Senior Tax Accountant

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Since being founded in 2001, BlackLine has become a leading provider of cloud software that automates and controls the entire financial close process. Our vision is to modernize the finance and accounting function to enable greater operational effectiveness and agility, and we are committed to delivering innovative solutions and services to empower accounting and finance leaders around the world to achieve Modern Finance.

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Make Your Mark:
BlackLine is seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Senior Tax Accountant to join our dynamic Finance & Accounting team. The successful candidate will mainly be responsible for all aspects of our EMEA tax reporting and statutory compliance, ensuring adherence to local tax laws and regulations. The role requires a deep understanding of statutory reporting, corporate taxation, VAT, and other applicable taxes and compliance matters in the EMEA region. The senior tax accountant is part of the global international tax accounting team and tasks can extend beyond the EMEA region, such as support to the US GAAP tax provisioning or support with entities based in the APAC region.

You'll Get To:

• Key Responsibilities:

• Tax Compliance:

• Collaborate with external service providers on the preparation of the corporate income tax returns and prepare periodic CIT payments.
• Manage all VAT related compliance, including monthly account reconciliations, periodic returns, payment requests and refund applications.
• Respond to tax notices, demands, and inquiries from tax authorities, and collaborate with the international tax team in managing all tax controversy matters.
• Responsible for tax compliance Procure To Pay and Order To Cash process.
• Validate use of correct tax codes by AR and AP departments.
• Validate VAT compliance of invoices.
• Manage e-invoicing portals.
• Ensure PO compliance.
• US GAAP, Statutory financials & Non-tax compliance:
• Manage and provide support for the annual statutory financial statements compilation and statutory audits.
• Liaise with external auditors to ensure an effective and efficient audit and understand all issues.
• Prepare Statutory tax account reconciliations.
• Conduct periodic balance sheet and account reconciliation reviews.
• Prepare intercompany journals in line with BlackLine's transfer pricing policy.
• Advisory and Support:
• Collaborate with the international tax team, along with external tax advisors and consultants on complex tax matters including transfer pricing analyses, Company mergers & acquisitions and other business transactions.
• Conduct tax research and analysis to support decision-making and policy formulation.
• Participate in tax-related projects and initiatives.
• Implement tax "best practices" for tax automation (tax provision and tax compliance to minimize reliance upon outside service providers).
• Collaborate with Company Secretary, Corporate legal team, and other advisors with respect to general corporate secretarial matters.

What You'll Bring:

• Qualifications:

• Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, or a related field.
• Master's degree in Taxation is preferred.
• Experience:
• A minimum of 5 years, tax-based experience with an internationally oriented accounting firm or company is required.
• Extensive experience with tax laws, including corporate income tax, VAT, and other indirect taxes.
• Local GAAP and US GAAP tax provisioning experience preferred.
• Skills:
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex tax concepts to non-experts.
• Pragmatic team player, accurate detail oriented with a hands-on mentality.
• Pro-active attitude.
• Strong Excel skills and eager to automate using BlackLine's software to the biggest extent possible.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be a highly motivated team contributor with the ability to collaborate with others across time zones.

Daily time allocation:

• VAT and indirect tax: 25%
• Statutory Accounting: 25%
• CIT and Direct Tax: 25%
• Ad hoc questions and project support: 25%

Interacts with:

• US based VP of Global Tax
• EMEA based International Tax Director
• Colleagues based in the Bucharest Technical Service Centre
• External auditors for group and statutory reporting
• Tax and Statutory accounting service providers
• US based accounting team.

Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining:

• A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future. Every door at BlackLine is open. Just bring your brains, your problem-solving skills, and be part of a winning team at the world's most trusted name in Finance Automation
• A culture that is kind, open, and accepting. It's a place where people can embrace what makes them unique, and the mix of cultural backgrounds and varying interests cultivates diverse thought and perspectives.
• A culture where BlackLiner's continued growth and learning is empowered. BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity.

BlackLine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, age, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, ancestry, color, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, medical condition, genetic information, or any other protected class or category recognized by applicable equal employment opportunity or other similar laws.

BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself have shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture. Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 2 days a week.