Tax Lead, USA

About the role

We’re hiring a US Tax Lead to shape the tax foundations of the business as we grow across markets and products. You’ll join a growing tax team, working across global structuring, planning, compliance oversight, and launch execution. The role sits with the Finance Director and includes regular interaction with C-suite leaders, driving discussions on tax risks, structural choices, and long-term planning. As a member of a developing function, you’ll also shape how the team evolves as we scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities for US tax efficiency, including incentives, credits, elections, and planning levers.
• Manage US tax outsourcing partners, ensuring high-quality delivery, clear scopes, and effective coordination with internal teams.
• Own end-to-end US tax compliance, including oversight of the consolidated US return and all US-specific tax obligations.
• Produce forward-looking assessments of the US tax position, highlighting emerging risks and expected changes.
• Drive the effectiveness of the group’s global tax structure - assessing overall tax efficiency, identifying unnecessary tax leakage and risks, and recommending structural or operational improvements.
• Lead global tax planning initiatives, including international structuring, cross-border tax impacts, transfer pricing considerations, and profit repatriation.
• Stay ahead of emerging global tax changes (US and international) and translate these into practical implications, risk assessments, and recommended actions.
• Provide early, practical tax guidance for new market launches - shaping structuring decisions and ensuring tax requirements are incorporated effectively.
• Work closely with Control and market teams through launch execution to ensure tax processes are compliant, scalable, and aligned with the overall group tax strategy.
• Assess tax implications of new products, defining compliance obligations, business impact, and any required structural or operational changes.

Candidate profile

• Experience in a US-headquartered global business or in advising similar multinational groups, with a strong grounding in tax strategy and international planning.
• Proven depth in international tax, including cross-border structuring, transfer pricing, and the practical design of tax-efficient entity and profit flows.
• A track record of supporting new market or product launches, applying sound judgment to ambiguous situations and making clear, practical recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to break down complex tax issues and frame them clearly for non-specialists before moving into detail.