Head of Group Tax 

Job Purpose

The Group Head of Tax Manager should be a Qualified Accountant and hold a recognised Taxation qualification. He/she should be a highly motivated, proactive and well organised individual capable of managing teams in the UK, and remotely in USA and Manila to facilitate effective decision-making and control of the IWG’s group tax strategy and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for all taxes across 100+ countries in the group.
• Management of the group tax team (including oversight of the tax compliance support team in the group’s shared service centre).
• Managing the group’s transfer pricing strategy and policies, and ensuring related compliance and documentation obligations are met.
• Providing tax support for M&A activities, and internal reorganisations, including due diligence and tax structuring.
• Providing tax input into internal operating models.
• Managing ETR and cash tax globally.
• Management of global tax audits.
• Ensuring that commercial transactions and external business partnerships are tax efficient and compliant.
• Dealing with BEPS and Pillar 2 requirements.
• Year end and interim tax reporting, and audit of tax.

Required Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Working knowledge of:

-Corporate tax, International tax, Transfer pricing, Withholding tax, VAT/sales tax, Payroll taxes.

• 10+ years professional experience operating in a global tax compliance role.  
• Qualified Tax Accountant: Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA), or ACA, ACCA Accounting qualification
• Experience managing teams in multiple locations, outsourcing models and working with Shared Service Centres. 
• Experience managing commercial tax transactions for franchise models,  managed partnerships, or JV arrangements are consider highly desirable.
• Proven experience of leading and mentoring teams and colleagues to achieve results under pressure. 
• Analytical mind with attention to detail, and ability to react quickly and “think out of the box”. 
• A self-starter, able to work under pressure in a constantly changing environment. Not afraid of making decisions. 
• Excellent computer skills, proficient with Microsoft suite of products, (particularly Excel). 

About the company 

IWG has been at the forefront of the flexible workspace revolution for more than 30 years. We have made it possible for organisations and individuals everywhere to take a new approach to the traditional working day. We have over 3,400 locations across over 110 countries allowing millions of people every day to have a great day at work.  

Our customers are start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises, and large multinationals. With unique business goals, people and aspirations. They want workspaces and communities to match their needs. We provide them with choice through our portfolio of brands, covering serviced offices (Regus, Spaces, HQ, Signature and No18), commercial real estate brokerage and managed office solutions.  

Join us at www.iwgplc.com