Job Description
You may be our new
Tax Analyst
Importance and aim of the job
Support the VAT and Refunds function by preparing, validating, and maintaining high‑quality documentation and data required for VAT refund filings, ensuring accuracy, timely execution, and full compliance with regulatory requirements. Support the Tax Manager AM-N and Tax Lead Direct Taxes to implement process improvements, address information gaps, and strengthen internal controls, while providing consistent operational support across tax and foreign trade activities.
Key responsibilities
VAT Refund Process Support
- Prepare and support VAT in favor calculations, including working papers and advance payment analysis.
- Collect, organize, and validate documentation required for VAT refund filings (XML, invoices, accounting records, import/export documents, annexes).
- Prepare preliminary VAT refund packages for review.
- Perform reconciliations between accounting records, CFDI data, and foreign trade documentation.
- Ensure completeness and accuracy of documentation prior to escalation to management.
- Perform monthly VAT reconciliations and support tax accounting entries.
- Documentation Review & Data Quality
- Validate completeness and accuracy of information provided by procurement, logistics, accounting, and trade compliance teams.
- Review CFDIs to ensure compliance (UUID, structure, tax requirements, payment method, vendor validity).
- Verify vendor status (REPSE compliance, SAT blacklists) and flag potential risks.
- Maintain organized, audit-ready documentation for all VAT refund cases.
- Prepare and compile information for external consultants when applicable.
Compliance & Control Execution
- Ensure VAT refund files comply with VAT Law, CFF, and RMF requirements (basic compliance level)
- Track deadlines, follow-ups, and open items to ensure timely submissions.
- Maintain and update internal trackers and document repositories (e.g., SharePoint).
- Validate documentation impacting VAT creditability (vendors, customers, correct postings).
- Support implementation and execution of internal controls across the VAT refund process.
Support in SAT Audits and Requirements
- Monitor and download SAT notifications, requests, and communications.
- Prepare supporting documentation, annexes, and audit files required by SAT authorities.
- Support drafting of initial responses to tax authority requests for review by Tax Manager/Lead.
- Track deadlines and ensure timely responses to tax authorities.
Reconciliations & Preliminary Analysis
- Perform reconciliations of VAT balances, income vs expense, and import/export transactions.
- Identify discrepancies and escalate issues for resolution.
- Support periodic reporting on VAT refunds, including status tracking and pending items.
Operational Continuous Improvement
- Document recurring issues (e.g., incomplete CFDIs, missing documents, accounting mismatches).
- Propose improvements to enhance data quality, documentation flow, and process efficiency.
- Participate in quality reviews of VAT refund files (first-pass validation).
Cross Functional Coordination
- Request and coordinate information with procurement, logistics, accounting, and foreign trade teams.
- Support resolution of discrepancies across departments.
- Assist in preparation of documentation for internal and external audits.
You bring these skills, experience & education
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting (mandatory)
- Diploma or tax update courses in Taxation (mandatory).
- VAT-related courses (preferred).
- Internal Control courses (preferred).
Skills (IT, Languages, etc.)
Computer Skills
- Strong background in technology tools and software.
- Microsoft Office (mandatory intermediate/advanced Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).
- ERP systems (SAP is a plus).
- Reporting systems (Cognos and BW are a plus).
Analytical Skills
- Ability to analyze critical tax and financial information and identify potential risks.
- Internal Controls and ISO Knowledge
- Compliance experience to implement, maintain, and drive continuous improvement of internal controls (SOX) and ISO requirements
Professional Experience
- Years of Experience
3 to 5 years of professional experience.
- Specialized Experience
1 to 3 years of VAT Refund experience.
Industry / Sector
- Accounting firms or corporate environments.
Technical Experience
3 to 5 years.
Disciplinary Experience
3 to 5 years.
SIG competencies
We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is 'yes', come and join us.
Our promise
SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. We offer competitive compensation and an opportunity to partially work from home. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we'll back you all the way.
About SIG
SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it's the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better. Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.
