About Fran
EU VAT & indirect tax specialist with experience supporting multinational businesses across Europe in multi-country VAT compliance, VAT return preparation, invoicing controls, and cross-border transaction management. I help companies reduce VAT risk, improve compliance accuracy, and streamline finance operations through efficient VAT processes, reconciliations, and data-driven controls. Fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian.
Spanish
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Italian
Fluent
Portuguese
Basic
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- TETRAPAK HISPANIAVAT COMPLIANCE CONTROLLERApril 2025 - Today (1 year and 2 months)• • Validate VAT returns across multiple European jurisdictions; ensure compliance with EU/local VAT rules.• • Investigate VAT discrepancies, performing root cause analysis across systems, processes, and transactional flows• • Coordinate with shared service centers, external advisors, and internal stakeholders to ensure consistent VAT treatment• • Support tax audits by providing detailed analysis and documentation of VAT positions• • Contribute to ongoing tax risk and control framework project, mapping tax processes across 60+ entities in Europe (VAT, WHT, CIT, TP)• • Identify control gaps and inconsistencies in tax processes, supporting improvements in governance and compliance• • Perform reconciliations in SAP and ensure alignment between accounting and tax data
- GOOGLE (CONTRACT)INDIRECT TAX OPERATIONS ANALYSTMarch 2023 - February 2024 (11 months)Dublin, Ireland• • Managed Intrastat reporting for 80+ legal entities, ensuring accurate and timely submissions across multiple EU jurisdictions• • Validated and cleansed large SAP datasets; identified VAT treatment issues and drove root-cause resolution with stakeholders.• • Prepared and filed VIES returns for Google Ireland, proactively identifying and resolving data integrity issues• • Compiled and reconciled quarterly EMEA tax payment forecasts, coordinating with country finance teams to ensure accuracy and alignment• • Supported foreign VAT recovery processes, collaborating with external advisors and internal teams to optimize claims• • Participated in Vertex implementation testing and trained/onboarded offshore team (Deloitte India) during transition.• • Led process improvement initiatives, working cross-functionally with P2P, Tax, and Engineering teams to enhance data quality and reporting efficiency
- PRIMARKFINANCE ASSOCIATE INDIRECT TAXJuly 2019 - March 2023 (3 years and 8 months)Dublin, Ireland• • Prepared and reviewed VAT returns, Intrastat, and EC Sales reports across multiple countries• • Investigated VAT issues and coordinated with advisors to ensure correct tax treatment• • Supported tax audits and compliance reviews• • Worked cross-functionally with finance and operations teams on VAT-related matters
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Education
- CCEA LEVEL 5 DIPLOMA FOR ACCOUNTINGTECHNICIANS, ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN2018CCEA LEVEL 5 DIPLOMA FOR ACCOUNTING
- DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCEDUBLIN BUSINESS SCHOOL2015DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE