Thought Machine’s mission is bold - to properly and permanently rid the world’s banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology.
We have grown rapidly in the past few years - growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Sydney. We have raised more than $500m in funding and are now valued at $2.7bn. Our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more.
We have created a culture enabling our team to produce the best work in the industry, ensuring we have fun along the way. We're regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the most generous employee share package in the industry. Global Finance Magazine named us one of the world’s most innovative fintechs, and the Financial Times recognised us as one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies in 2023.
Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, the Group Tax Manager will drive the management of the company’s tax affairs globally covering the UK, APAC, EMEA, and North/South America. This role will work with finance and non-finance teams with support from external tax advisors to implement tax planning and compliance considering the future strategy of the group, group tax policy, and local regulations.
This role will play an integral part in scaling the tax processes and procedures of a fast-growth business. This is an opportunity to make an impact as a qualified tax accountant who thrives on finance change and projects and be responsible for providing best-in-class tax planning, reporting, and compliance through the group companies.
Duties
1. Lead the group’s international tax strategy to support the expansion of a fast-growing business
2. Work closely with the finance, sales, legal, and other teams to ensure that tax implications and risks of business activities are understood and controlled
3. Develop tax policies and procedures and own the implementation across the group
4. Be the key contact for UK and international tax authorities and auditors
5. Support the assessment and maintenance of group transfer pricing policy and ensure it is fit for purpose for all locations globally and documentation is maintained and kept up to date
6. Own the annual corporation tax reporting and tax returns, as well as monthly or quarterly indirect tax reporting with support from accounting teams
7. Support the Group Financial Controller in reviewing the group tax position, group structure, and implementing actions to manage tax risks
8. Support or lead ad hoc projects as the team and business expand internationally
Requirements
Essential
* Ability to apply tax knowledge and skills into a commercial environment
* Proven experience in UK and international tax for a sizeable group along with a strong tax background from training in practice
* Qualified tax accountant with solid understanding of financial controls and best practices
* Excellent communication skills. Ability to articulate tax matters to finance and non-finance teams
* Driven and able to balance multiple priorities
* Thrives on and excited about finance and business changes and its related tax impact
Desirable
* Proven experience working within a group environment
* Industry experience (technology company with long-term contracts)
* Listed company experience
Benefits
* Highly competitive salary
* Pension plan (match up to 5%)
* Life insurance - three times annual salary
* Competitive maternity (six months fully paid) and paternity leave (four weeks fully paid)
* Shared parental leave (matched to our maternity leave for the same point in time)
* 25 days holiday and bank holidays
* Flexible working hours
* Cycle-to-work scheme
* Electric car scheme
* Season ticket loan
* Access to outstanding learning materials and courses
* Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine
* All the latest tech you need
* Start the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals
* Huge range of healthy (and not-so-healthy) snacks, smoothies, and drinks
* A talented and experienced team as your colleagues
* An environment where we encourage learning and progress
* Two charity days a year
* Weekly food pop-up
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