Senior Tax Manager - Direct Tax, EMEA

About the role

Dyson's Group Tax function supports the business with growth plans and day-to-day operations while meeting tax compliance obligations. It is looking for an experienced person to manage direct tax matters for the EMEA region, overseeing direct tax compliance and providing tax advice and support to the business.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee direct tax compliance across multiple EMEA entities and territories, including corporate income tax, withholding tax and transfer pricing, ensuring accurate and timely filings.
• Review and approve returns and forms prepared by external advisors, and prepare selected filings in-house where required.
• Manage a small team that analyses financial data from the accounting shared service team before it goes to external advisors.
• Ensure all filings prepared by external advisors are reviewed and approved before submission to authorities.
• Manage external tax advisors and global service providers, ensuring timely delivery, technical quality and effective coordination.
• Oversee tax payments and cash tax forecasting, and provide tax payment forecasts to Treasury.
• Support tax accounting and statutory reporting, preparing tax provisions for group and local statutory accounts and reviewing them for appropriate tax disclosures.
• Monitor financing and profit repatriation arrangements, including intercompany loans, thin capitalisation, interest limitation, withholding tax on interest and dividends, and obtain treaty clearances where needed.
• Handle tax authority enquiries, audits and other external requests, working with local entities and advisors in line with Group policies.
• Own and approve corporate tax balance sheet reconciliations and other compliance oversight controls.
• Provide direct tax advice on business initiatives and projects, identify tax risks early and partner with Finance, Treasury, Customs and other functions.

Required profile

• Degree level education, with an accounting and/or tax qualification.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant working experience; prior people management experience is valued.
• Proven record of managing large compliance programmes across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong technical and operational direct tax experience, gained in-house or in a mix of in-house and practice.
• Ability to partner with and hold to account external advisors.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, relationship building and stakeholder management.
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced, complex and ever-changing environment.