VAT Compliance Specialist

Do you want to join a global, diverse, and motivated tax team? Are you proactive and passionate about VAT? If so, we’d love to welcome you as our new colleague at Hempel!

In the role of VAT Compliance Specialist, you will play a key part in ensuring excellence across all aspects of the VAT compliance process within our business. Your financial expertise, VAT knowledge, and experience will contribute to the growth of the department and support the continued development of our organization.

Your Responsibilities

• Contribute to building an internal VAT Excellence Centre
• Collaborate to establish a Global VAT Control Framework
• Support the implementation of an Indirect Tax Compliance tool
• Prepare indirect tax filings including performance of controls
• Support in solving, improving, standardising and automation of VAT processes
• Ad-hoc VAT advisory within Hempel and supporting the business
• Support reporting and controlling of other indirect taxes (import duties, excise duties etc.)
• Prepare and review data for Tax Authorities including communication with Tax Authorities
• Build strong relationships with local Finance, IT, Customer Service teams to ensure efficient collaboration
• Maintain and strengthen partnerships with tax advisors, Tax Authorities and other external stakeholders to ensure optimized and efficient cooperation

Your Qualifications

University degree in Economics, Tax or equivalent

Minimum 2 years of experience in VAT-related roles

Knowledge of VAT: legislation within EU and/or globally, compliance processes and controls

Fluent in English (verbal and written)

Strong analytic skills with detail-orientated mindset

Organized, independent and pro-active approach

Good team player with customer focused and result-driven perspective

What do we offer?

Hybrid work model from our office in Gdańsk, Poland

Annual bonus

Private health care package

Group insurance

Benefit cafeteria with co-financing for Multisport card

Extra paid long holidays

International and non-corporate work environment

Access to Hempel Academy (e-learning platform)

Christmas' gifts

Application and further information

To apply for this position, please submit your application with a CV in English. We’re excited to welcome a new colleague to our VAT Team in Gdańsk office. Apply today and become part of our journey!

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Application due

2026-04-19

Seniority Level

Mid-Senior level

Job Functions

Accounting / Auditing, Finance

Industry

Chemicals

At Hempel, you’re welcomed to a global community of +7000 colleagues around the world. A workplace built on shared trust, mutual respect and support for each other.

We’re on a mission to double our impact. To succeed, we need bright minds and team players. Which is why, from day one, your input, ideas and initiative are not only welcomed, but expected. In return, you will enjoy great opportunities for development in a growing global company – and be part of the solution by contributing to our global impact.

At Hempel, we are committed to everyone feeling safe, valued and treated equally, in an environment where each employee can bring their authentic selves to work. We believe that inclusion is key to innovation and by bringing together the most diverse perspectives and talents, we can achieve great things, together.