team as the global competence center for indirect taxes within the Hilti Group.
You will utilize SAP Tax Compliance to build scalable controls, simplify processes, and drive measurable indirect tax excellence across individual jurisdictions, regions and functions. In a fast paced international environment, this role requires strong technical expertise and the ability to drive operational excellence within our multinational organization.
This position (80% -100%) offers maximum 25% home office and does not require any frequent business travel,

What You'll do

As one of Hilti’s Senior Manager Indirect Tax at our global headquarters, you will facilitate the co-operation between headquarters and other global stakeholders, locally operating Hilti entities, regional Finance Shared Service Centers, and external tax advisors to deliver high-quality solutions that meet compliance requirements and consider business realities.
As global process owner, you will be responsible for the further development and expanded use of SAP Tax Compliance and the related investigation and remediation activities, the establishment of a global SAP Tax Compliance community of practice within Hilti, and the management of indirect tax-related Internal Control System activities.
You will find an environment in which you can deepen your expertise, preferably acquired in a large industrial company, take on responsibility, implement your ideas in an innovative and open-minded environment, develop strong cross-functional expertise and become a true business partner.
We also welcome your ideas on how to make the necessary expertise regarding local legal changes in indirect taxes available throughout the entire organization and translating them into clear standards and guidance.
You will join a highly dedicated team with diverse backgrounds, where direct communication, mutual support, and humor are not just buzzwords, but form the basis for successful collaboration.
If you enjoy working in a small and down-to-earth team with a flat hierarchy and a high level of independency and freedom, you have met your match.

What You’ll Bring

• Higher education in international tax or finance / accounting
• Strong indirect tax technical skills across national and international supplies of goods and services inside and outside the EU single market
• Several years of hands-on experience and a proven track record in indirect tax gained in consulting and/or industry
• Ability to analyze complex fact bases and develop practicable solutions through a high level of creativity and persistence
• Fluency in English (additional language skills, particularly in German, is a plus)

What’s In It for You

We really value our people, and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this, creating your future to be just how you would want it. Some of our benefits include:

• Connection with a diverse community of over 2,100 colleagues from 70 nationalities in a region where Liechtenstein, Austria, and Switzerland intersect.
• Employee groups actively supporting causes like female empowerment and the LGBTQIA+ community.
• Leisure activities like mountain biking and tennis.
• Opportunities for community engagement both locally and internationally.
• Shared e-bikes, an on-site gym, dining options, learning opportunities, financial guidance, free parking, fuel discounts, workation, sabbatical, home office opportunity, flexible and trust-based working hours, meditation/ relaxation rooms, Hilti tool rental service, massage possibilities, and relocation support.

Why Hilti

Hilti is a global leader in construction innovation, with more than 34,000 team members across 120 countries. Guided by our purpose, Making Construction Better, we’re driven to keep learning, growing, and finding new ways to make a lasting impact. Here, you’ll be empowered to use your strengths, work with a global and inclusive team, and take on meaningful challenges. At Hilti, you’ll have the chance to make your ideas, achievements, and growth real through purpose, passion, and teamwork.

Commitment to Inclusion

At Hilti, inclusion is a key focus in how we work, lead, and grow together. We are committed to embracing diversity of thought and creating an environment that is inclusive of everyone, everywhere. We continuously strive to ensure every voice is valued and every team member feels empowered to contribute. By building on this foundation, we strengthen our teams, our innovation, and our impact, making construction better together.

Join us in making construction better.
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For further questions, please feel free to contact Frances Bruno, Talent Acquisition Business Partner ([email protected]).
*For non-EU / EFTA citizens: Please state your eligibility status to work in Switzerland/ Liechtenstein and note that if you do not own a valid Swiss/ Liechtenstein work permit, Hilti cannot guarantee your final employment due to authority regulations.
Learn more about us: https://careers.hilti.group/en
Learn more about life at Hilti Headquarters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeJPLBszc2A
Learn more about our recruitment process: https://careers.hilti.group/en/candidate-interview-preparation/