Tax Manager (m/f/d)

Overview

This role is responsible for leading tax matters for the Helios / Tessera portfolio, covering businesses in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland. The position reports to the Head of Finance and works closely with finance managers and CEOs across portfolio businesses, acting as a key liaison between the portfolio and the organization’s corporate tax team.

Responsibilities

Tax Provision & Accounting for Income Taxes

• Lead the preparation and review of quarterly (when required) and annual tax provisions for the European entities, providing inputs to the group tax provision in line with group policies and on time.
• Prepare supporting schedules for current and deferred tax calculations, including effective tax rate reconciliations.
• Assess the impact of tax law changes—particularly European, UK and Swiss—on financial statements and flag group-level implications to HQ.
• Lead Pillar Two work for the European jurisdictions, including local QDMTT, IIR and UTPR implementation.
• Provide HQ with European data needed for U.S. international tax calculations (e.g., GILTI, Subpart F, foreign tax credits).
• Serve as the primary point of contact between the organization’s corporate tax team and European finance teams to ensure timely and accurate tax accruals and disclosures.
• Assist with automation and implementation of tax provision software to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Maintain organized documentation of provision workpapers, assumptions, and key judgments to support audit and compliance reviews.

European Tax Compliance Management (UK, NL, DE, FR, BE, IT, CH)

• Oversee corporate income tax and trade/local tax compliance for portfolio entities across the listed jurisdictions, coordinating local advisors to ensure timely and accurate filings and tax payments.
• Oversee VAT and indirect tax compliance, including cross-border SaaS and digital services, intra-EU reporting, and readiness for e-invoicing and e-reporting mandates (e.g., Belgium, France, Germany, Italy).
• Manage withholding tax on intercompany dividends, interest and royalties, including treaty relief, EU directive exemptions and refund claims (e.g., Swiss withholding tax).
• Ensure tax reporting aligns with local statutory accounts (e.g., HGB, Dutch GAAP, French GAAP, Swiss CO) and support local statutory audits.
• Identify and secure R&D and IP-related tax incentives available to software businesses (e.g., UK R&D relief, Dutch WBSO and innovation box, French CIR/CII, German Forschungszulage, Belgian innovation income deduction, Italian patent box, Swiss patent box and R&D super-deduction).
• Manage EU and local reporting obligations, including DAC6 mandatory disclosure, Pillar Two GloBE information returns, and UK Senior Accounting Officer requirements.

HQ Coordination & U.S./Canadian Tax

• Coordinate with HQ on group tax reporting, policies, calendars and deadlines to ensure European businesses deliver complete and accurate tax inputs.
• Work with the Head of Finance, HQ tax, the M&A team and external advisors on tax elections and research projects related to the businesses.
• Where U.S. or Canadian tax impacts the European businesses (e.g., intercompany flows, repatriation, U.S. entities in the portfolio), support HQ and external providers on related compliance.
• Maintain tax and audit records and ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
• Coordinate with HQ, group auditors and external advisors to ensure consistent tax filings and documentation across the group.

Transfer Pricing

• Manage documentation of intercompany arrangements and ensure transfer pricing compliance under OECD guidelines and local European requirements (master file / local file, CbCR) in the UK, NL, DE, FR, BE, IT and CH.
• Coordinate with HQ on CRA and IRS requirements.
• Assist with compiling financial data for transfer pricing reports and internal benchmarking.
• Help coordinate with external advisors and internal stakeholders to assess new intercompany transactions.
• Support transfer pricing audits and assist with dispute resolution strategies as needed.
• Monitor evolving international tax regulations, including OECD BEPS Pillar One and Pillar Two, and assess their impact on the portfolio’s transfer pricing strategy.

International Due Diligence & Tax M&A Assistance

• Assist with tax due diligence for acquisitions within the portfolio, including European targets, covering identification of tax exposures (including VAT, wage taxes and social security), review of historical tax filings, and analysis of tax attributes such as loss carry-forwards and their usability after a change of control.
• Support onboarding of newly acquired entities by coordinating with local finance teams to gather tax information, confirm tax registrations, and align compliance processes with group policies.
• Provide strategic tax planning recommendations for international expansion and entity restructuring, including intra-European mergers, legal entity simplification and the use of tax groups (e.g., German Organschaft, Dutch fiscal unity, French and Italian tax consolidation).
• Work closely with the VP of Tax and legal team to model tax implications of proposed transactions, assist in documentation of structuring steps, and coordinate external advisor input where needed.
• Maintain transaction files and structure memos, supporting documentation for internal reporting and audit readiness.

Ad Hoc Research & Tax Structuring

• Monitor and conduct research and analysis of tax issues, including new tax legislation and regulatory changes, and summarize implications for the portfolio.
• Provide tax input on operational matters and respond to queries from portfolio finance teams.
• Provide guidance on European tax implications of business transactions and restructurings, coordinating with HQ on U.S. and Canadian implications.
• Assist with tax modeling and scenario planning for potential legislative changes and corporate tax strategies as needed.
• Support the VP of Tax, Legal, and Finance teams in evaluating and implementing tax-efficient structures for investments and repatriation strategies specific to the portfolio and its cross-border operations.
• Support operating businesses on tax audit defense strategies and responses to European tax authority inquiries and field audits, liaising with HQ where IRS or CRA matters arise.

Travel Requirements

• Occasionally, approximately once per quarter intercontinental and once every two months international within Europe.

Qualifications

• Professional tax or accounting qualification, e.g. CTA/ACA (UK), Steuerberater (DE), Belastingadviseur (NL), Expert-comptable (FR), dipl. Steuerexperte (CH), or CPA/CA.
• 4+ years of post-qualification tax experience in public accounting or corporate tax environments, with hands-on experience across several of the UK, Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland; exposure to U.S. and Canadian tax is a plus.
• Strong technical knowledge of European taxation (including EU directives such as ATAD, Parent-Subsidiary, Interest & Royalties and DAC6, and VAT), tax accounting, transfer pricing, and international tax rules.
• Experience managing tax compliance and provision processes.
• Experience working with a group or HQ tax function in a multinational environment, including providing reporting inputs and aligning local practice with group policies.
• Familiarity with M&A tax due diligence, tax structuring, and cross-border tax planning.
• Strong research, analytical and organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills; ability to collaborate with non-tax stakeholders and external advisors.
• Ability to work independently and balance multiple priorities in a decentralized environment.
• Fluent English required; working knowledge of German, French, Dutch or Italian is a strong advantage.

Compensation & Benefits

Not specified in the provided job description.

Location

Covering the UK, Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland (with periodic intercontinental and Europe-based travel as outlined above).