Airalo

Indirect Tax Manager

Airalo

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

ERP

About the role

  • Own global indirect tax compliance, including **VAT, GST, and telecom/ digital taxes**, with a focus on **EU VAT regimes**
  • Manage VAT registrations, filings, OSS, and reconciliations
  • Build a tax compliance and control framework for managing compliance processes across 60+ markets.
  • Ensuring timely and accurate filings across all jurisdictions, coordinating with external advisors, where required
  • Maintain robust documentation, controls, and audit-ready processes
  • Act as the internal SME for **EU VAT on electronically supplied/ telecom services**
  • Advise on VAT treatment for new products, pricing models, promotions, and go-to-market strategies
  • Support VAT determination for B2C and B2B supplies, including place-of-supply analysis
  • Lead the implementation and optimization of **indirect tax engines** such as Avalara, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE, or similar tools
  • Drive automation of compliance workflows and improve data quality for indirect tax reporting
  • Collaborate and partner with Finance, Legal, Product, and Commercial teams to embed indirect tax compliance into business processes
  • Support internal and external audits related to indirect tax

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in indirect tax / VAT, ideally in a multinational, digital, telecom, SaaS, or B2C marketplace business
  • Demonstrable EU VAT experience (including OSS and digital services VAT) is mandatory
  • Proven experience implementing or operating tax determination engines such as Avalara, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE, Vertex, or similar
  • Experience working with ERP systems and billing platforms in a high-volume, transaction-led environment
  • Background in Big 4 / large consulting firm combined with in-house experience strongly preferred
  • Deep technical understanding of EU VAT rules for telecom/ digital and cross-border supplies
  • Detail-oriented, compliance-focused, and comfortable operating in an agile growth environment
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Comfortable working independently with a high degree of ownership
Benefits
  • Health Insurance
  • work-from-anywhere stipend
  • annual wellness & learning credits
  • annual all-expenses-paid company retreat in a gorgeous destination & other benefits

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
indirect tax complianceVATGSTtelecom taxesEU VAT regimesVAT registrationsOSStax determination enginescompliance workflowsdata quality
Soft skills
detail-orientedcompliance-focusedstakeholder managementcommunication skillsindependent workownershipcollaborationadvisory skillsorganizational skillsagile environment