Manager, Global Tax Operations

McDonald's Corporation; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

McDonald's Corporation is seeking a highly skilled tax professional to join their Tax team in London. This role involves overseeing tax compliance across multiple countries, collaborating with global Tax teams, and ensuring accurate reporting while fostering strong relationships within the organization. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in tax compliance, strong leadership skills, and an in-depth understanding of relevant tax laws. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact within a globally recognized company.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in direct and/or indirect tax compliance and reporting.
• In-depth knowledge of global direct, indirect, and transfer pricing laws and US GAAP reporting.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of tax activities across several countries including compliance and reporting.
• Collaboration with market leadership to perform tax filings and projections.
• Support local tax audits and dispute resolution processes.

Skills

Tax compliance and reporting

Leadership and management

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Taxation

Tools

Oracle Cloud

Vertex

OneSource

Job description

Company Description

McDonald’s is proud to be one of the mostrecognisedbrands in the world, withrestaurants inover 100 countries and billions of customers served each year. As the global leader in the food and service industry, we have a legacy of innovation and hard work that continues to drive us. Today, we are growing with velocity and are passionate aboutmodernisingour experiences, not to make a different McDonald’s, but to build a better McDonald’s.

We are moving fast and are adding to our outstanding team. Joining McDonald’s means thinking big every day and preparing for a career that can impact around the world. We are customer obsessed, committed to being leaders and believe we are better when we work together. Over the last couple years, we’ve launched home delivery, modernized our restaurant experience through digital enhancements and have so much more to come.

We are dedicated to using our scale for good: good for people, our industry and the planet. From ambitious recycling initiatives and balanced sourcing efforts to our partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities, we are constantly improving. We see every single day as an opportunity to have an impact on our customers, our people and our partners.

Company Vision and Culture…

Our Global vision is to build a better McDonald’s and we are working hard to be the best-loved restaurant company.

Our values drive our culture and shape our beliefs, our priorities and our actions. They influence the decisions we make, how we treat one another and how we show up as a brand to the world.

Serve: We put our customers and our people first

Inclusion: We open our doors to everyone

Integrity: We do the right thing

Community: We are good neighbours

Family: We get better together

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented individual with tax compliance and global provision experience to join our Tax team in London. In this role, this individual will be responsible for oversight of tax activities across several countries including supporting tax compliance, Local Statutory and US GAAP reporting, managing local market tax strategy, and supporting local tax audits and dispute resolutions. This role involves close collaboration with global Tax teams, external providers, and partnering with the business to support efficient and accurate tax activities.

Key Responsibilities:

Global Stakeholder Management:

• Collaborate closely Market Tax and Finance professionals located across EMEA region to ensure tax compliance and reporting obligations are met across multiple countries.
• Partner with the business to ensure open lines of communication
• Foster a collaborative and high-performing environment that aligns with McDonald’s values and objectives.

Tax Compliance & Tax Accounting Oversight:

• Collaborate with market leadership across multiple countries to perform joint review and sign-off of corporate income tax and VAT filings.
• Support Markets in preparing market tax projections for US GAAP reporting including return-to-provision analysis and calculations subject to management discretion
• Stay updated on changes in tax regulations and communicate their implications appropriately to other stakeholders.
• Ensure market alignment with global business policies and procedures for tax reporting and compliance.
• Identify process, data, and technology synergies across global tax reporting.

Tax Strategy Planning, Governance & Controversy:

• Maintain a local market tax strategy and governance framework that aligns with the global tax strategy.
• Support local tax audits, settlements, and broader dispute resolution processes.
• Support Global Tax team in managing high-profile tax controversy matters, ensuring appropriate resourcing and a coordinated response.
• Collaborate with the local market leadership to identify and understand market-specific tax structuring opportunities.
• Work closely with regional leadership to identify and implement tax structuring opportunities at the local level.

Performance & Metrics:

• Adhere to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to tax compliance and reporting.
• Monitor performance metrics to identify areas for improvement and take proactive measures to meet or exceed targets.
• Collaborate with global team members to optimize workflow processes and ensure timely delivery of services.

Communication and Collaboration:

• Act as the primary Tax point of contact within the select countries for internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate with market tax teams to support audit requests and ensure compliance.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with global Tax leaders, Finance, Legal, and IT teams.

Who we’re looking for:

• A tax professional with extensiveexperience in direct and/or indirect tax compliance and reporting.
• Strong leadership and team management skills including proven experience in managing teams and delivering results through others.
• In-depth knowledge of global direct, indirect, and transfer pricing laws, regulations, compliance requirements, and US GAAP reporting.
• High degree of business acumen, understanding end-to-end finance and tax reporting processes and related dependencies
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with a proven ability to oversee detailed tax computations and compliance activities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience working with third-party outsourced providers and familiarity with financial systems such as Oracle Cloud, Vertex, and OneSource.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and manage multiple activities simultaneously.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field; CPA, CMA, or other relevant professional certifications desirable
• Professional qualificationin Tax and Accounting preferred

Additional Information

At McDonald’s we arePeople from allWalks ofLife...

People are at the heart of everything wedo,and they make the McDonald’s experience.We embrace diversityand arecommitted to creating an inclusive culturethat means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers. Wehave a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees and suppliers gives us strength.

Wedo not tolerate inequality, injustice or discrimination of any kind.These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.

We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities,helping to develop skills and drive aspirationsthat will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonald’s or elsewhere.”