Senior Tax Strategist

Job Description

This role is a key part of our tax team, responsible for ensuring compliance with all relevant tax laws and regulations across our international operations. You will be working closely with the Corporate Tax team to manage cross-border tax matters, including direct and indirect tax compliance, global mobility tax matters, and transfer pricing.

As a Senior Manager, Tax, you will have a deep understanding of Irish and UK tax law, as well as experience in managing complex tax projects. You will also have excellent stakeholder management skills, with a track record of collaborating effectively across multiple functions and geographies.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and fast-paced organization, where you will have the chance to make a real impact on our tax strategy and drive growth through innovative solutions.

Key Responsibilities:
- Manage tax compliance across corporate tax, VAT, and global mobility for our international business
- Collaborate with Corporate Tax team on transfer pricing local filing requirements for international legal entities
- Collaborate with INTL Compliance, Corporate Tax and INTL Finance to ensure governance and compliance of group structure with INTL market expansion
- Responsible for preparation of year-end tax provisions, tax payments and filing of INTL corporation tax returns and related schedules
- Responsible for preparation and filing of INTL VAT returns and other related reporting requirements across several jurisdictions
- Manage tax due diligence for INTL market expansion including direct and indirect tax implications
- Provide tax support to the business on VAT and customs and excise matters on ongoing importing and exporting goods
- Manage global mobility tax matters relating to cross-border employees and payroll set-up
- Act as principal point of contact for INTL tax authorities with managing information requests and various tax registrations
- Provide tax support to all INTL functions i.e. supply chain, commercial, digital sales, Finance
- Develop and execute appropriate tax optimization strategies that align with overall business objectives, and in collaboration with Corporate Tax Team
- Monitor changes in tax legislation, assess their impact on the business, and proactively implement necessary actions to ensure compliance and optimize outcomes
- Maintain comprehensive documentation and audit-ready records to support tax positions and ensure compliance
- Lead responses to tax audits, including preparing supporting materials and defending the company's filing position
- Continue to develop the Intl Tax Function and build out compliance processes and knowledge of overall tax compliance
- Provide a single point of contact for Mark Anthony International business leaders on tax matters
- Support the SVP Global Finance and VP, Tax (Corporate Office) with special projects

What You'll Bring:
- Recognized professional accounting and tax qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CTA) and a post-secondary degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline
- 7+ years' experience in Irish tax, with additional UK tax experience strongly preferred
- Proven experience in FMCG, retail, manufacturing, or consumer goods sectors
- Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial and tax data
- Prior experience working in a multinational, fast-paced environment, managing cross-border tax matters
- Demonstrated stakeholder management skills, with a track record of collaborating effectively across multiple functions and geographies

Who You Are:
- Strong collaboration, teamwork and relationship building skills across multiple levels and functions in an organization
- Ability to operate at both a strategic and executional level; ideate and directly execute
- Drive growth & outcomes; activate complex work, enlist others effectively, anticipate and remove roadblocks. Move at pace
- Have a positive, proactive 'can do' attitude and an ambitiously curious mindset to be the best in your craft
- Promote ideas & curiosity; adding to your expertise, effectively articulates change, offers ideas and solutions
- Actively care & develop; championing our culture and cultivating trust
- Excellent communicator, compelling storyteller and fascinated by consumer behavior

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