VAT expert

233230

20-Aug-2025

GWS Segment

Full-time

Are you a detail-oriented tax professional with a passion for VAT compliance across international markets? Join our team as a Senior VAT Expert, where you'll play a key role in ensuring accurate and timely VAT reporting for multiple EMEA entities. This remote position offers flexibility, with occasional visits to our Warsaw office, and the opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams across Europe. If you're looking to grow your expertise in a dynamic, multinational environment and contribute to finance transformation initiatives, we’d love to hear from you.

About CBRE Group, Inc.

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2024 revenue). The company has more than 140,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves clients through four business segments: Advisory (leasing, sales, debt origination, mortgage serving, valuations); Building Operations & Experience (facilities management, property management, flex space & experience); Project Management (program management, project management, cost consulting); Real Estate Investments (investment management, development).

Your responsibilities

• VAT reporting for EMEA entities like France, Switzerland, Belgium in compliance
with local tax regulations
• Preparation, review and timely submissions of VAT returns
• Preparation of VAT balance sheet reconciliations
• Understanding of P2P and OTC processes and how they impact VAT input data
• Maintenance of VAT registers
• Review of AR / AP invoices for VAT compliance
• Support responding to VAT queries from tax authorities
• Coordination of the VAT return correction process
• Tracking changes in VAT law and advising stakeholders on necessary solutions to
enhance VAT processes for compliance.
• Support integration of the newly acquired company into CBRE VAT compliance
process
• Support business in finance transformation activities by assessing the impact of
the changes on VAT compliance and ensuring that VAT compliance is ensured after the transformation has been completed.

Our requirements

• VAT experience is a plus or willingness to learn.
• Knowledge of EMEA VAT legislation
• University degree in Accounting, Finance, Law and/or in Taxation
• Fluent English
• German / French language is a plus.
• Highly proficient in Excel
• Experience in PeopleSoft, Dynamix, SAP, iScala is a plus
• Professional qualification in Tax is a plus
• Analytical thinking and attention to details