Tax Leader – Germany

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Oversee comprehensive tax management for Germany, covering direct tax, indirect tax, transfer pricing, withholding tax, and other pertinent tax issues.

• Define the strategic direction and priorities for the German tax agenda, ensuring clear accountability, disciplined execution, and prompt escalation of significant matters.

• Lead, nurture, and inspire tax professionals responsible for both German and wider European tax issues.

• Enhance team capabilities, clarify roles and responsibilities, and cultivate a culture of high performance, collaboration, and professional growth.

• Provide governance, review, and approval for key tax submissions, calculations, positions, and deliverables.

• Identify, evaluate, document, manage, and escalate significant tax risks and exposures appropriately.

• Manage tax audits, disputes, and controversy issues, including strategy formulation, stakeholder alignment, and engagement with tax authorities and external advisors.

• Act as the main tax partner for senior Finance, Treasury, Legal, and business stakeholders on German tax issues.

• Collaborate with business teams on commercial transactions, operational issues, supply chain activities, restructuring, and other strategic initiatives.

• Supervise external advisor engagements, focusing on scope, quality, delivery, effectiveness, and expenditure management.

• Assist with cash tax forecasting, payment readiness, tax accounting processes, and related governance.

• Ensure clear and timely visibility over key tax issues, risks, deliverables, and deadlines.

• Promote robust operational discipline, process standardization, and continuous enhancement across German and regional tax operations.

• Effectively coordinate with specialist tax teams, including transfer pricing, indirect tax, international tax, tax accounting, and controversy.

• Provide tax leadership, oversight, or assistance for other European jurisdictions and regional initiatives, as needed.

• Contribute to the formulation and execution of the broader European tax strategy and operational model.

⛳️ Requirements

• A university degree in tax, accounting, law, business administration, or a similar field, preferably combined with qualification as a Steuerberater or equivalent experience.

• Extensive tax leadership experience within a multinational or similarly complex organization.

• In-depth knowledge of German tax regulations and experience in direct tax, indirect tax, and cross-border issues.

• Demonstrated experience in people leadership, with the ability to inspire teams, develop talent, enhance capabilities, and drive performance through others.

• Proven track record in setting direction, managing competing priorities, and delivering results within a complex matrixed organization.

• Experience in reviewing and overseeing tax filings and deliverables created by internal teams and external providers.

• Demonstrated ability to lead significant tax audits, disputes, and controversy matters successfully.

• Strong judgment and the capability to identify, assess, manage, and appropriately escalate significant tax issues.

• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, and communication skills, including experience interacting with senior leadership.

• Ability to work independently, make decisions in complex or ambiguous situations, and maintain a no-surprises approach.

• Willingness and capability to lead or support tax matters across a broader European portfolio, including jurisdictions outside of Germany.

• Proficiency in both English and German.

🏝️ Benefits

• Relocation Assistance Provided: No