Group Head of Tax

tp; Greater London; In loco; GBP 180.000 - 250.000; Tempo pieno

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TP ICAP is seeking a Group Head of Tax to lead its global tax function, with a team of 14 professionals across London and New York. This role reports to senior Finance leadership and shapes TP ICAP's tax strategy, governance framework, and operating model.

The successful candidate will be a proven people leader, capable of influencing senior stakeholders, driving change, and delivering high-quality tax advisory support across a complex international organisation.

Mansioni

• Lead the development and implementation of the Group's tax strategy, policies and control framework across direct, indirect, employment and operational taxes.
• Build positive relationships with external advisors and tax authorities, including HMRC, and optimise the use of the tax function's budget.
• Manage the Group's interactions with tax authorities globally and oversee tax compliance and reporting.
• Coordinate tax advisory support for corporate transactions, restructurings and business growth while ensuring governance and risk management.
• Drive transfer pricing transformation and global employment tax governance in partnership with Finance and HR.

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Role Overview

The Group Head of Tax is a critical leadership role with responsibility for TP ICAP's global tax function, leading a team of 14 tax professionals across London and New York. Reporting into senior Finance leadership, the role provides strategic oversight of the Group's worldwide tax affairs, ensuring the delivery of robust governance, high-quality tax advisory support, and effective management of tax risk across a complex international organisation.

The successful candidate will be a proven people leader with the ability to develop high-performing teams, influence senior stakeholders, and drive change across a diverse global business. The role plays a key part in supporting business growth, corporate transactions, regulatory developments, and operational transformation, while ensuring compliance with global tax obligations and maintaining strong relationships with tax authorities.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded tax leader with broad international tax experience to shape the future direction of TP ICAP's tax strategy, governance framework, and operating model.

Role Responsibilities

Tax strategy and governance:

Lead the development and implementation of the Group's tax strategy, policies and control framework, ensuring global coverage of tax matters across direct, indirect, employment and operational taxes

Build positive relationships with external advisors, staying abreast of developments that are relevant to TP ICAP

Ensure cost effective use of the tax function's budget with a view to increasing use of internal resource and skill set complemented with appropriate external advice

HMRC and tax authority relationships:

Manage the Group's interactions with tax authorities globally, and maintain a positive and collaborative relationship with HMRC's Customer Compliance Manager

Tax structuring, advisory and M&A:

Sustain effective partnerships between the tax function, the business and other support functions to ensure the delivery of value-adding tax advice, subject matter expertise and risk governance

Develop a framework across transfer pricing, VAT, corporate and international tax for the management of multiple cross-border broking models, supported by an understanding of the Compliance and regulatory drivers of the Group's structures

Manage proactively the tax implications of the group's internal and external debt structures, working closely with Treasury and ensuring these are understood by internal stakeholders, balancing UK Corporate Interest Restriction, US s163j and BEAT

Co-ordinate the provision of tax advice in respect of new products and corporate development activity e.g. acquisitions and disposals, business and / or legal entity restructuring initiatives, treasury, capital / liquidity planning etc

Tax compliance & reporting:

Ensure timely and accurate completion of UK, US and international tax direct and indirect filings

Responsible for preparation of UK Senior Accounting Officer sign-off, with input and assurance from relevant Finance areas

Manage the timely and accurate delivery of the Group's monthly, interim and year-end tax reporting and disclosures, preparing relevant tax content for Board papers and other related papers and liaising with external auditors

Assess TP ICAP's approach to efficient tax compliance delivery globally, with consideration of roles and responsibilities between Finance Operations and Group Tax

Work across Finance Control to ensure tax compliance and data requirements are defined and embedded

Transfer pricing transformation:

With the support of internal transfer pricing specialists within the Group Tax team, lead on the global refresh of the Group's transfer pricing policies, documentation and operational governance

Global Employment Tax oversight:

Responsible for employment and global mobility tax governance and advice, with the Global Employment Tax senior manager reporting into the Group Head of Tax.

Working closely with HR, Global Mobility and Payroll, lead on the development and roll‑out of employment tax policies and RACIs, as well as ensuring tax oversight of employ