Join our SIG team as…
Tax Analyst – VAT Refunds
Support the VAT and Refunds function by preparing, validating, and maintaining high‑quality documentation and data required for VAT refund filings, ensuring accuracy, timely execution, and full compliance with regulatory requirements. Support the Tax Manager AM-N and Tax Lead Direct Taxes to implement process improvements, address information gaps, and strengthen internal controls, while providing consistent operational support across tax and foreign trade activities.
Responsabilidades
VAT Refund Process Support
- Prepare and support VAT in favor calculations, including working papers and advance payment analysis.
- Collect, organize, and validate documentation required for VAT refund filings (XML, invoices, accounting records, import/export documents, annexes).
- Prepare preliminary VAT refund packages for review.
- Perform reconciliations between accounting records, CFDI data, and foreign trade documentation.
- Ensure completeness and accuracy of documentation prior to escalation to management.
- Perform monthly VAT reconciliations and support tax accounting entries.
Documentation Review & Data Quality
- Validate completeness and accuracy of information provided by procurement, logistics, accounting, and trade compliance teams.
- Review CFDIs to ensure compliance (UUID, structure, tax requirements, payment method, vendor validity).
- Verify vendor status (REPSE compliance, SAT blacklists) and flag potential risks.
- Maintain organized, audit-ready documentation for all VAT refund cases.
- Prepare and compile information for external consultants when applicable.
Compliance & Control Execution
- Ensure VAT refund files comply with VAT Law, CFF, and RMF requirements (basic compliance level).
- Track deadlines, follow-ups, and open items to ensure timely submissions.
- Maintain and update internal trackers and document repositories (e.g., SharePoint).
- Validate documentation impacting VAT creditability (vendors, customers, correct postings).
- Support implementation and execution of internal controls across the VAT refund process.
Support in SAT Audits and Requirements
- Monitor and download SAT notifications, requests, and communications.
- Prepare supporting documentation, annexes, and audit files required by SAT authorities.
- Support drafting of initial responses to tax authority requests for review by Tax Manager/Lead.
- Track deadlines and ensure timely responses to tax authorities.
Reconciliations & Preliminary Analysis
- Perform reconciliations of VAT balances, income vs expense, and import/export transactions.
- Identify discrepancies and escalate issues for resolution.
- Support periodic reporting on VAT refunds, including status tracking and pending items.
Operational Continuous Improvement
- Document recurring issues (e.g., incomplete CFDIs, missing documents, accounting mismatches).
- Propose improvements to enhance data quality, documentation flow, and process efficiency.
- Participate in quality reviews of VAT refund files (first-pass validation).
Cross Functional Coordination
- Request and coordinate information with procurement, logistics, accounting, and foreign trade teams.
- Support resolution of discrepancies across departments.
- Assist in preparation of documentation for internal and external audits.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting (mandatory)
- Specialization/Tax Diploma/Master Program on Taxation (mandatory)
- Solid experience (supported) on Direct Taxes – Current and Deferred (mandatory)
- Solid experience on Filling SIPRED and ISSIF (mandatory)
- Different Tax update courses (preferred)
- Internal Control courses (preferred)
- Excel advanced
- ERP (SAP)
- English advanced
- Experience with VAT refund processes (mandatory)
We offer
- Dynamic and collaborative work environment
- Above-market benefits package
- Professional growth opportunities
- Competitive salary
SIG Competencies
We are looking for individuals who consistently deliver results, even under challenging circumstances. We value employees who foster an environment where everyone is motivated to perform at their best and help the organization achieve its goals. If you actively seek new ways to grow and take on challenges, and if you are passionate about developing people to achieve both their professional goals and the organization’s objectives, SIG is the place for you. To provide the best service to our customers, our future colleagues will build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-focused solutions. Finally, we are looking for team members who establish partnerships and collaborate effectively with others to achieve shared goals. Are you someone who applies business and market knowledge to advance organizational objectives? Can you create new and better ways for the organization to succeed? If so, join us.
Our Promise
SIG is the place where you can build something extraordinary. We offer competitive compensation and the opportunity to work partially from home. By joining us, you will become part of a globally successful international company that leads its industry in sustainability, technology, and much more. We see ourselves as a career launchpad, a place where you can grow quickly through meaningful work, real-world experience, and genuine opportunities to develop valuable skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, with access to personal development opportunities, training, and coaching from experienced team members. If you demonstrate talent and a willingness to learn, we will support you every step of the way.
About SIG
SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for a better future. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world safely, sustainably, and affordably. We are the only packaging systems provider covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box packaging solutions. Our versatile technology and product innovation capabilities enable us to deliver better outcomes for our customers, consumers, and the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it is the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better results. Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
