EMEA Tax Specialist

Our Company

We’re Hitachi Digital, a company at the forefront of digital transformation and the fastest growing division of Hitachi Group. We’re crucial to the company’s strategy and ambition to become a premier global player in the massive and fast-moving digital transformation market.

Our group companies, including GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services, Hitachi Vantara and more, offer comprehensive services that span the entire digital lifecycle, from initial idea to full-scale operation and the infrastructure to run it on. Hitachi Digital represents One Hitachi, integrating domain knowledge and digital capabilities, and harnessing the power of the entire portfolio of services, technologies, and partnerships, to accelerate synergy creation and make real-world impact for our customers and society as a whole.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to unleash a digital future. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.

The team

The Hitachi Digital (HD) Tax Team Division provides tax compliance services to support the Digital Infrastructure (DI), Digital Services (DS) and GlobalLogic business.

Our EMEA Tax Team responsible for direct and indirect taxes is spread over various locations globally and consists currently of 11 team members lead by the EMEA Tax Director, who is based in the Netherlands. Together we manage all aspects of corporate tax related matters including but not limited to direct and indirect tax reporting and compliance, transfer pricing, tax accounting, tax projects and interfacing with tax authorities.

The role

As an EMEA Tax Specialist you act as the primary point of contact for direct tax matters in several EMEA countries and manage all direct tax related topics like CIT, TP, DAC6 and Tax provisioning while also supporting the EMEA Tax Director with tax audits and other ad-hoc projects.

You collaborate with internal stakeholders such as Sales, Legal and Operations while also managing relationship with external parties like tax advisors and tax authorities.

For the countries that you’re responsible for you’re monitoring changes in tax legislation and assess their impact on the business, providing timely guidance to relevant teams.

What you’ll bring

• University Degree with Tax and Finance specialization

• 7-12 years of experience in international taxation, preferably with a strong in-house experience

• Legal tax expertise is essential in this role, particularly for navigating complex international tax regulations, ensuring compliance, and advising on cross-border transactions

• Strong understanding of business needs with an outcome-focused approach

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to act as a trusted advisor and collaborate effectively across finance, legal, and operations teams

• Fluent in English. Additional European languages are a plus

• Strong analytical skills and critical thinking

• Experience with ERP systems, preferably Oracle is a plus.

About us

We’re a global, 1000-strong, diverse team of professional experts, promoting and delivering Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and working on projects that have a real-world impact. We’re curious, passionate and empowered, blending our legacy of 110 years of innovation with our shaping our future. Here you’re not just another employee; you’re part of a tradition of excellence and a community working towards creating a digital future.

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Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.