EMEA Tax Specialist

About Grass Valley 

With our award-winning technology and trusted expertise, Grass Valley enables and empowers creators, broadcasters and media organizations to produce brilliant content that captivates audiences and connects people through the magic of media.  

As the industry’s R&D powerhouse, we offer the widest and deepest range of best-in-class solutions in the industry. We are the trusted partner to many of the biggest and most creative names in the media and entertainment business as we help our customers to build successful media businesses and navigate the rapidly shifting mediascape.  

Grass Valley has been engaged in the media technology business for over 60 years and is part of Black Dragon Capital. 

Our people are creative, knowledgeable, passionate and dedicated, working together to deliver high quality solutions and services to customers all over the world. We are looking for our future ambassadors, technologists, thought leaders and innovators to continue this beautiful journey with us. This is your opportunity, join us!  

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The Role 

As EMEA Tax Specialist you will be part of Global Grass Valley Tax team, where you will manage the tax compliance process of different Grass Valley legal entities in EMEA region. The role reports directly to Grass Valley Tax Director. 

• Manages the tax compliance process of Grass Valley companies in EMEA region 

• Designs and implement necessary procedures to ensure the correctness and efficiency of tax compliance 

• Is actively involved in preparation of Transfer Pricing documentation and relevant processes 

• Ensures the correct accounting for income taxes for the group reporting in US GAAP 

• Identifies and manages implementation of tax incentives, including R&D tax credit 

• Supports the pre-sales functions to come up with tax-optimized solutions and provides ongoing tax advice to the business  

• Provides support by the tax audits in EMEA region 

• Monitors changes in tax regulations, active involvement in implementation of appropriate improvements as well as research complex tax questions 

• Supports local and global projects from tax perspective 

What you’ll need to be successful 

• Higher education in relevant field: Accounting /Finance/Economics/Law 

• 2-3 years of previous experience in a similar role 

• Proven tax knowledge and familiar to work with other jurisdictions 

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills 

• Demonstrated business-oriented approach and analytical skills 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 

• Continuous improvement mindset and pro-active attitude 

• Excellent sense of organization, precision and detail 

• Proven ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workloads 

• Ability to work in a global and intercultural environment 

Grass Valley offers competitive compensation packages in an energizing and supportive work environment. 

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job.  It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job. 

Grass Valley is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to gender, marital status, race, religion, color, age, disability, sexual orientation or protected veteran status.