Tax manager

Bending Spoons; Madrid; Remote; EUR 66,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Remote working

Health insurance

Relocation package

Yearly retreat

Job summary

Bending Spoons, a fast-growing tech company with offices in Europe, seeks a skilled Tax Lead to own the group’s tax matters, shaping planning, compliance, and advisor coordination. You’ll work across teams, manage external advisors, and interact with authorities, including the Italian Revenue Agency and other bodies.

This role offers significant growth in a dynamic, high‑ambition environment. Based in Madrid, you will collaborate with teams across Europe, including Milan and London offices, with

Qualifications

• Analytical thinking and problem solving from first principles
• Ambition, initiative and accountability in work
• Collaborative mindset and reliability
• Strong English communication skills

Responsibilities

• Tax strategy and planning for the group across entities
• Tax operations, compliance, and accounting treatments in coordination with advisors
• Lead tax workstreams for M&A and extraordinary transactions
• Oversee transfer pricing and international tax compliance
• Monitor tax developments and manage interactions with authorities

Skills

Reasoning ability

Drive

Team spirit

Proficiency in English

Job description

At Bending Spoons, we're striving to build one of the all-time great companies. A company that serves a huge number of customers. A company where team members grow to their full potential. A company that functions at unparalleled levels of effectiveness and efficiency. A company that creates value for shareowners at an extraordinary rate. And a company that does so while adhering to high ethical standards.

In pursuit of this objective, we acquire and improve digital businesses, not to sell on, but to own and operate for the long term. The transformations we make are often deep-designed to speed up innovation, benefit customers, and strengthen business performance. Here, hierarchy is minimal and teams are small and talent-dense. We operate established products with the ambition, agility, and urgency of a startup. Across the company, we integrate AI deeply into how we work so that human judgment and machine intelligence reinforce each other.

For a talented, driven, and collaborative individual, working at Bending Spoons is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress their career at an exceptionally high rate. That’s our promise to such a candidate.

In this role, you'll take ownership of the group’s tax matters, combining hands‑on execution with strategic thinking. You'll shape our approach to tax planning and compliance, advise on the tax implications of key business decisions and acquisitions, and ensure that our accounting and tax treatments are robust and effective. You'll work closely with teams across Bending Spoons, coordinate external advisors, and manage relationships with the Italian Revenue Agency and other authorities.

A few examples of your responsibilities

• Tax strategy & planning. Shape and execute the group’s approach to tax planning, identifying opportunities to optimize our tax position while ensuring full compliance with applicable local and international requirements. Assess the tax implications of business initiatives and help design effective, scalable solutions as the group evolves.
• Tax operations & compliance. Own the group’s core tax processes, including tax liability calculations, accounting and tax treatments, and tax return filings in coordination with external advisors. Oversee the tax aspects of equity incentive plans, contractors, welfare programs, and fringe benefits, continuously looking for ways to make our processes more robust and efficient.
• M&A & extraordinary transactions. Lead the tax workstream for acquisitions and other extraordinary transactions, coordinating tax due diligence and external advisors, assessing risks and opportunities, and helping shape tax- efficient transaction structures and post-acquisition integrations.
• Transfer pricing & international tax. Own transfer pricing matters across the group, including policies, annual compliance, and documentation. Work with internal stakeholders and external advisors to ensure that intercompany arrangements are appropriate, well documented, and compliant with applicable Italian and international requirements.
• Tax developments & authorities. Stay ahead of changes in tax legislation and regulation, translating them into concrete implications and actions for the business. Identify relevant incentives and optimization opportunities, and manage interactions with the Italian Revenue Agency and other authorities, including voluntary compliance procedures, tax audits, inquiries, and rulings.

What we look for

• Reasoning ability. Given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems. You think from first principles, and structure your ideas sharply. You resist the influence of biases. You identify and take care of the details that matter.
• Drive. You’re extremely ambitious in everything you do—and your initiative, effort, and tenacity match the intensity of your ambition. You feel deeply responsible for your work. You hold yourself to a high—and rising—bar.
• Team spirit. You give generously and without the expectation of receiving in return. You support the best idea, not your idea. You're always happy to get your hands dirty to help your team. You’re reliable, honest, and transparent.
• Proficiency in English. You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.

What we offer

• Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams. You'll work in small, result-oriented, autonomous teams alongside some of the brightest people in your field.
• An exceptional opportunity for growth. We go to great lengths to hire individuals of outstanding potential—then, our priority is to put them in the ideal position to thrive. Spooners in their 20s lead products worth hundreds of millions of dollars. And if you’ve got what it takes, you’ll soon be playing an essential role in major projects, too.
• Competitive pay and access to company equity at a discount. Typical annual salary offers range from £85,797 to £151,436 in London and from €66,065 to €107,837 elsewhere in Europe. The lower end of these ranges applies to candidates with little or no relevant experience, while exceptionally experienced candidates may receive offers of up to £398,287 in London or €303,108 elsewhere in Europe. Candidates offered a permanent contract may choose to receive part of their compensation in discounted company equity.
• All. These. Benefits. Flexible hours, remote working, unlimited backing for learning and training, top‑of‑the‑market health insurance, a rich relocation package, generous parental support, and a yearly retreat to a stunning location. We help each Spooner set up the conditions to do their best work.

Commitment & contract

Permanent or fixed-term. Full-time.

Location

Milan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland).

The selection process

In our screening process, we prioritize verifiable signals of excellence, regardless of seniority. There are no preferential paths beyond what your application demonstrates, and we evaluate every candidate through the same process. Some people hold back because they feel they lack experience or have an "imperfect" CV. If you like the role and believe you could excel over time, don’t self-reject. We set the bar high and won’t extend an offer until we’re confident we’ve found the right candidate. We consider all applicants for employment and provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities—please let us know through this form.

Bending Spoons is a demanding environment. We're extremely ambitious and we hold ourselves—and one another—to a high standard. While this tends to lead to extraordinary learning, achievement, and career growth, it also requires significant commitment. To help you ramp up quickly and set yourself up for success, we expect you to spend most days in our Milan office during your first few months with us, regardless of your long-term work location. It's the best way to rapidly absorb our company culture and build trust with your new teammates. We'll support you with generous travel and accommodation assistance. After that, you're welcome to work from one of our offices, or remotely from approved countries—depending on what we agree at the offer stage.

If the role speaks to you and you're excited to give your best, we'd love to hear from you.