Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization: The mission of this department is to provide advice and technical support on all aspects of VAT for the customers for all markets. This department is also responsible for creating and maintaining VAT tables in SAP systems. The Specialist GBS VAT systems will be accountable for managing the correct implementation and maintenance of the adidas Group VAT relevant SAP settings and other systems globally. Key Responsibilities: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Perform daily activities such as advice in tax classifications for customers, vendors and materials</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Responsible for creating and maintaining tax codes in SAP system (e.g. VAT Rate Change) </li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Responsible for creating and maintaining tax determination conditions in the SAP systems used by adidas</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Responsible for suggesting process improvements, and suggest new working processes within systems area to ensure efficiency and excellence, as well as support their implementation</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Support the implementation of indirect tax settings in SAP and other indirect tax system (e.g. implementation of new warehouses or S/4HANA set up)</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Support requests from Finance departments and other teams within GBS center</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Accountable for performing the financial controls over the work performed</li> </ul> Key Relationships: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">GBS organization</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Project managers</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Finance Hubs in all finance markets</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Global Tax Tech </li> </ul> • Corporate Tax Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Knowledge in VAT area</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Experience in SAP; Experience with maintenance of SAP VAT tables is an advantage</li> <li style="text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Profficiency in MS-Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Advanced knowledge in MS Excel</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Experience in shared service center environment is a plus</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ability to read, write and communicate in English in a business setting </li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ability to pay close attention to detail and high degree of customer orientation </li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Problem solving and analytical skills</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Self-motivated and self-directed individual</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Availability to travel for periods of 1 to 3 weeks</li> <li style="text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong customer focus and stakeholder management skills to interact with business partners</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a multi-team environment to achieve consensous decisions, always having adidas consistent growth in mind</li> </ul> • Ability to work autonomously and with tight deadlines • Critical thinking mindset Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">A bachelor’s or master’s degree in economics, finance, tax, legal or other related areas</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">At least 2 years of progressive work experience in the area</li> </ul>

Specialist GBS VAT Systems (Porto, 13, PT) @ adidas

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