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Spread all over the world, we have a passion for home furnishing and an inspiring shared vision: to create a better everyday life for the many people.\nAt IKEA,we believe in offering a wide range of well-designed, functional home-furnishing products at prices so low, that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. To meet the needs of our customers we have a unique business model and value chain. It includes product development, design, supply, manufacturing and sales. And of course, it starts and ends with our customers\n We are looking for a Tax Specialist who is curious about how tax connects to business, finance and our value chain. This role contributes with tax knowledge, structured ways of working and a genuine interest in collaboration. This role supports tax compliance and reporting across several tax areas, while working closely with relevant stakeholders.\nAbout the role\nAs Tax Specialist, you will provide specialised support across tax compliance, reporting and advisory topics.\nYou will help ensure that our tax obligations are handled accurately and on time. At the same time, you will contribute to the continuous development of our tax processes, working methods and instructions.\nYour responsibilities will include:\nPreparing accurate and timely tax filings, VAT refund and maintaining the necessary supporting documentation \nSupport validate and check the documents in goods import clearance process \nSupporting tax planning, legislative reviews, global trade and customs services, and indirect tax matters \nContributing to tax controversy and audit activities, including income and indirect tax audits \nFollowing relevant legal and regulatory developments in assigned countries and initiating the necessary changes \nSupporting correct tax determination settings, availability of tax codes and required tax registrations \nDeveloping and improving tax processes, working methods and instructions \nSupporting capability development, readiness for value delivery and new ways of working within the tax area \n You are curious, analytical and motivated by understanding not only what needs to be done, but also why. You enjoy working with people and believe that good results are created through collaboration, shared knowledge and different perspectives.\nYou work in a structured way, with accuracy and a strong sense of responsibility for your deliveries. You can organise and prioritise your work in line with agreed goals, while remaining pragmatic when circumstances change.\nYou communicate in a clear and adaptable way and are able to build trusted relationships with stakeholders both inside and outside IKEA.\nTo succeed in the role, we believe you have\nA tax/accounting/finance/economics background \nGood capability in utilizing digital tools and data analytics solutions to manage tax data efficiently and enhance reporting accuracy\nGood communication with both internal and external stakeholders\nGood analytical skills and the ability to work with structure and precision \nThe ability to manage and prioritize several deliveries \nFor questions about the role, please contact Hiring Manager (Wendy Zhang: ).","description_format":"text","description_chars":3275,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Tax Advisory & Preparation","Furniture","Home Decor"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-02T03:51:07Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":15,"reasons":["conf:3","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-03T05:54:40Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ikea-tax-specialist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ikea-tax-specialist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-03T10:36:43Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":14782,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-04T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":690817},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=690817"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fikea-tax-specialist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fikea-tax-specialist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fikea-tax-specialist"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/ikea-tax-specialist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fikea-tax-specialist"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3596084}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"ikea.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3596084},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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