The Role: VAT Compliance Specialist

Location: Hybrid, Mechelen (Flexible - preferred 1 day p/week in the office with freedom to work from office more if you wish)

Come make the world and accelerate your success.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 48,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Role: VAT Compliance Specialist

Location: Hybrid, Mechelen (Flexible - preferred 1 day p/week in the office with freedom to work from office more if you wish)

We currently have an excellent opportunity for a VAT Compliance Specialist to join our team on a permanent basis.

What you'll do

• Support the European VAT Manager and provide expertise on all VAT and Intrastat matters for EU and non-EU operations, including import and shipment planning.
• Ensure compliance with VAT and Intrastat regulations, maintaining deadlines and managing audits across Europe.
• Develop, implement, and improve VAT systems, procedures, and controls - including those required under Sarbanes Oxley.
• Lead and support the rollout of SAP and related applications (Concur, Ariba, I2P), as well as e-invoicing and SAF-T/VIDA implementation.
• Deliver training to accounting teams and shared service centers on VAT processes and system usage.
• Optimize VAT setup and cash-flow planning, supporting business and finance teams while reducing VAT finance costs.

What are we looking for?

• Post Graduate with a Bachelor or Master degree in law/economics/tax
• Demonstrable experience in VAT Compliance either in industry or with consultant firm is preferred
• Fluent in English and good knowledge of French
• Experience with Excel and Access
• Financial & Accounting insight/experience
• Familiar with commercial and financial systems

The Details

You’ll receive a great benefits plan, including:

• Extra Legal Holidays, Insurances, company pension plan, meal vouchers and more!
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

How You’ll Feel

Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our Lean Academy, Coursera® and online university.

Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for diversity, equity and inclusion.

Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Global Benefits & Perks You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire.

What You’ll Also Get:

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development: Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.