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Offer published on 2026-05-13

Indirect Tax Team Manager – Europe Operations (SSC)

  • Location
    : Voluntari, Romania
  • Contract Type
    : Regular

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Indirect Tax Team Manager – Europe Operations (SSC)

Michelin is hiring!

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This role is based in the Michelin Shared Services Center in Bucharest, Michelin Corporate & Business Services, where more than 1000 colleagues deliver excellence in Purchasing, Finance, Logistics, Sales Administration, Personnel and Service Management.

The Tax Manager leads a team responsible for indirect tax compliance activities (mainly VAT) across multiple European Group entities.  

The role ensures high-quality operational delivery, people's development, stakeholder governance, and continuous improvement, contributing to efficient, compliant and value-driven tax operations within an international Shared Service Center environment.

Key Responsibilities 

  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of approximately 12 people 

  • Supervise operational activities related mainly to VAT compliance (scope: 20+ European entities), but also Customs and Export Control 

  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives, process optimization, and standardization across tax operations, promote and implement digital solutions and automation opportunities 

  • Ensure close collaboration with key partners (mainly Local Tax Managers, but also Group Tax, CFOs, Process Engineers, and other key partners) 

  • Act as a key interface between operational tax delivery and strategic tax stakeholders, ensuring alignment, transparency, and proactive issue resolution 

  • Support the identification of VAT recovery opportunities and value creation levers 

  • Contribute to transformation projects and development of the SSC tax organization 

  • Foster a collaborative, customer-oriented, and high-performance team culture 

 

Mandatory Skills & Experience 

  • Solid experience in people management and team leadership 

  • Strong knowledge of indirect tax processes/applicable legislation (especially VAT/INTRASTAT) and compliance environment (while the role is not expected to perform operational tax activities directly, the manager should be able to oversee team’s operations, support decision-making, and engage confidently with tax-related topics and different stakeholders); 

  • Previous experience within a multinational consulting and audit company and/or Shared Service Center organization 

  • Proven experience in contributing to digital and continuous improvement initiatives 

  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, ability to work easily with business partners in main European countries 

  • Fluent English (French would be a plus)  

 

Nice to Have: 

  • Knowledge of process improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, etc.) 

  • Project management / transition projects experience 

In Michelin we offer:

  • Hybrid way of working;

  • A customizable benefits package with options to choose: gym access, medical or dental services, private retirement pension, deduction of public transport costs, cultural activities vouchers etc.

  • Private medical subscription;

  • Life insurance;

  • Lunch vouchers and discounts;

  • Deduction of vacation costs.

How we recruit:

Once you submit your application, one of our recruiters reviews it. If your profile fits our role:

  • We have a phone call to get to know each other;

  • We hold assessments to see your language skills and competencies;

  • We meet in a face to face (or online, depending the context) interview, with a recruiter and the hiring manager.

Pass all stages with flying colors, and we’ll send you our offer.

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Where do success and ideas come from? We strongly believe they come from collective intelligence.

Our talents, people and employees are the source of purposeful and sustainable innovations. That’s why we care about developing and enhancing their strength, and we ensure them a tailored professional journey across units and countries.

What drives us is the spirit of unlimited innovation, which we all possess. Our goal is to cultivate and nurture that spirit, by questioning the status quo, improving our way to do things. Therefore, we are always optimistic as to overcome the challenges of tomorrow.

That’s our mission as an employer: inspiring innovation in all of us, to build a better life in motion for you and for everyone.

Michelin, a leader in the field of tires, is dedicated to sustainably enriching the mobility of goods and people through the production, distribution and marketing of tires for each type of vehicle. It also offers innovative business support services, digital mobility services and publishes travel, hotel and restaurant guides, maps and atlases. Michelin has over 4500 employees in Romania: 3 factories (2 in Zalău and 1 in Florești - Prahova), as well as a commercial network, and a center for shared services, in Bucharest. The office in Bucharest also hosts the coordination center for the Central Europe and Central Asia region.

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