Kering Customs and Indirect Tax Intern

About Kering

Kering is a global luxury group renowned for nurturing some of the world’s most influential Houses in fashion, leather goods, jewelry, and eyewear, including Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, and Boucheron. As an employer, Kering offers a distinctive environment where creative excellence, entrepreneurial spirit, and long-term sustainability converge. The Group empowers its talents to shape the future of luxury through innovation, craftsmanship, and responsible business practices. With an international culture grounded in diversity, inclusion, and shared ambition, Kering provides meaningful career opportunities for professionals seeking to contribute to exceptional brands while advancing a more sustainable and imaginative luxury industry.

Role & Responsibilities

• Research and analyse international customs matters, including customs valuation, rules of origin, special customs procedures, tariff classification, free-trade agreements and economic sanctions.
• Help draft technical notes, memoranda and summaries for finance, tax, logistics and operational stakeholders.
• Help prepare and monitor customs audits in different countries.
• Help draft and update internal customs compliance procedures and guides.
• Support teams in tracking transformation projects affecting the Group’s international flows.
• Monitor legislative, regulatory and case-law developments in customs and international trade.
• Help analyse the Group’s flows of goods and services to determine their VAT treatment.
• Help draft technical notes and presentations in French and English on French, European and international VAT matters.
• Support teams in France and abroad on VAT compliance, filing obligations and invoicing.
• Help monitor projects related to tax reforms and the digitalisation of VAT obligations, including e-invoicing, e-reporting and OSS/IOSS.
• Help review the tax impacts of operational and commercial projects.
• Continuously monitor legislative and regulatory developments in indirect tax.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Master 2 in tax law, international taxation, customs, international trade, or a business school programme with a tax specialisation; seeking a final-year internship or PPI.
• Ideally, initial knowledge of VAT, customs or international trade.
• Strong legal research and analytical skills.
• Rigorous and organised, with excellent summarising skills.
• Excellent French writing skills and the ability to draft technical analyses.
• Comfortable with data analysis and office software.
• Enjoys teamwork in an international, multicultural environment.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.
• Curious, proactive and attentive to the quality of deliverables.

Skills

Education

Currently pursuing a Master 2 in tax law, international taxation, customs, international trade, or a business school programme with a tax specialisation.

Culture

Kering fosters a dynamic, purpose-driven culture where creativity, entrepreneurship, and collaboration support the distinct identities of its luxury Houses. As an employer, the Group places strong emphasis on sustainability, diversity, and talent development, encouraging people to innovate responsibly while contributing to the future of modern luxury.

About Cerulean

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