Tax Manager

A career at Lilium is for those who want to do something extraordinary, yet with a meaningful purpose. We take pride in pushing the very boundaries of technology and customer experience to deliver something that has never been done before. 

What we do here is hard, but then very few things worth achieving are easy. By joining Lilium you will have the opportunity to work with our world-class entrepreneurial team of more than 400 leaders, experts and engineers who are as passionate about emissions-free transportation as you are. 

We are also passionate about creating an inclusive culture, with more than 40 nationalities working with us to bring our vision of a sustainable world to life.

Your role and your team:

In this position you will be the key internal point of contact for tax compliance matters and work closely with the finance, legal and people teams to develop a high quality and proactive tax function. This role will report directly to the Head of Finance.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join one of the fastest, most well-funded and exciting companies in the world and join the exciting journey of the Lilium Jet early in its inception phase. The successful candidate will be a motivated and driven professional who is ready to apply their technical skills in a dynamic and exciting environment. You will be part of a team building out processes and systems that will define the company into the future. While this role starts as a high level individual contributor, further down the line are exciting possibilities to build a dedicated multi faceted tax team covering global operations from scratch.

Your Day to day:

• Participate in / lead projects of all sizes across the organisation
• Be involved and active in key decisions around company growth and structure to facilitate future operations as well as other major decisions with a tax aspect
• Review contracts plans and submissions, working with colleagues to proactively identify and pragmatically manage tax considerations
• Manage the planning, compliance and reporting in various areas of tax (such as, but not limited to, CIT, trade income tax, VAT, Transfer Pricing and payroll tax) in connection with our external tax advisors.
• Hands-on and proactive identification and processing of all German and international tax matters.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders and external stakeholders to deliver high quality outcomes across all tax matters, both project-based and recurring compliance activities.
• Prepare tax calculations for annual submissions.
• Manage VAT filings and preparation of CIT & trade income tax returns
• Work with the team to design, implement and improve existing internal processes according to IKS standards and leveraging IT solutions
• Be the key contact for all tax related matters, for both the finance team and external advisors, including delivering training on tax topics to non specialists.
• Work on ad hoc tasks, reports or projects.

Your Profile:

• Undergraduate degree and 8+ years work experience in a tax function either in a Big 4 firm, tax firm or equivalent industry role with international tax experience.
• Masters degree, certified German tax consultant (“Steuerberater”) designation or equivalent qualification in a tax discipline with specific DACH focus.
• Advanced understanding of IFRS and HGB accounting standards.
• Effectively handle multiple priorities, lead projects, organising workload and meet deadlines.
• Attention to detail coupled with a pragmatic and commercial outlook.
• Excellent communicator and able to build trust within the business.
• Self driven and comfortable working in a fast paced and constantly changing company.
• Fluent in English and German.

Life at Lilium:

At Lilium, you’ll have the responsibility and freedom to act as an entrepreneur. You’ll be working with bright and driven colleagues from different industries, countries and backgrounds who are all united in one common goal, challenging and supporting each other to make Lilium successful.

As well as free language courses, weekly yoga sessions, two complimentary meals each day and unlimited snacks and drinks, we also have an in-house gym and a relaxation room. By pairing that with a free shuttle bus to and from our local train station, as well as bikes you can borrow to cycle around our campus, we aim to make it as easy as possible to travel here, while reducing our own carbon footprint. We also have a rooftop terrace where you can watch planes taking off all day long! 

Relocation:

In order to build a world-class team, we welcome people from all over the world. We’ll support you on every step of your journey, offering a relocation allowance and documentation for visa application.

Lilium is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals regardless of ethnicity, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.  

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