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Accountant & VAT Specialist (80-100%)

Requisition ID
2025-13179
# of Openings
1
Position Type
Regular Full-Time
Location
CH-Schaffhausen

Your Role at Cabot

We are seeking a detail-oriented Accountant to support the activities in the accounting department and manage and ensure compliance with indirect tax (VAT) regulations across multiple jurisdictions in Europe. This role is critical for the finance operations of the Swiss Principal company and ensuring accurate and timely VAT reporting/filings. This role involves close collaboration with various departments across Cabot and the Shared Service Center. Based in our EMEA headquarters in Schaffhausen, the role will report directly to Finance Manager for Switzerland.

How You Will Make an Impact

  • Support monthly, quarterly and annual closing processes ensuring accuracy, timeliness and compliance with GAAP & company policies.
  • Responsible for VAT returns filing for the Swiss Principle in accordance with local regulations and deadlines in multiple EU countries:
    • Prepare, review, and submit VAT returns and Intrastat declarations across relevant countries.
    • Review and reconcile VAT accounts, ensuring accuracy in financial statements.​
    • Conduct regular VAT compliance checks and address any discrepancies.​
    • Monitor changes in VAT legislation to ensure company compliance.​
    • Advise internal departments on VAT implications of business transactions.​
    • Liaise with tax authorities for VAT registrations, audits, and queries.​
    • Ensure timely and accurate VAT filings and payments.
    • Manage VAT-related issues with clients and suppliers.​
    • Analyze financial data to provide VAT-related insights and recommendations.​
    • Coordinate with international teams for cross-border VAT issues.​
  • Assist in the preparation of budgets and forecasts, monitor financial performance.
  • Maintain an effective internal controls environment (SoX) to safeguard company assets and ensure accurate financial reporting.
  • Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices in financial operations.

What You Will Bring to Cabot

  • Degree in Accounting/Finance or related field; professional certification is a plus.
  • 3+ years accounting experience incl. VAT compliance, preferably in a multinational environment.
  • Strong understanding of VAT regulations, compliance, and reporting.​
  • Adaptable to changing regulations and able to provide training/support on VAT matters.​
  • Knowledge of Swiss GAAP and US GAAP of advantage.
  • Strong communication and analytical skills with attention to detail.
  • Proficiency in Excel, accounting software and ERP systems.​
  • Ability to work independently and manage multiple deadlines.
  • Fluent in English and German; other language skills are a plus.

Additional information

  • Permanent contract.
  • Growth and Development within an international company. 
  • Hybrid work schedule (3 days on site and 2 days’ work from home).
  • A unique opportunity to work within a global multinational framework.
  • Ongoing professional development and training.
  • Employer committed to Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion.

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About Cabot


Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

Innovation that drives sustainability

Many of the world’s greatest sustainability challenges are fundamentally chemistry problems. We can convert the mobility sector from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, but this requires batteries with greater range and lower cost. This is fundamentally a chemistry challenge. We can have a zero-energy building, but this requires high performance insulation, efficient solar panels, and energy storage solutions. Each of these are fundamentally chemistry challenges.

At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, “Creating for Tomorrow,” we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.


EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled/RC14001


Realizing we function better together than individually, Cabot Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that embraces our differences and to empower employees to achieve exceptional results, without consideration of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employees’ and applicants’ disabilities or religious beliefs and practices, in accordance with applicable law.

Cabot is committed to supporting and maintaining a safe and environmentally focused working environment. All employees are expected to uphold this commitment in every position.

Nondiscrimination Policy with Respect to Discussion of Pay


This is to advise that it is the policy of Cabot Corporation not to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This policy, however, shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of that employee's essential job functions (such as in payroll or HR) discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless that disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or other action, including an investigation conducted by Cabot, or otherwise as required by law.

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