Manager, Tax Reporting & Compliance

KAYAK; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package. We’re also transforming business travel with a new corporate travel solution, KAYAK for Business.

As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined, among others. From start-up to industry leader, innovation is in our DNA and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

The Manager, Tax Reporting & Compliance will report directly to KAYAK’s Director, Global Tax Reporting and Compliance, KAYAK’s Head of Tax, will manage a highly motivated regional tax compliance specialist and leverage the support of Booking Holdings’ Centre of Excellence to drive process efficiencies and execution.

You will play a pivotal role overseeing, reviewing and approving all direct and indirect tax obligations for KAYAK to ensure compliance with applicable tax legislation and regulations. This role will also be responsible for managing local statutory tax reporting requirements across relevant jurisdictions.

This position requires proven extensive experience with indirect tax matters (DST, PST, VAT/GST, etc.), tax reporting, audits, withholding tax, corporate income tax and Transfer Pricing (‘TP’). The ideal candidate is curious and agile, has a strong growth mindset, sense of ownership and accountability, and an ambitious spirit.

In this role, you will:

• Oversee the preparation and review of the brand’s corporate income tax returns and related filings across our Global footprint (with the exception of NORAM).
• Oversee the preparation and review of VAT/GST/ and DST returns and other indirect tax filings.
• Maintain compliance with direct AND indirect taxes, including actively seeking alignment and consistency with Booking Holdings Tax Team and sister brands.
• Monitor the evolving and complex landscape of global tax regulations, assess their implications for KAYAK, and ensure ongoing compliance.
• Be responsible for KAYAK’s tax reporting, including indirect tax, journal entries and disclosures and analysis of tax balance sheet accounts to ensure compliance and the integrity of our financial reporting in accordance with US GAAP and local statutory requirements.
• Support the wider KAYAK tax team with TP compliance, including assisting in local TP filings and disclosures.
• Assist in translating compliance requirements into actionable tasks and checklists for a Finance and Business audience.
• Foster strong cross-functional relationships with Finance, HR, Legal, and FP&A teams, as well as the Booking Holdings Tax team, to ensure alignment, accuracy, and adequacy on key regional tax matters and to support compliance and reporting requirements.
• Mentor and develop direct reports, fostering technical growth, professional development, and a strong sense of ownership within the team.
• Assist and consult on ad-hoc projects. Provide tax input on commercial transactions, including M&A, new market entry, and contract review.
• Support the Director, Tax in effectively planning, developing and maintaining relationships with external advisers balancing expertise with budget management.

Please apply if you have:

• ACA/ACCA/CA/CTA qualification with a minimum 6-8 years of post qualified experience working in a global organisation. EMEA specific experience preferred.
• JD, LLB, LLM or equivalent preferred.
• Big 4 practice trained with industry (in-house) experience.
• Broad awareness of corporate income tax, transfer pricing, tax regulations (e.g. Digital Service Tax, Pillar II, data reporting). Experience with VAT compliance.
• Experience coordinating and leveraging top tier tax and/or other professional service advisers in multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high level of attention to detail.
• Experience mentoring and developing at least one direct report.
• Exceptional written and communication skills, including the ability to synthesise technical information (including complex tax regulations) to broad audiences.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills, including task prioritizations and effective time management.
• Excited to identify and actively lead projects to standardise and improve processes.
• Solution focused with the ability to prioritise and lead multiple tasks to meet deadlines.
• Experience using NetSuite, Salesforce and OneStream preferred.
• Advance Excel Expertise in manipulating large datasets using Excel/SQL.

Are you ready to foster a culture of excellence and strong collaboration, elevate KAYAK’s tax function, build future-proof processes, and proactively guide our business? Then join us and play an important role in shaping the future of KAYAK!

Benefits and Perks

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
• Focus on mental health and well-being:
  • Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth & HeadSpace Subscription
  • Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
  • No meeting Fridays
• Paid parental leave
• Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
• Paid volunteer time
• Focus on your career growth:
  • Development Dollars
  • Leadership Development
  • Access to thousand of on-demand e-learnings
• Travel Discounts
• 5 weeks paid vacation
• Private health & dental insurance
• Income protection and life assurance
• Employee Assistance Program - including 24/7 GP & free legal advice
• Pension plan contributions
• Discounted gym membership
• Bike2Work
• Season ticket loan
• Social events & Thursday happy hours
• Free lunch 2 days per week

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At KAYAK, we aspire to be a workplace that fosters inclusion and reflects the diverse communities we serve. Hiring people with different backgrounds and perspectives is critical to innovation and to how we deliver great experiences for our users, partners, and teams. We strive to be an open and welcoming environment so that no matter who you are, you can be yourself.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform job responsibilities, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation(s).