VAT Specialist - 1-year Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover)

Location:

Warsaw, Masovian, Poland

Job ID:

R0134655

Date Posted:

2026-06-24

Company Name:

HITACHI EUROPE GMBH (GERMANY)

Profession (Job Category):

Finance

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

Our Company

Through its Social Innovation Business (SIB) that brings together IT, OT(Operational Technology) and products, Hitachi aims to be a global leader in continuously transforming social infrastructure through digital, contributing to a harmonized society where the environment, wellbeing, and economic growth are in balance. Hitachi operates worldwide across four sectors – Digital Systems & Services, Energy, Mobility, and Connective Industries – as well as a Strategic SIB Business Unit focused on new growth areas. With Lumada at its core, Hitachi creates value by combining data, technology and domain knowledge to solve customer and social challenges. Revenues for FY2025 (ended March 31, 2026) totaled 10,586.7 billion yen, with 606 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 290,000 employees worldwide. Visit us at www.hitachi.com.

Our VAT department is part of the Finance & Accounting – Tax team and is responsible for all matters related to VAT within the EMEA region. This includes not only Hitachi Europe but also other group companies within the scope of our Shared Services.

What you’ll be doing

To strengthen our team, we are looking for a new colleague to join us at our Warszawa, Poland office as of 1st September 2026.

The role will also be responsible for:

• Verification of VAT issues for Germany as well as various EU countries and some third countries, in particular cross-border issues

• Carrying out research and analyses of VAT-related issues

• Support and advice for our customers in all VAT matters

• Preparation of e.g. VAT returns, recapitulative statements and Intrastast declarations for various EU countries

• Communication with the tax authorities

• Verification of tax assessment notices

What you bring to the team 

We’re looking for a team player, who is motivated by delivering great work and the Hitachi vision. The role will be a mixture of remote-hybrid work with days in the Hitachi Office

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and background:

• Completed training as assistant tax consultant

• At least 2 years practical experience in the field of finance/tax, ideally in the area of value added tax

• Good knowledge of English language

• Good SAP knowledge

• Good Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel

• Committed and responsible

• Analytical skills and precise working methods

The position is a limited-term contract due to a colleague's maternity leave. It is scheduled from 1st  September 2026 until approximately the end of December 2027.

Our Values

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to any factor that doesn’t impact your ability to do the job, including race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.  We are proud of Japanese heritage, with our values expressed through the Hitachi Spirit:

Wa – Harmony, Trust, Respect

Makoto – Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

Kaitakusha-Seishin – Pioneering Spirit, Challenge

Have we aroused your interest? Then write to us. We look forward to receiving your complete application, stating your desired salary and earliest possible starting date.