Tax Manager - VAT and Tax Reporting (m/f/d)

Job description

About the Job 

As the Tax Manager at Allianz Technology, you will hold central ownership of VAT matters across our international IT group, ensuring compliance and strategic alignment with global tax standards. You will be responsible for defining and continuously improving group-wide VAT standards and processes, assessing complex VAT topics related to digital business models, and supporting local entities in VAT compliance and audits. Additionally, you will oversee tax reporting under local GAAP and IFRS, manage GloBE/Pillar II coordination, and take end-to-end responsibility for Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR). Your role will involve close collaboration with Group Tax, Finance, Controlling, and Accounting during the close process, and you will provide tax support for strategic projects and international reorganizations.

What you do

• VAT – Group-Level Ownership:
• Central ownership of VAT matters across the international IT group, defining and improving group-wide VAT standards and processes.
• Assess complex VAT topics related to digital business models (SaaS, cloud, software licensing, platforms).
• Support and steer local entities regarding VAT compliance, audits, and special cases.
• Serve as the group-level contact for VAT questions and external advisors.
• Tax Reporting – Group Control:
• Responsible for tax reporting under local GAAP and IFRS, ensuring quality assurance of tax reporting packages from international entities.
• Analyze group ETR, permanent and temporary differences, and cash tax development.
• Collaborate closely with Group Tax, Finance, Controlling, and Accounting during the close process.
• GloBE / Pillar II – Group Ownership:
• Coordinate data collection from international subsidiaries and calculate/review the GloBE effective tax rate and potential top-up taxes.
• Manage external advisors and ensure audit-ready documentation.
• Advise management on implications for tax strategy, governance, and group structures.
• Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR):
• End-to-end responsibility for group-wide CbCR.
• Governance & Strategic Projects:
• Provide tax support for international reorganizations, IT-related business model changes, and M&A projects.
• Monitor international tax developments with a focus on digitalization.

What you bring

• Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Law, or a comparable field, preferably with a focus on taxation.
• Several years of senior-level experience in an international group, tax advisory, or the IT sector.
• Strong expertise in VAT (especially digital services), tax reporting, GloBE/Pillar II, and CbCR.
• Proven experience in managing international stakeholders and decentralized structures.
• Strong knowledge of ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and tax/reporting tools.
• Strategic mindset, high level of ownership, and strong communication skills.
• Fluent in English; German would be an advantage.
• Basic knowledge of AI technologies, principles, and their practical use.

 What we offer

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.

90220 | Finance & Accounting | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent

About Allianz Technology

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform, and innovate the infrastructure, applications, and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.

We service the entire spectrum of digitalization – from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centers, networks, and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.

Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology.

Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion

Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment for everyone. We embrace individuals of all gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, ethnicities, ages, nationalities, religions, disabilities, and philosophies of life. Ultimately, our greatest strength as a company lies in the unique skills, experiences, and backgrounds our employees contribute.

To Recruitment Agencies:

Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters.

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.