Head of Tax Strategy
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Head of Tax Strategy executing corporate tax, transfer pricing, and international tax strategy. Partnering across SumUp, a global fintech serving small businesses in 37 markets.
Responsibilities:
- Lead execution of SumUp’s tax strategy across corporate tax, transfer pricing, indirect tax, withholding tax, and emerging tax regimes
- Translate strategic tax priorities into practical plans across the business and wider tax team
- Act as a hands-on business partner on structuring, M&A, market expansion, financing arrangements, legal entity changes, and new product initiatives
- Oversee and refine the Group’s transfer pricing framework with internal stakeholders and external advisers
- Support international tax topics including Pillar Two, CbCR, public CbCR, and broader regulatory developments
- Drive tax governance, controls, documentation, and decision-making frameworks
- Lead, coach, and develop the Tax Strategy team and collaborate across Tax Compliance and Tax Operations
- Co-own controversy matters and engage with authorities, auditors, and external advisers
- Build relationships across Finance, Legal, Compliance, Treasury, FP&A, Regulatory Reporting, and business teams
Requirements:
- Progressive tax experience in multinational environments, ideally across both in-house and advisory settings
- Deep expertise in corporate tax and transfer pricing, with strong exposure to cross-border structuring and M&A
- Working knowledge of Pillar Two / GloBE, CbCR, and public CbCR
- Proven experience leading tax teams, including people management, prioritisation, and performance development
- Hands-on mindset, with the ability to move between strategic thinking and practical execution
- Experience managing tax audits and controversies, including direct engagement with tax authorities
- Strong accounting and financial statement literacy, ideally supported by a finance or accounting-oriented background
- Excellent communication skills for explaining complex tax matters clearly to senior non-tax stakeholders
- Experience managing external advisers across quality, scope, and cost
- Strategic, pragmatic, commercially minded approach with confidence operating in ambiguity and challenging ideas constructively
Benefits:
- Opportunities for continuous learning and professional development
- Collaborative and inclusive environment where different perspectives are welcomed and valued
- Equal Employment Opportunity workplace
- Safe and respectful workplace where harassment is strictly prohibited
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