Tax Manager

Verda; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Verda is seeking a Tax Manager to join the finance team in Helsinki. As the company scales, you will own tax filings and compliance across jurisdictions, build scalable tax processes, and provide key support on mergers and acquisitions as Verda grows.

This foundational hire will establish the tax function, working closely with senior leadership to implement controls and drive strategic tax planning in a rapidly expanding, globally distributed business.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of professional tax experience, ideally including time at a Big Four firm.
• Strong knowledge of European tax filing and compliance requirements.
• Experience analyzing tax implications in mergers and acquisitions.
• US tax knowledge is a nice-to-have, not a requirement.
• Comfortable operating as a sole tax specialist within a broader finance team, with the judgement to know when to escalate or bring in external advisors.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage Verda's tax filing obligations across relevant jurisdictions, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Your responsibilities will include questions from both direct and indirect taxation in an international setting.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for tax-related questions across the business, replacing ad hoc handling by non-specialist team members.
• Partner with Finance and Legal on tax considerations tied to company expansion and new market entry.
• Build relationships and work with external tax advisors.
• Analyze financial data sets to identify and execute on tax optimization opportunities.
• Build out tax processes, documentation, and controls to support the business as it scales.
• Support mergers and acquisitions activity by identifying and flagging fundamental tax issues and risks.

Skills

Tax management

Mergers & acquisitions

European tax

Big Four experience

Sole tax specialist

US tax knowledge

Job description

At Verda, we're building a full-stack AI cloud, covering everything from data centers and hardware to our own cloud platform that the world's leading AI teams use to do serious AI work.

We strive to make a positive mark on the world through the infrastructure we build and give leading teams a service they can truly depend on. Headquartered in Helsinki, we operate globally with offices in London and San Francisco.

Join Verda while it’s still being built - not once it’s finished.

Why Verda

• Cash and equity compensation along with various fringe benefits (healthcare, lunch, wellbeing, and more).
• Profitable operations with rapid, sustained growth.
• 40+ nationalities, with 6 different ones on the management team.
• A real chance to make an impact and work alongside world class engineers, researchers, and partners across the global AI ecosystem.

Practicalities

• Work mode: Hybrid, based in Helsinki
• Level: Senior
• Employment type: Full time and permanent

About the role

Verda is looking for a Tax Manager to join our finance team in Helsinki. As the company scales, this role will become the dedicated point of contact for all tax and compliance matters — work that's currently being handled without formal tax expertise in-house. You'll own tax filings and compliance, build and scale the group's tax related processes and provide critical support on mergers and acquisitions as Verda continues to grow.

This is a foundational hire for the tax function at Verda — a chance to build the processes and structure that will scale with the business, with direct visibility to senior leadership.

Your responsibilities

• Own and manage Verda's tax filing obligations across relevant jurisdictions, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Your responsibilities will include questions from both direct and indirect taxation in an international setting.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for tax-related questions across the business, replacing ad hoc handling by non-specialist team members
• Partner with Finance and Legal on tax considerations tied to company expansion and new market entry
• Build relationships and work with external tax advisors
• Analyze financial data sets to identify and execute on tax optimization opportunities
• Build out tax processes, documentation, and controls to support the business as it scales
• Support mergers and acquisitions activity by identifying and flagging fundamental tax issues and risks

Your key competencies

• 5-7 years of professional tax experience, ideally including time at a Big Four firm
• Strong knowledge of European tax filing and compliance requirements
• Experience analyzing tax implications in mergers and acquisitions
• US tax knowledge is a nice-to-have, not a requirement
• Comfortable operating as a sole tax specialist within a broader finance team, with the judgment to know when to escape or bring in external advisors
• Ability to take the initiative to build processes, as opposed to being told what to do.