Senior Manager, Tax

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

Senior Manager, Tax, Dublin, Ireland, Hybrid

ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.

As a values-driven organisation, integrity, collaboration, agility, and inclusion are at the heart of how we work and interact with each other, customers, patients and suppliers.

Senior Tax Manager

Dublin, Hybrid.

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation. From molecule to medicine, we advance clinical research providing outsourced services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and government and public health organisations.

With our patients at the centre of all that we do, we help to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life.

As a Senior Tax Manager, you will work on a broad range of complex domestic and cross-border tax matters across all of ICON’s global operations. You will be a key member of a highly motivated tax team based in ICON’s global headquarters in Dublin, providing strategic leadership and oversight of ICON’s global tax position while supporting business growth, compliance, and tax planning initiatives.

You will partner closely with senior finance leaders, external advisers, and business stakeholders to identify and implement tax-efficient solutions, manage risk, and ensure compliance across multiple jurisdictions.

The Role:

• 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 all tax filing and payment obligations while managing tax audits and controversy matters.


• Drive the identification, evaluation and implementation of tax planning opportunities aligned with ICON’s global business 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 multiple jurisdictions.


• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments globally, assessing business impacts and driving implementation of required changes.


• Ensure accurate and timely quarterly and annual 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, helping to develop technical capability and drive high performance across the team.


• Champion process improvement initiatives, leveraging technology and best practices to enhance efficiency, controls and compliance.

To be successful in the role, you will ideally have:

• Significant experience within a Big 4 practice and/or a 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.


• A commercially focused problem solver with deep technical expertise across corporate tax, indirect tax and international tax matters.


• Demonstrated 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.


• A proven ability to build effective internal and external networks and influence decision making across functions.


• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex tax issues into practical business solutions.


• Excellent computer skills; Oracle experience would be advantageous but is not essential.


• Bachelor’s Degree or higher.

What ICON can offer you:

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements


• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.


• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.


• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.


• Life assurance


• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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