We are looking for a skilled and proactive GSS Regional Tax Manager to support our Nordics Region (Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands). In this role, you will provide expert guidance to ensure tax compliance across the region while helping optimize tax positions. You’ll work closely with our Business Areas to advise on tax considerations related to contracts and projects, acting as a key point of control and risk management. This position is highly collaborative, involving coordination with internal stakeholders, external advisors, and regional leadership to support sound, compliant, and efficient tax practices.
Key Tasks:
• Manage & review the preparation of VAT returns for the Nordics.
• Managing and improving the tax reporting & compliance process (e.g. VAT). Timely identification and reporting of possible exposures in tax returns.
• Preparing and reviewing the calculation of the current and, if relevant, deferred tax position.
• Preparing and assisting with year-end audits packages for the external auditors.
• Assuring that documentation is prepared and filed for (reclaiming) foreign withholding taxes.
• Monitor and review (cross-border) proposals and contracts on their tax merits, and align with the Group Tax department if necessary.
• Ensure tax compliance and reporting obligations to the relevant authorities in the Nordics and liaising with Group Tax on any new legislative changes.
• Ensure transfer pricing documentation is completed in full compliance with Group rules and all relevant tax legislation.
• Work with the Human Resources and payroll teams to ensure full compliance with all employment tax legislation.
• Proactively engage with operational teams to ensure appropriate consideration has been given to potential areas of tax leakage (for example, withholding taxes and the creation of permanent establishments).
• Responding to ad hoc and project related questions in support of Business Area operational projects.
• Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with external tax and legal advisors, but particularly with the Region’s preferred suppliers.
• Maintain strong relationships with, and act as main point of contact for, the Tax Authorities.
• Support Group Tax Department with all necessary transfer pricing documentation.
• Take personal responsibility for ongoing professional development.
• Develop and maintain strong links with Group Tax colleagues.
• Bring oversight to the tax affairs of the Region, ensuring that individual legal entity positions are optimal for the Region and for the Group.
• Support the Legal Entity Efficiency Projects.
Reasons to join us
- Attractive rewards. We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including 6 weeks annual vacation, subsidized canteen, competitive pension, insurance, and parental leave agreement, in addition to a global profit share scheme.
- Work/life balance. We offer flexible working hours and workplace, with a focus on work/life balance for our employees.
- Supportive and caring culture. Our international culture embodies diverse colleagues who value teamwork and inclusion across business areas and borders. We offer opportunities for our employees to connect through social and professional networks. Our largest community CONNECT, throws after-works and informal meetings all year long for you to join.
- Career and development. DNV offers extensive possibilities to grow and develop your competencies and career ambitions. We have a strong company culture with an emphasis on a growth mindset, knowledge sharing, and professional and personal development.
- By joining DNV you become part of a world-leading company whose purpose is to safeguard life, property, and the environment. Our values “we care, we share, we dare” characterize how we work and behave towards each other and our customers.
- Our Høvik office is in beautiful surroundings by the sea and can offer access to sailboats, kayaks, tennis courts etc. We have more than 30 activity groups for you to join, as well as gym facilities and a kindergarten located on our premises. It is also worth noting that we offer free parking and shuttle buses to and from Skøyen, Lysaker, and Sandvika.
Professional Expertise and Qualifications Required:
• Academic degree (BA or MA level) and professional tax/accountancy/legal qualification.
• Fluent in written and oral English and at least one Scandinavian language.
• Demonstrable post-qualification experiences a requirement, but experience working as a Tax Manager would be an advantage.
• Solid experience in a global organization, ideally for an international company.
• Good understanding of all key business processes across functional areas.
• Experience working in Oracle and Salesforce is an advantage.
• Willingness to understand the business model and market dynamics of the Business Areas.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, e.g. Group Tax, local tax authorities, external advisors and auditors.
• Experience with professional service companies, advising on project tenders, contracts and dealing with cross-border WHT and PE issues are a distinct advantage.
• Experience with tax aspects of mergers, reorganizations, and liquidations would be highly beneficial.
Application deadline: 9.07.25.About GSS
As the internal support organization for DNV and DNV owned companies, we deliver shared services within Human Resources, Finance, IT and Real Estate & Procurement to DNV globally. Our mission is to enable DNV to grow, succeed with its business goals and improve competitiveness. Customer experience is at the core of everything we do. GSS is responsible for many of the tools, processes and daily routines that create the backbone of DNV.
