Global Senior Manager Indirect Tax Technology Lead

Coty’s Global Tax Team plays a strategic and operational role in enabling business growth and financial efficiency whilst ensuring global tax compliance. The team works closely with local market teams to ensure compliance and consistency in our ways of working. We act as trusted advisors, providing expert input on commercial transactions and supporting senior management. Our input is requested and considered for strategic decision making. The tax team operates multi countries – United States, Netherlands, Singapore and in Poland. Our dynamic international team brings deep expertise and proactive collaboration across the organization.

In this role, your activities involve all technology and automation activities around the indirect tax activities worldwide. You will be the main focal point within global Tax and IT to translate business needs into system requirements, to lead the implementation of tax systems and to ensure limited business disruption.

Your Main Focus

Reporting to the Tax Director, this role is ideal for an experienced tax professional (7+ years) with global experience, ready to lead technology advancement for indirect tax in a fast-paced, transformative environment. You’ll shape Coty’s Technological infrastructure for indirect tax strategy worldwide.

Strategic technology leadership

Drive the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of Coty’s global indirect tax technology infrastructure, focusing on VAT/GST and emerging compliance areas (e.g., plastic tax, CBAM, e-reporting, e-invoicing). Align the indirect tax technology roadmap with Coty’s IT and AI/Data strategy, acting as the key liaison between Group Tax and IT

System Design & Implementation

Advice on business initiatives from an indirect tax perspective, including M&A and reorganizations. Lead tax technology projects from blueprinting to deployment, ensuring feasibility, testing, and defect resolution. Oversee tax master data, invoice layouts, and intercompany lane setup, while supporting AR/AP   function

Manage SAP conditions setups. Administer indirect tax platforms such as EDGE, BlueDot, VATSearch, Pagero, and Concur. Provide tax setup guidance for DTC operations, including external systems like Shopify and Avalara.

Stakeholder management

Collaborate with Finance, Supply Chain, Customs, Procurement, and Group Tax to ensure tax compliance and translate complex requirements into business terms. Support local CFOs during audits and maintain the indirect tax control framework

YOU ARE A COTY FIT 

You are highly skilled professional who thrives in complex and fast-paced environments. You are exceptional in problem-solving and strategic thinking. You have a deep expertise in indirect tax, and you can align compliance requirements with broader business objectives. You are proactive, driven and have great communications skills. As an experienced Tax professional, you have a proven track record in indirect tax activities, use of technologies and demonstrate a compliance first mindset.

Qualifications & Experience

• Indirect Tax professional with 7+ years’ experience gained in an international environment – international company / BIG4
• Dynamic individual looking to thrive in a fast paced, dynamic and challenging environment with significant transformation activity.  Maintains a problem-solving mindset, an eye for detail and a high-quality analysis. Has dynamic and proactive people skills and a demonstrated ability to manage major corporate projects in various geographies.
• Excellent communicator with a strong team-player attitude, able to connect at multiple levels within the organization. Possesses ability to initiate and interact frequently with Tax Directors, CFOs, regional controllers, and other departments, and communicate effectively with a wide diversity of other stakeholders both internally as externally (i.e., advisors and tax authorities).  Fluency in English is a must.
• Self-starter with the ability to deliver End-to-End processes. Hands-on tax compliance systems as well as outstanding technical knowledge of ERP  (S/4Hana, Ariba, etc).
• Demonstrated experience in Tax compliance processes and strong affinity for Tax technology.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills. Being able to adapt to change is key. Perseverance is a must to be successful in the role.

Differentiating factors

• Familiarity with SAP tax setup (e.g. tax conditions, tax codes) or experience as SAP Key User for Tax
• Familiarity with tax tools e.g. Vertex
• Experience working with indirect tax engine
• Experience with ITX compliance in different jurisdictions

OUR BENEFITS

• A salary that matches your knowledge and experience
• Opportunity to set customer marketing agenda for chosen brands in category
• Possibility of building a professional path in the dynamic growing company promoting culture of kindness
• Opportunity to work in international environment
• Attractive benefits package including private healthcare, benefits from our cafeteria program, travelcard reimbursement, discounts on company products, extra day of holidays for birthday and more
• Omni-Working: Hybrid flexible working model enabling employees to balance remote and office-based work and promote work / life balance

RECRUITMENT PROCESS  

5. A telephone/online introductory meeting
6. A first online/in-person interview
7. A second interview
8. You will receive a proposal with the terms of employment

ABOUT COTY 

Coty is one of the world’s largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio of brands across fragrance, color cosmetics, skincare, and body care. At Coty, we celebrate the entire human kaleidoscope and cultivate a culture of fearless kindness. Therefore, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate against any candidate or employee and strive to be an open, inclusive and diverse workplace where all employees can be their authentic self. Join us in making over the world of beauty! 

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