Overview

About the role

This is a key newly created role reporting into the Group Finance Director with responsibility across Group tax reporting and compliance. As Group Tax Director you'll ensure that Group tax reporting and compliance are adequately managed, with the aim of reducing reliance on external consultants on tax matters. You'll be a strategic advisor who helps optimise the company’s global tax position, playing a critical role in risk mitigation, cost efficiency, and supporting growth initiatives through tax-effective structuring.

Over the past five years, the Group has expanded both in complexity but also in terms of the countries in which we operate. This led to the creation of a dedicated tax function within its Central Finance team around four years ago, and that team took the Group through the Bain ownership exit. This team comprised the Group Tax Manager, a UK-based Group Tax Accountant, and an India-based Senior Analyst.

Recent acquisitions under our new Apax Partners ownership bring increasing tax risk and complexity, and with the departure of the Group Tax Manager we're looking to further increase the skillset of the team and introduce three new roles, the first being a dedicated Group Tax Director. The aim is for this new role to then build their team around them, but the initial assumption is that this will comprise the current team plus two managers (Indirect and Direct tax focused), funded by reducing the reliance on external tax consultants.

As Group Tax Director you'll take responsibility for ensuring the taxes for the whole Group (Zellis, Moorepay, Benifex and Hastee) are reported accurately and on time. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the organisation’s tax strategy across multiple jurisdictions. This will include liaison with multiple stakeholders, of varying seniority, including Business Unit CEOs/CFOs and the Group Executive. You'll be experienced in all areas of the business and develop tax solutions that complement the business/commercial objectives of each Business Unit.

The role will be flexible, fast-evolving, and fluid. It will blend pure day-to-day tax compliance and reporting with designing tax solutions for new products, new countries and newly acquired entities. The role will also include oversight of tax due diligence for new M&A, as well as solving tax due diligence issues identified for newly acquired entities.