Shionogi Europe Careers

Description

Deliver Day-to-Day Tax Compliance Support Across Europe

At Shionogi, we are committed to safeguarding global health through scientific innovation, operational excellence, and strong governance. As our European operations continue to grow and mature, we are strengthening our Finance and Tax capability to ensure robust, accurate, and compliant tax reporting across multiple jurisdictions.

We are now seeking a Tax Analyst to join our European Finance team on a 6-month contract, providing hands-on, day-to-day support across indirect tax, direct tax, and transfer pricing compliance activities.

Why Join Shionogi?

Shionogi offers an agile, collaborative, and purpose-driven environment where high-quality execution and reliable data are essential to how we operate. This role provides practical, operational exposure to international tax in a fast-growing multinational environment, working closely with senior tax leaders, finance colleagues, and external advisors.

This position is ideally suited to someone who enjoys rolling up their sleeves, working with data, and ensuring routine tax compliance tasks are completed accurately and on time.

About the Role

Reporting to the European Tax Director, you will play a key operational role in the day-to-day preparation, validation, and coordination of tax-related data across multiple jurisdictions.

This is a hands-on execution role, focused on completing recurring compliance activities, supporting reporting cycles, and ensuring that tax processes run smoothly during a busy period for the business.

• Gather, prepare, reconcile, and validate financial and transactional data for VAT, corporate income tax, and transfer pricing compliance.
• Extract and prepare VAT-relevant data, including EC Sales Lists, Intrastat, and country-specific VAT submissions.
• Support the accounting close by preparing transfer pricing adjustment calculations and cost allocation data.
• Assist the accounting team with data compilation for corporate income tax returns, including trial balances, cost centre reports, and general ledger extracts.
• Prepare transaction listings and intercompany charge summaries for transfer pricing documentation.
• Coordinate data and information requests from external advisors, HQ, and internal stakeholders.
• Support responses to routine audit or tax authority queries by gathering and organising supporting data.

What Are We Looking For?

We are seeking a detail-focused and reliable tax or finance professional who is comfortable managing routine tasks, deadlines, and large data sets in a multi-country environment.

• Experience in an in-house tax, finance role within a multinational organisation.
• Hands-on experience supporting tax compliance data preparation (VAT, corporate tax, and/or transfer pricing).
• A good understanding of VAT principles and exposure to EU VAT frameworks.
• Strong data reconciliation, analytical, and Excel skills.
• Experience working in a fast-paced or high-growth environment.
• Fluency in English; additional European languages are a plus.
• A degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Tax; professional qualifications (ACCA, ACA, ATT, ADIT) completed or in progress are advantageous.

Join Us

Join Shionogi and play an important role in supporting our tax compliance activities across Europe during a key period of growth and change. This role offers immediate responsibility, practical international tax exposure, and the opportunity to make a tangible impact from day one.