Tax Director

Role overview

The role will initially require someone who is willing to be heavily involved with embedding new systems and processes, who is practical, pragmatic and commercially minded and who can work closely with finance colleagues and manage external advisors. The role will cover all taxes except payroll taxes globally and would suit someone who enjoys variety. The group has operations in circa 10 countries with 3 significant territories. Revenue is in excess of $1bn and as a result of significant international expansion the group will fall into both CbCR and Pillar 2 in the coming years. 

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting 3rd party advisors with the preparation and filing of the Group’s direct and indirect tax returns 
• Maintaining the annual tax compliance calendar
• Ensuring all payments are made in a timely manner
• Running all tax audits and responding to tax authority queries with the support of 3rd party advisors
• Maintaining the integrity of the tax accounts and provisions in the financial statements and group accounts and managing the year end statutory audit for tax
• Identifying and understanding changing global tax legislation and implementing this for the Group
• Working with the Interim Head of Tax to implement the Transfer Pricing policy, Pillar 2 requirements and Country by Country reporting
• Working with the Interim Head of tax on global advisory projects and tax saving initiatives 
• Embedding and maintaining a suitable tax governance framework 
• Improving existing processes and embedding new processes where required to ensure accurate tax accounting and reporting
• Supporting new system implementations to ensure tax requirements are appropriately identified and embedded

Required skills, knowledge and expertise

• Extensive experience in tax advisory and compliance gained either inhouse or in practice
• Strong knowledge of UK tax legislation including VAT and corporation tax and familiarity with international taxation
• Recognised accountancy or tax qualification alongside degree-level education (or equivalent); minimum five years post-qualification experience preferred
• Experience engaging and influencing constructively with senior stakeholders 
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• Process improvement and systems implementation experience is desirable 

Working at Tripeldot

• Hybrid Working
• 20 days remote working: Work from anywhere in the world, or use the time to cover mandatory office days to WFH, 20 days of the year.
• Daily Free Lunch: when in the office you get £12 every day to