Do you want to work broadly with tax issues in an international and dynamic environment? Are you inspired by working closely with top management in a highly successful consumer goods company? This might be the next step for you!
Swedish Match now needs to strengthen the Group Tax function and is therefore looking for a Tax Specialist who, together with the VP Group Tax, will work with the Group´s Swedish and international tax issues. The Group Tax function are responsible for the total tax position of the organization enabling common structures and processes for the Group and providing excellent services within the tax area.
You will assist, manage and contribute hands-on in the daily activities at the Group Tax Department. This involves producing, analyzing and recommend proper reporting and activities in areas like Tax Accounting, Tax Compliance, Transfer Pricing and other areas of corporate tax and where appropriate indirect tax issues.
In this role, you will have many contacts both within the Group and with external advisers in Sweden and in the countries where Swedish Match is established.
The position reports and work closely with the VP Group Tax and is located at the Group’s head office in Stockholm City.
Key Responsibilities
You will primarily be responsible for the following areas:
- Analyze and follow-up the Group´s tax expense and tax payments in the financial reporting at closing of the books.
- Review and follow up the corporate tax calculations and income tax returns in Sweden prior to submission.
- Update and develop the transfer pricing documentation.
- Identify and recommend improvements in the tax reporting, transfer pricing documentation and pricing of intercompany transactions.
- Assist in acquisitions, divestments and restructurings.
- Assist and follow-up on compulsory filing obligations in the area of international taxation.
- Assist other personnel at the Tax Department and other Departments in all kind of tax matters.
- Interpret and assess new tax legislation and its impact on Swedish Match.
- Establish professional relationship with relevant in-house and external stakeholders, authorities, main suppliers of tax-services and other relevant bodies.
Your profile
You have a university degree in Business & Economics or Law and approximately 2 to 3 years experience of qualified tax issues in a large organization, perhaps as a consultant or at a larger corporate tax department. You speak and write English fluently and you are an advanced user of MS Excel.
Personal skills
To be successful in this role, we see that you as a person are goal-oriented and have a quick way to learn. You are a high performing individual with analytical and problem solving skills. You are structured, effective and actionable, with ability to prioritize. You are good at collaborate with others, and you listen, communicate and solve tasks in a constructive way. You are stimulated by working in a flexible and changing environment where there are great opportunities to contribute and develop for the right person.
What Swedish Match can offer
Swedish Match vision is “A world without cigarettes” and our core values are Passion, Ownership, Quality and Innovation. These cornerstones are ever present in our daily work, and to us every single colleague is a crucial part of our winning team. It is important for us to invest in our employees’ training and professional development. At Swedish Match, you will be given the opportunity to work within an innovative company with a strong heritage. We know that the best workplace has an equal measure of men and women, and that it is characterized by openness to all cultures. For this reason, we work strategically with gender equality and cultural diversity.
How to apply
In this recruitment, Swedish Match is partnering with Prodiem. If you have any questions regarding the process or the position, please contact Petra Bennarp at petra.bennarp@prodiem.se, 070 916 39 18 or Caroline Björk at caroline.bjork@prodiem.se, 073 303 34 66.
Your application should include CV and cover letter. Our final candidates undergo a background check as part of our recruitment process, so as to increase our knowledge of our future employees. Selection of candidates is ongoing throughout the process, so send in your application today!
Do you not meet all our requirements? The person we are looking for would not let that stop them!
Swedish Match develops, manufactures, and sells high quality products with market-leading brands. We are a large cap Nasdaq Stockholm listed company, with more than 95 SEK billion market capitalization, and over 6,700 employees. As one of the best performing companies since its listing in 1996, Swedish Match has achieved impressive growth in financial performance over the years. With its vision “A world without cigarettes” Swedish Match is dedicated to the improvement of public health by offering dramatically less harmful alternatives to cigarettes. The company has strong core values, a diverse workforce, and a high-performing culture, providing opportunities for professional growth and career development.
