Tax Director

JR United Kingdom; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading private equity-backed global group seeks a Tax Director to oversee their international tax strategy and operations. This role involves leading a tax team, ensuring compliance across various jurisdictions, and optimizing tax processes in an exciting expansion phase. Ideal candidates will bring senior tax leadership experience, strong technical knowledge, and an understanding of complex, multi-entity operations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior tax leadership role within a global PE-backed group.
• Strong technical knowledge of international tax compliance and reporting.
• Experience in multi-entity, cross-border environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead all global tax activities, ensuring compliance across jurisdictions.
• Manage tax relationships with HMRC and handle audits.
• Provide internal tax advisory support for M&A projects.

Skills

International direct and indirect tax

Tax compliance

Tax planning

Advisory experience

Commercial acumen

Crisis management

Job description

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Tax Director, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear

Client: Finatal

Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

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EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 2

Posted: 06.06.2025

Expiry Date: 21.07.2025

Job Description:

Title: Tax Director

Location: Cheshire - 4/5 days a week in office

Ref: NB13600

The Opportunity:

We’re working with a Private Equity-backed global group generating approximately £130m EBITDA, operating internationally. With over 80 legal entities and indirect tax registrations in 25+ jurisdictions, the business is entering an exciting phase of international expansion and acquisition activity. They are seeking a technically strong and commercially sharp Tax Director to lead their global tax strategy and operations.

The Role:

Reporting to the executive team, the Tax Director will take full ownership of all tax activity across the group—covering compliance, governance, planning, and advisory work. You’ll lead and develop a tax team, manage external advisors, and support strategic initiatives including acquisitions, integrations, and group structure optimisation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead all global direct and indirect tax activities, ensuring full compliance across jurisdictions
• Identify and mitigate tax risks, develop controls and processes
• Manage tax relationships with HMRC and overseas tax authorities, including audits and queries
• Provide internal tax advisory support for strategic projects, M&A, and daily operations
• Integrate newly acquired entities into group tax processes and reporting
• Optimize the use of external advisors versus in-house capability
• Oversee tax forecasting, IFRS reporting, and payments
• Deliver commercially-aligned tax planning and structuring advice to senior stakeholders

The Requirements:

• Proven experience in a senior tax leadership role, ideally within a global PE-backed group
• Strong technical knowledge of international direct and indirect tax, compliance, and reporting
• Experience managing tax matters in complex, multi-entity, cross-border environments
• Advisory experience on M&A structuring, due diligence, and integration
• Commercial acumen and ability to communicate tax impacts to non-specialists
• Resilient, hands-on, solutions-oriented, and comfortable working at pace