About Christian Balk

Christian is the Head of Global E-invoicing and Digital Reporting, setting strategy and governance across all regions to ensure compliance with ever evolving tax and regulatory requirements.

His team partners closely with Finance, Tax, IT, and external providers to design, implement, and operate scalable e-invoicing and continuous transaction control solutions. These initiatives help businesses reduce regulatory risk, improve data quality, and enable efficient, automated reporting to tax authorities.

Christian’s focus is global transactional tax technology, regulatory transformation, and the delivery of harmonised digital reporting frameworks that support both compliance and broader finance digitalisation goals.

Christian brings extensive experience in indirect tax technology, transactional reporting, and large-scale process transformation. Having worked both in Big 4 advisory and in senior in-house roles at Amazon, Christian has developed deep expertise across tax data transformation and automation, ERP optimisation, tax data governance, and strategic reporting enhancements.

He also maintains a strong global network across industry peers, technology providers, and regulatory stakeholders. This blend of advisory and operational experience has enabled Christian to lead complex global programmes, and he is widely regarded as a leading authority in the e-invoicing and digital reporting space.