Associate Director, Indirect Tax Europe-Global Finance Center, EMEA, Dublin/London

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global online fashion retailer is seeking an Associate Director for Indirect Tax in London. This key role involves developing and implementing tax planning strategies, managing compliance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in indirect tax and a strong ability to communicate complex matters effectively.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of indirect tax experience.
• Big 4 experience is a plus.
• Fluent in English; Chinese is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Research legislative and regulatory changes affecting SHEIN.
• Manage indirect tax communications with tax authorities.
• Collaborate with finance, legal, and accounting teams.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Relationship Building

Education

Professional tax and/or accounting qualification

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Client:

SHEIN

Location:

london (city of london), United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

26.06.2025

Expiry Date:

10.08.2025

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Job Description:

Position / Title/ Name: Associate Director, Indirect Tax Europe

Location: Dublin or London

Department: Global Finance Center, EMEA

Reporting line: EMEA Head of Tax

Number of reports: It depends on the expansion of business, it is an independent contributor at the first beginning.

About SHEIN

SHEIN is a global online fashion and lifestyle retailer, offering SHEIN branded apparel

and products from a global network of vendors, all at affordable prices. Headquartered

in Singapore, with more than 15,000 employees operating from 150 countries around

the world, SHEIN is committed to making the beauty of fashion accessible to all,

promoting its industry-leading, on-demand production methodology, for a smarter,

future-ready industry.

Strategic purpose of the position:

This position is responsible for development and implementation of Indirect Tax planning and compliance improvement initiatives.

The role also requires an active role as a member of the global tax team within the relationships of the group entities in different countries as well as in the matters such as group structure, transfer pricing, implementation of new projects/programs to the group.

Job responsibilities

• Ongoing research to indirect tax legislative and regulatory changes with regard to impact to the Shein business. Developing initiative and process/business changes necessary to adhere to those regulatory requirements.
• Working in partnership with cross functional business teams for development and implementation of key strategic business changes, routes to market and reorganisations.
• Managing all indirect tax related communications with tax authorities including regular meetings with tax authorities and lead internal teams to handle tax litigation in a tax-efficient manner.
• Working with external and internal compliance teams to ensure robust and complete compliance infrastructure and data quality.
• Partner with business finance, legal, Treasury, accounting and other functions to communicate, execute, protect and fund various initiatives which aim to ultimately maximize cash for the corporation.
• Collaboration with corporate and regional tax on international projects.
• Experienced and energetic finance professional with a passion to make a difference.
• He/She should be a true team player with very good communication and people skills.
• Demonstrates an ability to develop relationships across an enterprise in a heavily matrixed environment.
• Demonstrates thought leadership ability to communicate complicated tax matters across all levels of the organization in a value driven manner.
• Relevant professional tax and/or accounting qualification.
• Fluent in English. Chinese is advantageous but not a requirement.

Educational / minimum requirements:

At least 10 years of indirect tax experience, big 4 experience is plus.

SHEIN is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workplace environment.