Title: VAT & Indirect Tax Manager - LATAM and APAC
Company Name: Univar Solutions Mexico
VAT & Indirect Tax Manager – LATAM and APAC:
The VAT Manager – LATAM & APAC will oversee indirect tax compliance across the region, ensuring accurate and timely VAT filings while providing strategic VAT guidance to support business operations, growth initiatives, and risk management.
Manage VAT compliance across LATAM and APAC, including review and approval of VAT returns prepared by finance teams and external providers.
Ensure compliance with local VAT/GST regulations, filings, payments, and refund claims.
Maintain VAT control frameworks, reconciliations, and supporting documentation to mitigate tax risk.
Lead VAT audits, tax authority inquiries, and resolution of compliance issues.
Identify opportunities to improve VAT recovery, cash flow, and compliance processes.
Provide VAT guidance on commercial transactions, supply chain changes, restructurings, M&A; activities, and business initiatives.
Support tax technology projects, including ERP, tax engine, and e-invoicing implementations.
Monitor and assess VAT risks, including documentation of uncertain tax positions.
Partner with finance, accounting, legal, IT, supply chain, and business teams.




Coordinate with external tax advisors and deliver VAT training to internal teams.
Communicate tax risks, project updates, and compliance matters to tax leadership.
Drive process improvements, automation, and alignment with global tax objectives.
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
~ CPA, Master's degree, or professional tax certification preferred.
~Fluent in English; SAP experience preferred.

This is a hybrid-based role that will report out of our Mexico City office.
Univar Solutions is a leading, global distributor of chemicals and ingredients essential to the safety, health, and wellbeing of our daily lives from life-saving medicines and vitamins to hand sanitizers and industrial materials used for cleaning, construction, and more. Our general team of more than 9,500 employees support our vision to redefine distribution and be the most valued chemical and ingredient distributor on the planet
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classification.

📌 VAT & Indirect Tax Manager - LATAM and APAC (Ciudad de México)
🏢 Univar
📍 Ciudad de México