Senior Director of Global Tax

Overview

The organization is seeking an experienced, hands-on and enthusiastic Senior Director of Global Tax to lead the Global Tax team and partner with the wider finance organization. This role reports into the Group Financial Controller, with close partnership with the MBL Chief Financial Officer and the wider Executive team.

Responsibilities

• Global tax strategy: Define how tax is approached across the UK, Europe, and future markets; set tax risk appetite; prepare reporting for the Audit and Risk Committee.
• International expansion: Structure cross-border expansion across Europe and future regions; advise on market-entry structures, permanent establishment risks, and local compliance.
• Transfer pricing: Establish, document, and defend the global transfer pricing strategy and intragroup financing arrangements.
• Total tax ownership: Oversee group direct tax, indirect tax (VAT), employment tax, transfer pricing, and operational customer taxes across all locations.
• Tax authority relationships: Act as the primary liaison with HMRC and international tax authorities; proactively manage tax audits; oversee statutory regimes including Senior Accounting Officer compliance.
• Product and commercial advisory: Work with product managers, engineers, and treasury to ensure tax treatment is clear from day one for new builds and offerings.
• Leading the team: Mentor and lead a tax team of 10+; foster technical excellence, autonomy, and commercial focus.
• AI and automation: Design a tech-enabled tax operating model using AI, workflow tools, and automation across compliance, reconciliations, and contract reviews; scale output as volumes grow while keeping the team focused on high-judgement strategic work.

Requirements

• Qualified tax professional or accountant (CTA, ACA, ACCA, ADIT, or international equivalent).
• Experience leading an in-house tax team at scale, ideally in banking, fintech, or a regulated multinational.
• Strong people leadership skills, including coaching individuals and building a positive, high-performing environment.
• Practical experience with cross-border tax issues, international structuring, and transfer pricing.
• Understanding of operational and customer taxes in financial services, including FATCA/CRS, withholding taxes, and interest reporting.
• Excitement for modern technology, data, and AI, with a clear view on how tools can automate workflows, reduce human error, and modernise routine tax tasks.
• Ability to explain complex tax positions to non-tax stakeholders, including product leads, commercial teams, and auditors.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and making decisions without a standard blueprint.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience advising on tax implications of a broad range of growth initiatives, including customer products to treasury strategies, group reorgs to mobility proposals, systems implementations, and international expansion.

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation: Dependant on experience + Incentive Awards tied to performance.
• Learning budget: £1,000 learning budget each year for books, training courses, and conferences.
• Flexible working: Flexible working hours with trust to work sufficient hours; availability aligned with the role and team needs.
• Work setup: Setup to work from home; employees are provided Macbooks; fully remote workers receive extra support for work-from-home setup.
• Additional benefits: Plus lots more (full list referenced but not included in the description).

Location

• London or Cardiff offices, with openness to distributed working within the UK, with expectation of some travel to the London office.

Application Process

• Phone call with the Recruiter (30 mins)
• Initial Interview with the Hiring Manager (45 min)
• Role Specific, Technical, Leadership & Behavioural Interviews (x4 45 mins)

The average process takes around 4–5 weeks, and availability is accommodated. The role will close once enough applications are received for the next stage.