Global Tax Strategy Lead (Hybrid, Dublin)

ICON; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave entitlements

Health insurance offerings

Retirement planning offerings

Employee assistance programme

Life assurance

Country-specific benefits

Job summary

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation based in Dublin, offering hybrid work arrangements. The Senior Tax Manager will lead all tax matters across ICON’s Irish and international entities, partnering with finance and external advisers to ensure compliance, tax audits, and optimized planning.

The role focuses on corporate tax, VAT, transfer pricing, and other international tax matters, while supporting expansion, restructurings and new entity

Qualifications

• Significant experience within a Big 4 practice and/or multinational PLC/MNC environment.
• Qualified Accountant and AITI Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) with an excellent academic background.
• 8+ years of post-qualification experience in a dedicated tax role, with substantial international tax exposure.
• Commercially focused problem solver with deep technical expertise across corporate tax, indirect tax and international tax matters.
• Experience advising senior stakeholders and supporting complex global business operations.
• Experience managing and mentoring tax professionals within a fast-paced multinational environment.
• Strong international corporate tax and VAT experience, with transfer pricing knowledge highly advantageous.
• Ability to build internal and external networks and influence decision making across functions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent computer skills; Oracle experience advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead all tax matters across a portfolio of Irish and international entities, providing strategic guidance and oversight.
• Partner with senior finance teams and external advisers to ensure compliance with tax filing and payment obligations while managing tax audits and controversy matters.
• Drive identification, evaluation and implementation of tax planning opportunities aligned with ICON’s global objectives.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders on corporate tax, VAT, transfer pricing, withholding tax, and other international tax matters.
• Maintain strong relationships with local finance teams, shared service centres and external advisors across jurisdictions.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments globally, assessing business impacts and implementing changes.
• Ensure accurate and timely US GAAP tax reporting for allocated jurisdictions.
• Manage and co-ordinate key tax function processes.
• Support business expansion activities, restructurings, acquisitions and new entity set-ups from a tax perspective.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to tax professionals, developing technical capability and driving high performance.

Skills

Big 4 experience

Qualified Accountant

AITI CTA

International tax exposure

Tax leadership

Stakeholder management

Mentoring tax professionals

Transfer pricing

Networking

Oracle experience (adv.)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or higher

Tools

Oracle

Job description

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation based in Dublin, offering hybrid work arrangements. The Senior Tax Manager will lead all tax matters across ICON’s Irish and international entities, partnering with finance and external advisers to ensure compliance, tax audits, and optimized planning.

The role focuses on corporate tax, VAT, transfer pricing, and other international tax matters, while supporting expansion, restructurings and new entity