Business Analyst (E-Invoicing)
Summary
A Business Analyst leads the design and implementation of a centralized e-invoicing system, ensuring compliance with German B2B regulations (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD, GoBD) and EU ViDA standards while optimizing invoice processing workflows and reducing manual effort.
Job Description:
We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to support the implementation of a centralized and automated e-invoicing solution. The role will focus on gathering business and regulatory requirements, defining future-state processes, and supporting compliance with German B2B e-invoicing regulations, GoBD requirements, multi-VAT scenarios, and future EU ViDA standards.
Required Skills and Experience
6–10 years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably within Finance, Tax, or Accounts Payable transformation.
Strong understanding of invoicing, VAT, accounts payable, and financial processes.
Experience with e-invoicing, tax compliance, or finance transformation programs.
Knowledge of German B2B e-invoicing regulations, XRechnung, ZUGFeRD, and GoBD is preferred.
Experience working with SAP, ERP, invoice management, or tax technology solutions.
Strong stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, documentation, and analytical skills.
Core Responsibilities
Gather and document business, functional, tax, and compliance requirements.
Assess current invoice-receiving, validation, processing, and archiving processes.
Define future-state e-invoicing processes and business workflows.
Support structured invoice formats such as XRechnung and ZUGFeRD.
Capture requirements for multi-entity, multi-country, and multi-VAT scenarios.
Ensure requirements cover GoBD-compliant archiving and non-recoverable input tax scenarios.
Coordinate with Finance, Tax, Accounts Payable, Compliance, IT, and implementation teams.
Prepare process flows, user stories, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria.
Support solution design, testing, defect resolution, deployment, and business readiness.
Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort, improve efficiency, and minimize compliance risks.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting multi-country European implementations.
Knowledge of EU ViDA regulations and digital tax reporting.
Experience in Agile or hybrid delivery environments.
Exposure to automation, workflow, OCR, AI, or intelligent invoice-processing solutions.