Head of Tax Germany

WPP
Düsseldorf
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Leadership","Stakeholder management","Governance","Risk management","Communication"]

Lead and build WPP’s centralized tax function for Germany, responsible for governance, operating model design, and coordination with Global Tax, local finance, Legal, GBS, and external advisors. Drive tax transformations aligned to FTOM, oversee tax compliance and reporting across multiple German tax types, manage tax audits and risks, strengthen tax control frameworks, and support M&A and restructurings while guiding and developing the German tax team.

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Head of Tax Germany

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Job Summary

Lead and build WPP’s centralized tax function for Germany, responsible for governance, operating model design, and coordination with Global Tax, local finance, Legal, GBS, and external advisors. Drive tax transformations aligned to FTOM, oversee tax compliance and reporting across multiple German tax types, manage tax audits and risks, strengthen tax control frameworks, and support M&A and restructurings while guiding and developing the German tax team.
Location: Düsseldorf
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop, implement, and lead the German Tax Target Operating Model, including decision rights, roles, and processes across Global Tax, local finance, agency CFOs/FDs, GBS, Legal, and external advisors.
  • •Serve as the central escalation point for complex tax matters, tax risks, tax audits, M&A activities, and transformation projects.
  • •Lead and grow the German tax team, including organization design, role clarity, competence development, and succession planning.
  • •Drive tax transformation in Germany, integrate the Tax Target Operating Model into FTOM, and maintain a Tax Roadmap to support global goals and the country operating model.
  • •Own tax compliance and reporting (corporate, trade, withholding, indirect taxes, transfer pricing), run the annual tax return process, manage audits and the tax control framework, and support M&A and reorganization work.

Key Requirements

  • •Extensive senior-level experience in German tax law in a complex international corporate environment, with strong knowledge of corporate income tax (Körperschaftsteuer), trade tax (Gewerbesteuer), and tax compliance.
  • •Proven experience in tax transformations, operating-model design, centralization, and multi-entity structures, including entity simplification, restructurings, and cross-border matters.
  • •Demonstrated experience in managing German tax audits (Betriebsprüfungen), tax risk management, coordination with German tax authorities, and implementing governance and control systems.
  • •Experience collaborating with Global Tax, local finance teams, GBS, external tax advisors, and senior stakeholders.
  • •Fluent German and English for negotiation; plus strong knowledge of transfer pricing, withholding tax, indirect taxes, and tax reporting.
Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementGovernanceRisk managementCommunication
Languages:GermanEnglish
Tech Stack:ERPBusiness CentralDynamics 365LucanetImperoDATEV

Company Brief

WPP
Global marketing and communications services group offering advertising, media investment management, branding, public relations, and digital services to multinational clients across industries.
Industry: Advertising Media Groups
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1971
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