Tax Specialist

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Job Purpose:

You will take care of all Bridgestone tax matters in Belgium and the Netherlands, covering the EMEA headquarters, the sales branch and the retail entities controlled by Bridgestone. You will report to the Head of Direct Tax EMEA and will be part of the EMEA Tax Center of Excellence, working closely with Bridgestone Head of Transfer Pricing and Head of VAT.

Responsibilities:

You participate actively in tax strategy by becoming a true Business Partner being integrated in the business decision process. In this role you:

• Manage all compliance activities for direct tax in Belgium and the Netherlands
• Ensure the timely submission of all tax filing requirements with appropriate and consistent disclosures
• Ensure the timely payment of tax liabilities and appropriate retention of information
• Coordinate the tax accounting activities and manage the current and deferred tax positions
• Manage Tax audits and ad-hoc tax authorities requests for information
• Contribute to a fair picture of direct tax assets and liabilities
• Support the increase of quality and transparency efforts in compliance activities.
• Advise the organization on additional taxes and new future tax developments beyond pure direct and indirect tax.

Qualifications & Experience Required:

• Master in Tax, Accounting, Finance or related
• Relevant Belgian corporate income tax experience in a consulting or in-house role
• Corporate accounting experience is an asset (Belgian GAAP and IFRS)
• Fluent in Dutch and English
• Ability to see the big picture while focusing on the process and procedures necessary to produce deliverables
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a team player

The offer:

• A competitive salary in line with your experience
• Company car with fuel card
• Competitive bonus system based on performance
• Net allowances
• Meal vouchers
• Hospitalization and group insurance (including an excellent pension plan)
• Homeworking policy and flexible hours
• Numerous internal and external training programs
• A vibrant EMEA HQ working environment, full of talented people to collaborate with

At Bridgestone, what really matter is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality”.