Job Overview
Manage compliance, audit and research activities for indirect taxes (e.g., VAT, GST, sales & use tax) across multiple jurisdictions, with a particular focus on retail and wholesale operations, POS systems, and e-commerce tax determination.
This role is based in Street Head Office in Somerset; however, we are open to remote working.
About the Job
Manage multi-jurisdictional indirect tax compliance, research and plan for sales tax topics to minimise non-compliance, over/under payment and avoid financial penalties and inspections. Ensure appropriate indirect tax rates, rules and product taxability are maintained and reflected in tax compliance software and ERP/POS/POS/e-commerce systems.
Manage indirect tax and personal property tax audits to minimise risk and reduce proposed assessment
Lead interactions with tax authorities and external tax advisors globally, ensuring consistent and defensible positions
Oversee other indirect tax obligations relevant to the jurisdictions in which the business operates, filing of personal property tax returns to ensure the business is meeting its tax obligations accurately and on time
Implement satisfactory controls and maintain indirect tax engines, SAP tax configuration, POS/e-commerce tax logic to ensure effective processes and data integrity
Ensure tax determination accuracy for high-volume retail transactions across POS and online channels
Optimise tax efficiency and identify possible tax savings
Understand and address global indirect tax legislative changes to ensure continued tax compliance and early identification of opportunities to minimise tax costs
Provide indirect tax guidance on supply chain flows, cross-border transactions, new market entry and product launches
Manage projects related to indirect tax issues across retail, wholesale, POS, ERP and e-commerce platforms to ensure tax implications are understood and built into any solutions
Recommend and implement changes to tax systems, formal procedures, processes, and administration of tax services to drive improvement and global standardisation to current and future ways of working in line with agreed outcomes.
Skills, knowledge & Experience
Tax / accounting qualification and significant experience in a corporate organisation
Strong experience in indirect tax within a multinational environment; retail sector experience preferred
Good research skills across global indirect tax technical issues
Good management and financial accounting knowledge
Good understanding multinational business operations, supply chain flows, and retail processes to ensure tax opportunities are maximised and tax costs minimised
Strong accounting and SAP business system knowledge
Excellent report writing, correspondence and negotiation skills
Experience of direct dealing and negotiation with tax authorities across multiple jurisdictions.
Experience of working autonomously on multiple projects and to deadlines.
Strong analytical and economic analysis skills for data interpretation.
Strong influencing and relationship building skills
About Clarks
Two brothers, a small town, and shoes that changed the world. Based in Somerset, England, Clarks has redefined shoemaking since its foundation in 1825, when James and Cyrus Clark made a slipper from sheepskin off-cuts and forever transformed the future of footwear.
Sparking revolutions and defining generations, our archive of over 25,000 shoes includes the inimitable Clarks Desert Boot and Clarks Wallabee. And every pair we design today uses the same ground-breaking combination of invention and craftsmanship that started it all.
Progress is woven into our DNA. Whether we're pioneering cutting-edge comfort technologies, championing social change, or working on trailblazing collaborations with cultural icons and KOLs, we're always striding forward.
Join us in 2026 as we celebrate over 200 years of giving people the freedom to move comfortably, proudly commemorating our legacy of craft, innovation, and impact – and looking boldly ahead, too.