Tax Manager, EMEA

Description

Who We Are

Our purpose at CloudHQ is to provide flexible, efficient and resilient data center solutions to businesses of all sizes. Our growing organization was founded by the pioneer of data centre REITs. CloudHQ has state-of-the-art data centre sites across the United States, as well as across EMEA and other international markets, and we anticipate significant growth over the next several years both in the US and abroad.

What the role entails

CloudHQ has an exciting opportunity for a Tax Manager, EMEA to join our growing international tax team.

The successful candidate will manage CloudHQ’s direct tax compliance and reporting across a growing portfolio of EMEA entities, working with the Tax, Accounting and Finance teams and external tax advisors in multiple jurisdictions to ensure corporate income tax returns, tax payments and other direct tax filings are completed accurately and on time. This includes coordinating information from internal teams, reviewing tax computations and returns prepared by external advisors, maintaining the tax compliance calendar and monitoring filing and payment deadlines.

The successful candidate will also support tax reporting, transfer pricing, and other international tax compliance requirements, tax audits and enquiries, and the continued development of tax processes, controls and technology as CloudHQ expands its EMEA operations. Depending on the candidate, there will also be opportunities to assist with transactions, restructuring, and other project related work.

What you will get to do

• Manage the end-to-end corporate income tax compliance process across CloudHQ’s EMEA entities, including data collection, coordination with external advisors, review of tax computations and returns, submission, payment and maintenance of supporting documentation.
• Manage relationships with external tax advisors responsible for preparation of local corporate income tax returns and other direct tax filings, ensuring deliverables are accurate, complete and provided within agreed timelines.
• Maintain and manage the EMEA direct tax compliance calendar, including corporate income tax returns, tax payments, instalments and other relevant filing obligations.
• Review corporate income tax computations and returns prepared by external advisors and coordinate resolution of technical or factual queries arising during the compliance process.
• Work closely with Accounting, Finance and other internal stakeholders across EMEA to obtain accurate and complete financial information for tax compliance and reporting, and provide clear guidance on the information and processes required to meet direct tax obligations.
• Support the preparation and review of current and deferred tax calculations and tax provisions for EMEA entities as part of the group reporting process.
• Coordinate withholding tax compliance and other direct tax reporting obligations across EMEA, including working with internal teams and external advisors to identify applicable filing and payment requirements.
• Support transfer pricing compliance activities, including coordination of information required for local documentation and other recurring transfer pricing reporting obligations.
• Assist with corporate income tax registrations and other direct tax compliance requirements arising as CloudHQ enters new jurisdictions or establishes new entities.
• Support responses to tax authority enquiries, audits and information requests, coordinating information from internal teams and external advisors as required.
• Monitor changes in direct tax compliance and reporting requirements across EMEA and work with internal and external stakeholders to implement required changes.
• Develop and maintain internal controls and documentation for direct tax compliance and reporting, and identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate processes, improve tax data and support the implementation of tax technology, ERP reporting and compliance tools.
• There will be opportunities to support the wider tax team on other direct tax projects, including transactions, restructurings and financings as required.

Requirements

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, Economics or a related discipline.
• Professional tax or accounting qualification such as CTA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant corporate/direct tax experience, gained within a Big 4 or other large professional services firm and/or an in-house multinational tax function.
• Strong experience managing corporate income tax compliance for multiple legal entities across multiple jurisdictions, including reviewing computations and returns, working with accounting data and managing external tax advisors.
• Experience within real estate, infrastructure/ construction and/or data centers.
• Good understanding of tax accounting and corporate tax reporting requirements.
• Experience with transfer pricing compliance and withholding tax matters.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel. Experience with ERP, tax compliance or tax reporting systems would be advantageous.
• Fluent in English. Proficiency in another European language would be advantageous.
• This is an office-based position and can be based in one of our London, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, or Paris offices.

Our ideal candidate will also possess the following

• Strong technical understanding of corporate income tax compliance and reporting processes.
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple entities, jurisdictions, advisors and deadlines concurrently.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accurate and timely tax reporting.
• High level of self motivation and accountability, with the ability to work independently, take ownership of compliance processes from beginning to end, identify issues proactively and drive matters through to completion within critical deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, including the ability to review financial information and identify potential tax issues.
• Effective team player with the ability to collaborate with Tax, Accounting, Finance, Legal and other teams across different jurisdictions and business cultures.
• Professional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain tax compliance requirements clearly to non-tax professionals.
• Ability to build and manage effective relationships with external tax advisors.
• Process oriented mindset with an interest in improving, standardising and automating tax compliance processes.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast paced and evolving international organization.