Tax Manager (Direct Tax)

• As a Tax Manager – Direct Taxes, you will play a leading role in managing complex direct tax matters across multiple jurisdictions. This role combines deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and hands-on execution to ensure compliance while driving global tax efficiency. You will work closely with internal stakeholders, external advisors, and business partners to deliver value across corporate tax, compliance, and tax planning initiatives.

• Experience: Proven experience in international direct taxation, preferably in a consultancy or multinational corporate environment.
• Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of global corporate tax rules, cross-border compliance, tax treaties, and EU Directives.
• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to manage multiple projects and lead teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Analytical Skills: Capability to analyze complex data sets and provide actionable insights to senior management.
• Languages: Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.
• Communication: Strong negotiation, influencing, and stakeholder communication skills across regions and functions.
• Industry Experience: Startup or fintech experience is a plus.
• Remote Work: Prior remote work experience is advantageous but not required.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Law, Economics, Accounting, or related field; Post-Graduate or Master’s degree in Taxation is a plus.

• →Direct Tax Compliance: Oversee global direct tax compliance, ensuring timely and accurate preparation and submission of corporate income tax returns, withholding tax returns, and other direct tax filings across all company entities.
• →Collaboration with Advisors: Partner with external tax advisors to support filings, documentation, and reporting obligations in multiple jurisdictions.
• →Sustainable Compliance: Ensure ongoing compliance with local tax authorities, mitigating risk and maintaining strong relationships.
• →Risk Management: Identify, monitor, and address potential tax risks, proposing actionable solutions.
• →Tax Audits & Inspections: Assist in managing audits and inspections, liaising with tax authorities to resolve issues efficiently.
• →Tax Strategy & Planning: Provide strategic tax guidance on cross-border transactions, corporate structuring, and tax-efficient planning aligned with business objectives.
• →Regulatory Monitoring: Keep up-to-date with changes in global tax laws and proactively adapt processes and strategies.
• →Team Leadership: Mentor and guide a team of tax professionals, supporting their development and day-to-day execution.
• →Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with finance, legal, HR, and other departments to ensure seamless tax compliance and reporting.

• You'll report to: Head of Direct Tax Compliance
• Team: Finance - Tax
• Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritize applications from Europe due to the needed expertise in those locations. 
• Start date: As soon as possible

1. Interview with recruiter
2. Interview with future manager
3. Interview with team members (no managers present)
4. Bar Raiser Interview
5. Prior employment verification check 

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

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