Tax Senior Associate

Canonical
United Kingdom
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Interpersonal","Leadership","Problem-solving","Analytical"]

Lead the design and execution of Canonical's global tax function, partnering with the CFO to build scalable processes for corporate tax, VAT, and transfer pricing across multiple entities. Establish tax strategy for global expansion, navigate evolving tax rules, and implement tech-enabled controls. Remote-first with potential office base in London; role emphasizes analytics, strategy, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-growing tech company.

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Canonical
7 months ago

Tax Senior Associate

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Job Summary

Lead the design and execution of Canonical's global tax function, partnering with the CFO to build scalable processes for corporate tax, VAT, and transfer pricing across multiple entities. Establish tax strategy for global expansion, navigate evolving tax rules, and implement tech-enabled controls. Remote-first with potential office base in London; role emphasizes analytics, strategy, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-growing tech company.
Location: United Kingdom
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage and coordinate the preparation and review of corporate tax, VAT, and other relevant tax returns for our entities, ensuring timely and accurate filings
  • •Work with external advisers to develop transfer pricing documentation and tax planning initiatives and lead their implementation
  • •Act as a key point of contact for tax authority audits and enquiries, preparing responses and supporting documentation in collaboration with external advisors
  • •Identify opportunities to streamline and improve tax processes, controls, and data management to enhance efficiency and accuracy particularly using technology and automation
  • •Manage and run tax provisioning and reporting under IFRS, including calculating effective tax rates and preparing tax-related disclosures for financial statements
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Learning BudgetParental LeaveWellness StipendRemote Work

Key Requirements

  • •Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) and tax advisor (CTA, ADIT or equivalent)
  • •A minimum of 3-5 years of relevant tax experience, gained within a Big 4/Top 10 accounting firm or a multinational in-house tax team.
  • •Undergraduate degree in business, finance, economics, technology or other quantitative field
  • •Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
  • •Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
Experience:TechnologyOpen sourceSoftware
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationInterpersonalLeadershipProblem-solvingAnalytical
Languages:English

Company Brief

Canonical
Develops and maintains Ubuntu, a leading open-source Linux distribution, and provides cloud, IoT, and enterprise support, tooling, and services to enable deployment, management, and security of infrastructure and applications.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Funding: Bootstrapped
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2004
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