Tax Manager

Role overview

Tax strategy and transfer pricing

• Own the transfer pricing framework for intercompany goods, services, royalties and financing arrangements.
• Align transfer pricing policies with business operations and regulatory requirements.
• Advise on new initiatives, market entry, legal-entity structures and reorganizations.
• Support strategic decisions with proactive tax planning and risk assessment.

Compliance and reporting

• Lead corporate and indirect tax compliance across the organization and maintain a robust compliance calendar.
• Ensure filings are accurate and timely; manage tax provisioning, deferred-tax calculations and statutory disclosures.
• Monitor and forecast the effective tax rate, analyzing performance drivers.
• Oversee tax audits, enquiries and regulatory reviews.

Governance and risk

• Establish and maintain tax processes, controls and governance frameworks.
• Manage external advisers and ensure high-quality, cost-effective support.
• Maintain the corporate tax risk register and report exposures and mitigation plans.
• Present tax matters clearly and commercially to executive leadership.

Experience and qualifications

• At least eight years of international corporate tax experience.
• Strong transfer pricing experience with complex cross-border transactions.
• Experience managing tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
• Professional qualification in tax, accounting or a related discipline.
• Background in a leading professional services firm and/or large international organization.
• Strong understanding of corporate tax, indirect tax and tax reporting requirements.
• Balance technical excellence with commercial practicality.

Personal attributes

• Confidently make recommendations and take ownership of complex tax matters.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder-management and communication skills.
• Translate technical tax issues into clear business implications.
• Highly organized, accurate and focused on governance and documentation.
• Comfortable in an entrepreneurial, rapidly evolving environment.

Success measures