Tax Graduate Programme providing professional development and hands - on experience in private client tax. Work towards ATT and CTA qualifications in a supportive environment with client collaboration.
About the role
- Head of Tax leading global tax compliance and transfer pricing strategy for an international video game company. Overseeing tax governance, risk mitigation, and external advisor management.
Responsibilities
- Oversee all Group corporate tax compliance across jurisdictions.
- Manage the preparation and review of corporate tax returns, provisions, and filings.
- Ensure timely and accurate quarterly and annual tax reporting.
- Maintain oversight of indirect tax (VAT/GST) compliance where applicable.
- Ensure timely and accurate filing of all corporate income tax, VAT/GST, and withholding tax returns across all jurisdictions.
- Work with the D365 systems manager to see how the system can be used to improve compliance and enhance reporting functionality.
- Oversee preparation and review of tax provisions for consolidated financial statements (IFRS/local GAAP).
- Monitor changes in tax legislation and assess impact on the Group.
- Own the Group’s global transfer pricing framework.
- Ensure transfer pricing documentation is prepared and maintained in line with OECD guidelines.
- Oversee intercompany pricing policies and ensure alignment with operational reality.
- Manage external advisors supporting transfer pricing documentation and benchmarking.
- Support defence of transfer pricing positions in audits or enquiries.
- Work with the Treasury Director on efficient financing arrangements for inter-group and intra-group debt and associated interest rates and timing of tax cash payments for cashflow forecasting process.
- Develop and maintain appropriate tax governance policies and controls.
- Act as the primary point of contact and build relationships with tax authorities and external advisors.
- Manage tax audits and enquiries.
- Identify and mitigate tax risks across the Group.
- Provide tax support on commercial initiatives, contracts, and cross-border transactions.
- Serve as the primary tax advisor to executive leadership, our parent company and our business partner with our operating entities.
- Partner closely with the Group Financial Controller on both compliance and strategic initiatives.
- Partner with the broader Finance, Legal, and operational teams to ensure tax implications are understood.
- Support modelling and analysis related to international structuring as required.
- Support entity simplification of Side’s corporate structure, working with the CFO and the finance leadership team.
- Assist CFO with Board-level reporting on tax matters when required.
- Manage relationships with local advisors globally.
- Drive cost control and ensure value from external advisory spend.
- Coordinate global compliance calendar across multiple jurisdictions.
Requirements
- Qualified tax professional (e.g. CTA, ACA, or equivalent).
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in international corporate tax, ideally including time in an accounting firm and an in-house role in a similar or related industry.
- Strong knowledge of international tax laws and cross-border structuring.
- Demonstrable experience managing tax across multiple jurisdictions (especially UK, the US, and APAC or EU).
- Demonstrate involvement with initiatives to monitor and reduce an international group's effective tax rate.
- Experience with high-growth and public companies is a plus.
- Strong expertise in international corporate tax and transfer pricing.
- Experience managing multi-jurisdictional compliance.
- Experience handling tax audits and authority interactions.
- Comfortable operating in a lean environment with reliance on advisors.
- Commercially pragmatic with strong risk awareness.
- Hands-on and detail-oriented.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Able to communicate tax matters clearly to non-tax stakeholders.
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving, international business environment.
Benefits
- Hybrid working: 3 days studio based
- Annual Leave: 26 days per year (plus public holidays)
- Bonus: Eligibility to participate in the company’s discretionary bonus scheme with a target of 20% (% is only covered at offer stage)
- Pension: Company pension contribution (of 3% confirmed at offer stage
- Dedicated employee wellbeing programme.
- Regular Team socials
- A supportive community inclusive of LGBTQ+, and any age, ethnicity, religion, or disability.
- Studios based in Kings Cross with onsite amenities including gym, café, onsite bar, transport to and from Kings Cross station
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