Senior Tax Accountant


    Date

    SE CFO

    A Snapshot of your Day

    The Senior Tax Accountant will ensure compliance with
    all legal reporting requirements for customer orders relevant to our business
    premises by accurately recording them in our SAP system B1 and periodically
    declaring all relevant tax types. The role reports to the team leader of the
    MEA Hub branches’ coordinators’ team. You will coordinate transactions for the
    ME foreign branches (Mother Entity transactions) and collaborate closely with
    the “PE Compliance” team. Currently, this work is predominantly remote, with
    future arrangements expected to include a mix of office and home office
    settings, in line with company agreements.

    How You’ll Make an Impact

    • Reviewing and analyzing
      the resulting monthly and annual foreign branches accounts for the
      assigned countries as well as discussing this with local accountants, tax
      consultants and PE managers.
    • Coordinate the periodic
      reporting of the commercial project departments with site-related orders,
      check compliance and quality of the data and coordinate with the local
      site accountants.
    • Ensure transactions are
      recorded properly and complied with Siemens Energy policies and IFRS/
      local laws and taxes, and adequate internal controls are in place and in
      line with Siemens Energy International Chart of Accounts.
    • Liaise with regional tax
      team on international projects.
    • Review and book month-end
      adjustment entries for the various activities.
    • If possible, administrate
      a sub-function of the SAP-based reporting tool as a basis for the monthly
      cross-country uploads of PE-relevant postings/business transactions.
    • You control and optimize process issues for your
      countries, such as The payment of the PIT/VAT/WHT or the implementation of
      the PATAC-PE advice on order structuring in SAP-PS/SD.
    • In general, you are in
      close contact with the merchants who are initially responsible for the
      delivery of the correct reporting data.
    • Coordinate the
      preparation of tax returns, as well as examines the respective accounts.
    • Review tax calculations
      according to prescribed rates, laws, and regulations by required
      deadlines.
    • If necessary, you will
      conduct training and support the project managers in implementing the
      specifications of the business premises guidelines, for the use of the
      reporting tool and its requirements for accounting documents from SAP-FI
      and Concur as well as for compliance with the PATAC process.
    • Provide the financial
      accounting team with technical tax advice and assistance.

    What you Bring

    • An
      Academic degree in Accounting / Finance from reputable University or
      college.
    • Minimum
      four to seven years of experience in a similar field.
    • Big
      four or multinational companies’ experience is a plus.
    • Business
      fluency in English is required; proficiency in German is an advantage.
    • Expertise
      in various types of taxes, both direct and indirect.
    • Preferable
      exposure to and knowledge of tax systems in Egypt and the Gulf area.
    • Excellent
      accounting skills with ability to demonstrate understanding and
      interpretation of key financial statements.
    • Solid
      experience with SAP is advantageous. Advanced proficiency in MS Word,
      Excel, and Outlook.
    • Must
      be able to effectively handle multiple projects simultaneously in a
      deadline driven environment independently and within the team with high
      level of accuracy.
    • Awareness of the importance of tax technology and the
      ability to identify opportunities to leverage technology to improve work
      efficiency and quality.
    • Ability to work under pressure in challenging and
      often time-constrained situations.

    Who
    is Siemens Energy?

    At
    Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the
    growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is
    protected. With more than 92,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate
    electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our
    technology to help protect people and the environment.

    Our
    global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy
    a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year
    legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our
    focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

    Our
    Commitment to Diversity

    Lucky
    for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on
    inclusion and our combined creative energy is fuelled by over 130
    nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic
    background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize
    society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.
    We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with
    disabilities.

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