Role Overview

We’re looking for an International Tax Specialist to support GÉANT’s compliance with indirect tax (VAT) obligations across multiple jurisdictions and contribute to broader international tax activities.

Working within the Finance team and reporting to the Head of Tax, you’ll help ensure accurate tax reporting, effective risk management and audit-ready compliance across a complex international environment. You’ll play an important role in supporting cross-border operations, grant-funded activities and finance processes that enable the organisation to operate confidently across Europe and beyond.

This is a role suited to someone who enjoys combining technical tax knowledge with practical problem-solving, working closely with colleagues across Finance and supporting continuous improvement in a dynamic international organisation.

What You’ll Do

VAT Compliance and Reporting

• You’ll support the preparation and submission of VAT and indirect tax returns across multiple jurisdictions.

• You’ll review purchase orders, customer invoices and supplier invoices to help ensure accurate VAT treatment.

• You’ll support VAT analysis for cross-border services, intra-EU transactions, events and grant-funded projects.

• You’ll help maintain clear and auditable documentation to support tax filings and tax positions.

Direct Tax Support

• You’ll support corporate tax compliance activities, including tax computations and filings.

• You’ll assist with international tax matters such as permanent establishments, transfer pricing support and employee mobility-related tax issues.

• You’ll work closely with external advisers and consultants on jurisdiction-specific tax matters.

Financial Control and Compliance

• You’ll reconcile VAT accounts to the general ledger.

• You’ll support monthly, quarterly and annual tax reporting activities.

• You’ll prepare tax documentation for internal review, statutory audits and external reporting requirements.

• You’ll support audit processes by providing tax analysis, explanations and supporting evidence.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• You’ll work closely with Finance Operations to support accurate tax treatment in accounting systems.

• You’ll collaborate with Business Intelligence on VAT-related reporting and analysis.

• You’ll provide practical tax guidance to Finance, Procurement and operational teams.

• You’ll act as a point of contact for tax-related queries across the organisation.

Process Improvement and Tax Governance

• You’ll help monitor changes in VAT and tax legislation across the UK, Netherlands and wider EU.

• You’ll identify opportunities to improve tax processes, controls and documentation.

• You’ll contribute to finance system enhancements that support tax accuracy and reporting.

• You’ll build a strong understanding of GÉANT’s operations, finance processes and tax environment.

About You

We’re open to candidates from a range of backgrounds. You may not have worked in a role exactly like this before, but you should be able to demonstrate many of the skills, experience and capabilities needed to succeed.

Please consider the responsibilities of the role carefully and how your experience aligns with the following areas:

• B1 Level Dutch

• Experience working with VAT, indirect tax or international tax compliance activities.

• Experience supporting the preparation or review of tax filings and reporting.

• Strong understanding of VAT principles and their practical application.

• Experience working with financial data, reconciliations and supporting documentation.

• Ability to review transactions and identify appropriate tax treatment.

• Confidence in working with colleagues across finance and operational teams.

• Experience supporting audit activity or responding to compliance requirements.

• Good judgement when balancing compliance obligations with operational needs.

• An organised approach to managing deadlines, documentation and competing priorities.

Experience That Could Be Beneficial

The following experience could be helpful, but is not required for every candidate:

• Experience in a multinational or multi-jurisdictional environment.

• Exposure to corporate tax compliance activities.

• Familiarity with transfer pricing, permanent establishments or employee mobility-related tax matters.

• Experience supporting grant-funded projects.

• Experience working with finance systems, reporting tools or process improvement initiatives.

• Knowledge of EU VAT regulations and cross-border transactions.

We recognise that people build experience in different ways and do not expect candidates to meet every point listed above. If your background aligns with many of these areas and you’re interested in the opportunity, we’d like to hear from you.

Working Arrangements

We have adopted a flexible-hybrid model which means that employees will work flexibly between a remote and office environment. Weekly visits to the office are required for most employees to support our values and collaborative culture and enable our teams to deliver great work. For this role we anticipate that you may be required in the office for around 2 days per week.

There may also be occasional travel.

Benefits of Working for GÉANT

You’ll receive excellent benefits at GÉANT – we offer a generous holiday allowance and a 5% end of year bonus/allowance as standard. The other benefits you receive will depend on the country you are employed in, but you can rest assured that these will include an appropriate pension scheme and medical insurance. For full details of our benefits package please see our careers website: https://careers.geant.org/why-work-for-geant/

Why Work for GÉANT?

GÉANT is at the heart of research and education networking, we offer talented people the opportunity to be part of something meaningful and worthwhile. With 150 employees based in Amsterdam and Cambridge, together we deliver an information ecosystem of infrastructure and services to advance research, education, and innovation on a global scale.

Thanks to our terabit network, 50 million researchers, scientists, academics and students can share record volumes of data unconstrained by location, solving some of humankind’s biggest challenges. Work at GÉANT and you’ll be supporting critical research into sustainable energy, deep space, high-energy physics, earth observation, environmental disasters, medicine and much more!

Inclusion and Accessibility

We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process where candidates are assessed based on their skills, experience, potential and ability to do the role.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every point listed. Not all strong candidates will have the same background, and we recognise that experience can be built in different ways.

If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know. This could include adjustments to the application process, interview format, timing, accessibility needs, or anything else that would help you participate fully.

Application Process

To apply, please submit your application through our careers site.

Applications close on [date], although we may close the role earlier if we receive sufficient interest.

For this role, we expect the process to include:

• Recruiter Screening Interview

• Hiring Manager Interview

• Final Interview

We will confirm the full process with shortlisted candidates.