Job Description

About BYD

Our Purpose is to build a zero-emission future that reconnects humanity with nature. We are looking for talent that connects with this mission and want to create positive impact by joining a diverse and dynamic team.

BYD is a leading, high-tech multinational, based in Shenzhen, China. Operates in four core fields of IT, automotive, new energy, and rail transit and employs over 300,000 people worldwide. As a global pioneer in New Energy Solutions BYD is dedicated to building a zero-emission ecosystem.

About this Role

As the Italy Tax BP, you will design and launch the Group’s local tax declaration internal framework from scratch, ensuring full alignment with Italian tax laws and the Group’s global unified operational standards.

Key Responsibilities

- Act as Italy Tax BP for the Group, lead the end-to-end setup of internal tax declaration, compliance, filing, monitoring and process governance systems in Italy.
- Review and analyze the current tax declaration status, existing workflows, system arrangements and potential risk points of BYD’s local business entities in Italy.
- Develop standardized internal tax compliance procedures in line with Italian tax regulations, covering, for example, VAT, CIT, WHT and other relevant tax categories.
- Cooperate closely with the Group IT team to facilitate the design and rollout of tax automation tools, tax engines and ERP tax modules.
- Establish and execute tax risk management rules and internal control frameworks, to identify and handle tax risks in a timely manner.
- Serve as the in-house Italy tax expert, providing professional training, guidance and knowledge sharing for the European Tax Compliance Center team.
- Coordinate and maintain communication with external Italian tax advisors and local tax authorities to guarantee smooth project execution.
- Undertake tax compliance affairs for additional European markets, such as Austria and Switzerland.

Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree or above, major in Finance, Accounting, Taxation, Law, Economics or related disciplines.
- Minimum 3 years of European taxation working experience, or 5 years of tax working experience in Big 4 firms; familiar with basic compliance and filing rules of corporate direct and indirect tax.
- Candidates with experience in tax process design, internal control construction and tax automation deployment are preferred.
- Strong project management and cross-cultural communication ability, capable of engaging with multiple stakeholders.
- Fluent in both spoken and written Chinese and English; Italian or German is a bonus.
- Self-motivated, capable of building business systems from 0 to 1, with high accountability and ownership.

Location: Italy
Type of Employment: Full-time