Head of Tax

We're driven by a mission to make digital payments accessible to everyone, everywhere. With our innovative payment solutions, we empower businesses of all sizes to access new markets and connect with more customers. Our clients include some of the world's most innovative companies, such as Ant Group, PayPal, and Stripe, who depend on PPRO to accelerate their growth.

Our strength lies in our diverse and global team, spanning various nationalities and international locations. We’re all united by a shared a passion for building - whether that’s trusted relationships with our customers, or next generation products that make payments simpler, faster, and more secure for everyone

At PPRO, we believe that everyone can make a difference. We encourage our team members to seize opportunities to maximize their impact, adopt a growth mindset, build trust with each other and our customers, and drive change across the industry. We’re just at the start of our journey to become the leading payments technology provider globally - and that’s where you come in.

**The Purpose**:
We are currently seeking a Head of Tax to support our team’s strategy, growth and innovation. This role is part of the Global Finance team to manage the tax strategy and compliance of our entities in EMEA, Americas and APAC.

We are looking for someone who has strong technical knowledge across all tax heads, excellent problem solving skills, is a strong communicator, thrives on process improvement, and enjoys working in a challenging, fast-paced environment to support our continued success

**What you'll be doing**:

- Manage and organise the preparation, review, and submission of direct and indirect tax return filings, overseeing tax liabilities and payments for the Group
- Coordinate with tax compliance providers to ensure proper reporting of transactions and support the business operationally in all significant transactions and go-to-market strategies
- Advise on and execute the operationalisation of the group transfer pricing policy and monitor tax developments across relevant jurisdictions
- Manage tax audits and handle discussions with external auditors and tax/legal advisors
- An in-depth understanding of entities, transaction flows, risks, functions, and advice on intercompany transactions, relationships, and agreements will be critical for success
- Manage the coordination and review of tax provisions for inclusion in the Group's Annual Reports, together with related disclosures
- Advise departments and subsidiaries in tax related matters (VAT, sales tax, corporate tax)
- Support the business in the timely evaluation of proposed strategic initiatives from a tax perspective, providing solutions and highlighting opportunities to the business
- Be a key partner with stakeholders, financial auditors and tax auditors to ensure efficient and effective audit process
- Keep up to date with current tax requirements
- Manage a small tax team based in Germany & Brazil

**You'll need to have**:

- Degree educated in Accounting, Business Administration, or Economics or equivalent
- 7+ years of tax experience, preferably in a blend of public accounting and a multinational corporate environment
- Strong technical and financial report writing abilities
- Your ability to understand and communicate complex tax matters to various stakeholders and demonstrate project management expertise will be crucial.
- Proficiency in English is essential
- Proven critical thinking capability
- Ability to managed multiple stakeholders in a matrix organisation
- Strong communication skills and ability to work with remote teams across departments

**What's in it for you?**:
**Hybrid working** - We offer flexible working, so you can strike the right balance between office and home working. In addition to our 30-day holiday allowance, we also provide a work from abroad policy, enabling employees to work remotely for up to another 30 days per year.

**Insurance** - Because better safe than sorry - we want our employees to benefit from various insurances including accident insurance, disability insurance, direct insurance (bAV) and travel insurance.

**Gym membership** - PPRO helps contribute towards the costs of your gym membership, supporting your physical fitness journey while easing the burden on your wallet

**Professional and personal development** - We provide leadership cafes, on-the-job training, and access to LinkedIn learning to help you gain knowledge beyond your role. We also offer German language courses to our non native speakers employees.

**Mental Health Platform** - We’ve teamed up with a top well-being platform to provide one-on-one therapy, chat therapy, therapist-led courses, guided meditations, and more.