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GE Vernova

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10,000+ employees

⚡ Energy

🚀 Aerospace

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Energy • Aerospace • Artificial Intelligence

GE Vernova is a leader in the energy sector with over 130 years of experience, dedicated to electrifying the world while decarbonizing it. The company offers a broad portfolio of energy solutions including gas, hydro, nuclear, and wind power technologies, aimed at providing reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy. With a strong focus on innovation, GE Vernova plays a significant role in reducing the carbon footprint of global power systems and supports the transition to net-zero emissions by 2030.

📋 Description

• Lead end-to-end tax oversight for Germany across direct tax, indirect tax, transfer pricing, withholding tax, and other relevant tax matters. • Set the direction and priorities for the German tax agenda, ensuring clear ownership, disciplined execution, and timely escalation of material matters. • Lead, develop, and motivate tax professionals responsible for German and broader European tax matters. • Build team capability, clarify roles and accountabilities, and foster a culture of strong performance, collaboration, and professional development. • Provide governance, review, and sign-off over key tax filings, calculations, positions, and deliverables. • Identify, assess, document, manage, and appropriately escalate material tax risks and exposures. • Lead tax audits, disputes, and controversy matters, including strategy development, stakeholder alignment, and engagement with tax authorities and external advisors. • Serve as the primary tax partner for senior Finance, Treasury, Legal, and business stakeholders on German tax matters. • Partner with business teams on commercial transactions, operational matters, supply-chain activity, restructurings, and other strategic initiatives. • Oversee external advisor engagements, including scope, quality, delivery, effectiveness, and spend management. • Support cash-tax forecasting, payment readiness, tax-accounting processes, and related governance. • Maintain clear and timely transparency over key tax matters, risks, deliverables, and deadlines. • Drive strong operating discipline, process standardization, and continuous improvement across German and regional tax activities. • Coordinate effectively with specialist tax teams, including transfer pricing, indirect tax, international tax, tax accounting, and controversy. • Provide tax leadership, oversight, or support for other European jurisdictions and regional initiatives, as required. • Contribute to the development and execution of the broader European tax strategy and operating model.

🎯 Requirements

• University degree in tax, accounting, law, business administration or a comparable field, ideally combined with qualification as a Steuerberater or equivalent experience. • Significant tax leadership experience within a multinational or similarly complex organization. • Strong German tax technical knowledge and experience across direct tax, indirect tax, and cross-border matters. • Proven people-leadership experience, with a demonstrated ability to motivate teams, develop talent, build capability, and drive performance through others. • Demonstrated ability to set direction, manage competing priorities, and deliver through a complex matrixed organization. • Experience reviewing and overseeing tax filings and deliverables prepared by internal teams and external providers. • Proven capability leading significant tax audits, disputes, and controversy matters. • Strong judgment and the ability to identify, assess, manage, and appropriately escalate material tax issues. • Strong stakeholder-management, influencing, and communication skills, including experience engaging with senior leadership. • Ability to operate independently, make decisions in complex or ambiguous situations, and maintain a no-surprises approach. • Ability and willingness to lead or support tax matters across a broader European portfolio, including jurisdictions outside Germany. • Fluency in English and German.

🏖️ Benefits

• Relocation Assistance Provided: No