Lead VAT Analyst

Job Description Summary

As a Lead VAT Analyst, you will join our VAT team in Budapest and play a key role in ensuring accurate and timely VAT compliance across multiple European and African countries.

This is an individual contributor role combining hands-on VAT expertise with review and end-to-end ownership of VAT compliance processes. You will review VAT returns prepared by other team members, ensure their accuracy and completeness, submit returns to the relevant tax authorities, and manage related compliance activities. The role also includes preparation of complex VAT returns.

You will work closely with colleagues across Tax, Controllership, Accounting, invoice processing teams and other finance functions, while also interacting directly with tax authorities and external advisors. The role provides exposure to multiple GE HealthCare businesses and a broad range of countries, making it well suited to an experienced VAT professional who enjoys complex, international environments and taking ownership from start to finish.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Review, validate and submit VAT returns for assigned European and African entities and jurisdictions. 
• Take end-to-end ownership of VAT compliance activities, ensuring accurate and timely submissions. 
• Support hands-on VAT return preparation when required. 
• Prepare and review statistical and other VAT-related regulatory reports. 
• Manage VAT-related reconciliations and support accounting activities connected to indirect tax reporting. 
• Act as a point of contact for local tax authorities and respond to VAT-related queries. 
• Support VAT audits, including tax authority audits, external advisor reviews and other ad hoc requests. 
• Work closely with Controllership, Accounting, invoice processing teams and other internal stakeholders to resolve VAT-related matters. 
• Monitor local VAT requirements and ensure relevant country-specific requirements are appropriately reflected in compliance processes. 
• Support forecasting and other VAT-related reporting activities. 
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Taxation, Economics or a related field. Alternatively, another university degree combined with a relevant professional accounting or tax qualification and substantial relevant experience may be considered. 
• Proven VAT / indirect tax experience at medior level, ideally gained in a multinational corporate tax environment, Big Four firm or tax advisory organization. 
• Strong practical knowledge of VAT compliance and VAT returns. 
• Demonstrated ability to review VAT returns and take responsibility for accurate filings. 
• Experience working with tax authorities and supporting tax audits. 
• Solid understanding of accounting principles and VAT-related reconciliations. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand processes end to end. 
• Ability to work independently, make informed decisions and take ownership of complex activities. 
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills. 
• Fluent English, both written and verbal. 
• Flexible and collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively across functions, countries and cultures. 
  

Nice to have

• Experience with Oracle and/or SAP. 
• Previous exposure to VAT compliance across multiple European jurisdictions. 
• Strong accounting background or professional accounting qualifications. 
• Additional European language skills. 
• Experience working in a multinational or shared-service environment.

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