Senior Manager, VAT, Digital and Devices, Tax

Indirect Tax Senior Manager

Amazon is seeking an Indirect Tax Senior Manager to join the Digital and Devices Tax team, supporting the launch and growth of Amazon Leo's consumer business. Amazon Leo is Amazon's low earth orbit satellite network, with a mission to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities beyond the reach of existing networks. The successful candidate will drive the indirect tax position, working closely with Business, Engineering, Finance, Legal and external advisors to shape the tax treatment of Leo's new consumer and enterprise offerings from the outset.

The role will offer exposure to a broad range of jurisdictions and technical topics, including telecommunications services, bundled offerings of connectivity and hardware, design of Leo billing systems, supply chain, place of supply for cross-border flows, and the interaction between indirect tax, direct tax, transfer pricing and accounting. There will also be scope for engagement with local tax authorities through enquiries and audits as they arise.

Key job responsibilities include indirect tax advisory support to the Amazon Leo business, covering the Leo satellite internet service, customer hardware and supply chain, product offerings/promotions/enterprise contracts, and legal entity set up. The role involves leading the end-to-end indirect tax position for Leo country launches, partnering with Leo business teams early in the product development cycle to ensure tax considerations are reflected in business requirements documents, working with Engineering to translate tax requirements into system logic, managing external advisors, handling engagement with tax authorities, and providing technical direction to more junior colleagues supporting the business line.

The role is primarily advisory, working closely with compliance colleagues on registrations, returns, audits and process improvements.

- 10+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- Experience advisory experience in a large accounting/consultancy practice, law firm, tax authority or business in-house.

- Experience in international indirect tax planning and strong understanding of or practical experience with tax laws in other countries
- Experience liaising with tax authorities including responding to audits and information requests
- Experience analyzing and reviewing statutes, regulations, and case law and then extracting data to make appropriate recommendations

- Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partner well with people at all levels within an organization, including coaching of junior staff

- Experience with digital technologies, consumer products, media, and e-commerce- CPA, JD, LLM in Taxation, CTA or equivalent professional tax, accounting or legal qualification
- Experience writing tax requirements for systems and working with technology teams through user acceptance and production testing
- Experience with e-invoicing, digital reporting obligations or tax engine implementations

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