Senior Manager, Indirect Tax

Arm Limited; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm Limited in Cambridge, UK seeks a Senior Manager, Indirect Tax to lead global indirect tax compliance, advise on contracts and business initiatives, and help build a scalable tax function.

You will manage a cross-functional team, collaborate with finance, legal, and operations, and oversee tax systems configuration and process improvements while navigating hybrid and international remote work options.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in accounting, finance, tax or related field.
• CPA and sophisticated certifications are desirable.
• 8+ years of dynamic indirect tax experience with a multinational organization and/or a major public accounting firm.
• Excellent skills in factual development, tax research, documentation, and coordination with third‑party advisors and internal stakeholders.
• Strong technical knowledge of indirect tax principles.
• Experience designing and working with systems and software used to comply with indirect tax requirements.
• Ability to translate sophisticated tax issues into practical business advice and influence decision‑making across multiple functional areas.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize competing demands and deliver high‑quality work in a fast‑paced environment.
• Leadership experience, including hiring and developing tax professionals.

Responsibilities

• Compliance & Reporting – Lead indirect tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions with accounting group and external advisors.
• Technical Tax Leadership – Advise on tax implications of transactions, contracts, and new business initiatives, monitor regulatory changes and ensure the company adapts accordingly.
• Audit & Risk Management – manage indirect tax audits, notices, and information requests and develop strategies to minimize tax risk.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration – Work with finance, legal, procurement, accounting, sales operations and our tax team to ensure accurate taxability determinations, and support system updates, business expansions, and product launches from a tax perspective.
• Technology & Process Optimization – oversee configuration and maintenance of indirect tax systems and drive process improvements and automation to increase efficiency and reduce errors.
• Leadership & Team Development – manage and develop a team, including external advisors, and ensure high‑quality technical output.
• Additional duties, including participation in our trade and customs area, as requested.

Skills

Indirect tax expertise

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Tax research

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance/tax

Tools

Indirect tax software

Job description

As Senior Manager, Indirect Tax, you will report to the head of tax and partner closely with business operations and administrative teams to support our expanding, global business. This role will cover traditional indirect taxes like sales tax and VAT as well as import duties, business taxes that are not income based, and incentives. Your tax responsibilities will include global compliance, systems set-up, sale and purchase contract review and negotiations, tax audits, and supply-chain planning.

Our company and our industry are growing rapidly. Our growth and change mean this role requires being in the details, running multiple projects at once, simplifying the complex, and participating in higher-level decision-making. It’s a unique and exciting role to provide business critical tax advice and help build a tax department at a company operating at scale and growing!

This role is based in Cambridge, UK, or in United Sates with the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the UK or United States.

Responsibilities:

• Compliance & Reporting - Working with our accounting group and external advisors, lead indirect tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
• Technical Tax Leadership -- Advise on tax implications of transactions, contracts, and new business initiatives, monitor regulatory changes and ensure the company adapts accordingly.
• Audit & Risk Management - manage indirect tax audits, notices, and information requests and develop strategies to minimize tax risk.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration - Work with finance, legal, procurement, accounting, sales operations and our tax team to ensure accurate taxability determinations, and support system updates, business expansions, and product launches from a tax perspective.
• Technology & Process Optimization - oversee configuration and maintenance of indirect tax systems and drive process improvements and automation to increase efficiency and reduce errors.
• Leadership & Team Development – manage and develop a team, including external advisors, and ensure high‑quality technical output.
• Additional duties, including participation in our trade and customs area, as requested.

Required Skills and Experience :

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in accounting, finance, tax or a related field!
• CPA and sophisticated certifications are desirable.
• 8+ years of dynamic indirect tax experience with a multinational organization and/or a major public accounting firm. Experience in global indirect tax and experience in trade and customs is desirable.
• Excellent skills in factual development, tax research, documentation, and communication and coordination with third‑party advisors and internal stakeholders.
• Strong technical knowledge of indirect tax principles.
• Experience designing and working with systems and software used to comply with indirect tax requirements.
• The ability to translate sophisticated tax issues into practical business advice and influence decision‑making across multiple functional areas.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize competing demands and deliver high‑quality work in a fast‑paced environment.
• Leadership experience, including hiring and developing tax professionals.
• High degree of initiative, ownership, sound judgment, intellectual curiosity, and interpersonal skills and a willingness to learn new technical areas and adapt to changing business needs.

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Accommodations at Arm

At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email [e-mail]. To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud, or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.

Hybrid Working at Arm

Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.

Equal Opportunities at Arm

Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.