Senior Tax Associate

DRW; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

DRW in London invites a Senior Tax Associate to support the Tax Director on the firm’s European tax profile, with a primary focus on VAT across the UK and Europe and exposure to corporate tax matters. The role requires about 5 years of post-qualification tax experience, ACA or CTA qualification, and strong UK VAT technical knowledge, including cross-border service flows.

You will liaise with external advisors and internal finance teams to ensure accurate filings and timely responses to

Qualifications

• Approximately 5 years of post-qualification tax experience.
• Demonstrable UK VAT technical strength, including cross-border service flows.
• Experience with corporate tax matters affecting trading entities.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day VAT compliance oversight for UK and European entities.
• Manage VAT registrations, fiscal representation, and cross-border issues.
• Monitor UK/European indirect tax developments and translate into guidance.
• Collaborate with Finance/Operations on VAT recovery and ERP/tax engine configuration.
• Support UK/European corporate tax compliance cycles and tax provisioning.

Skills

UK VAT knowledge

Cross-border VAT

Corporate tax awareness

Education

ACA or CTA qualified

Job description

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.

Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.

We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.

We are hiring a Senior Tax Associate to join our team in London, supporting the Tax Director on all aspects of the firm's European tax profile. The role has a primary focus on indirect tax (VAT) across the UK and Europe, with meaningful exposure to corporate income tax matters affecting the firm's trading and operating entities in the region.

Key Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day VAT compliance oversight for UK and European entities, including preparation or review of deliverables prepared by external providers.
• Manage VAT registrations, fiscal representation, and cross-border issues as the firm's European footprint evolves.
• Monitor developments in UK and European indirect tax law (including ViDA, e-invoicing mandates, and financial services VAT exemption changes) and translate into practical guidance for the business.
• Partner with Finance and Operations on VAT recovery, partial exemption, and ERP/tax engine configuration, and with Business Management on reviewing new business proposals from a tax perspective.
• Support UK and European corporate tax compliance cycles, including review of computations and returns prepared by external advisors.
• Assist with quarterly and year-end tax provisioning under IFRS and/or US GAAP for European entities.
• Coordinate with global tax colleagues in the US on matters with cross-regional implications.

Candidate Profile

Required

• Approximately 5 years of post-qualification tax experience, gained in a Big 4 / mid-tier practice, in- house tax function, or a combination of both.
• ACA or CTA qualified (or recognised non-UK equivalent).
• Demonstrable UK VAT technical strength, including exposure to cross-border service flows and, ideally, financial services or trading-industry VAT issues (partial exemption, financial services exemption scope, commodity trading).
• Working knowledge of UK corporate tax, with the ability to research and form views on unfamiliar continental European tax issues.
• Comfort operating independently in a lean team, managing external advisors, and prioritising across multiple concurrent workstreams.

Preferred

• Prior in-house experience within financial services, trading, asset management, or a similarly regulated environment.
• Exposure to VAT regimes across multiple EU member states (Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain).
• Familiarity with e-invoicing / real-time reporting mandates and tax technology tooling.
• Exposure to Pillar Two, transfer pricing, or withholding tax analysis.

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