Tax Operations Specialist

Financial Reporting & Accounting Expert

To provide expert advice to superiors for Financial Reporting & Accounting and manage the reporting and accounting requirements for the general ledger; to ensure compliance with external and internal accounting reporting requirements in a timely and accurate manner.

Location: Hybrid. CDMX

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Perform daily tax compliance, reporting and operational processes (preparation and filing of direct, indirect and withholding tax returns)
• Knowledge of taxes in different countries (LaCan) preferred.
• Develop and maintain standardized tax processes, procedures, and internal controls.
• Perform tax calculations and reconciliations to ensure accuracy and completeness in time and manner.
• Ensure proper documentation and retention of tax records and filings
• Coordinate and prepare responses to tax authorities.
• Hold meetings with other areas of the Company if necessary.
• Stay informed of legislative and regulatory changes that may impact operations in the Region for each country.
• Submit proper documentation and retention of tax records and filings.
• Collaborate in relations with external advisors.
• Teamwork in Tax Operations with managers and team.

Required Skills:

• Tax compliance expertise and knowledge of countries in the region, financial and accounting knowledge.
• Analytical skills, organization skills, attention to detail, data analysis, process management.
• SAP knowledge, Vertex knowledge (desirable).
• Communication skills, teamwork, problem solving ability, stakeholder collaboration, time management.
• Documentation and compliance skills, adaptability, ethics and integrity, confidentiality management.
• Medium to high level of English language.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and Accommodation:

Novartis is committed to work with and provide reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to tas.mexico@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Novartis tiene el compromiso de trabajar y proporcionar adaptaciones razonables para personas con discapacidad. Si, debido a una condición médica o discapacidad, necesita una adaptación razonable para cualquier parte del proceso de contratación, o para desempeñar las funciones esenciales de un puesto, envíe un correo electrónico a tas.mexico@novartis.com y permítanos conocer la naturaleza de su solicitud y su información de contacto. Incluya el número de posición en su mensaje.

Skills Desired

Compliance and controls, continuous process improvement, critical thinking, data cleansing/normalization, embracing change, financial accounting, financial and management reporting, rapid problem solving, resilience, tax simple IT systems and tools (i.e. SAP, MS Office, workflows, etc.).