Tax Manager (m/f/d)

Valsoft Corporation; Italia; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Valsoft Corporation seeks a highly skilled Tax Manager to lead European tax matters for the Helios / Tessera portfolio across UK, NL, DE, FR, BE, IT and CH. You will report to the Head of Finance and collaborate with portfolio CEOs and finance managers.

Responsibilities include tax provision work, compliance, transfer pricing, and due diligence for M&A, coordinating with HQ tax and external advisors.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Lead quarterly and annual tax provisions for European entities and inputs to HQ group tax provisions.
• Prepare schedules for current and deferred tax calculations and reconciliation of effective tax rate.
• Assess impact of European, UK, and Swiss tax reforms on financial statements and flag implications to HQ.
• Lead Pillar Two work for European jurisdictions and provide data for U.S. tax calculations.
• Serve as the main contact between HQ tax and European finance teams for accruals and disclosures.
• Assist in automation of tax provision software to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Maintain organized documentation of provision workpapers and key judgments.

Job description

About Valsoft

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Montreal, Valsoft acquires and grows vertical market software businesses across North America, Europe and beyond. Unlike traditional private equity, Valsoft acquires companies with a long-term, buy-and-hold approach. Our portfolio businesses keep their identity, brand and teams, and we give them the resources, expertise and stability they need to grow. Today, Valsoft supports a large and growing portfolio of software companies, organized in regional portfolios with a decentralized operating model.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Tax Manager to lead tax matters for the Helios / Tessera portfolio, covering businesses in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland. The role reports directly to the Head of Finance and works closely with the finance managers and CEOs of the portfolio businesses. It is responsible for European tax compliance, tax provision work, transfer pricing, and European due diligence and M&A tax matters, and acts as the key link between the portfolio businesses and the HQ corporate tax team, including the VP, Tax. The ideal candidate brings strong European and international tax expertise, solid technical skills and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams across the organization; exposure to U.S. and Canadian tax is a plus.

Travel Requirements

Occasionally, approx. once per quarter intercontinental, once every two months international within Europe

Key Responsibilities

• Tax Provision & Accounting for Income Taxes
  • Lead the preparation and review of quarterly (when required) and annual tax provisions for the European entities, delivering inputs to HQ's group tax provision on time and in line with group policies.
  • Prepare supporting schedules for current and deferred tax calculations, including effective tax rate reconciliations.
  • Assess the impact of tax law changes, particularly European, UK and Swiss tax reforms, on the financial statements, and flag group-level implications to HQ.
  • Lead Pillar Two work for the European jurisdictions, including local QDMTT, IIR and UTPR implementation, and provide HQ with the European data needed for U.S. international tax calculations (e.g. GILTI, Subpart F, foreign tax credits).
  • Act as the main point of contact between the HQ corporate tax team and the European finance teams to ensure timely and accurate tax accruals and disclosures.
  • Assist in the automation and implementation of tax provision software solution to improve efficiency and accuracy.
  • Maintain organized documentation of provision workpapers, assumptions, and key judgments to support audit and compliance reviews.
• European Tax Compliance Management (UK, NL, DE, FR, BE, IT, CH)
  • Oversee corporate income tax and trade/local tax compliance for portfolio entities in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland, coordinating local advisors to ensure timely and accurate filings and tax payments.
  • Oversee VAT and indirect tax compliance, including cross-border SaaS and digital services, intra-EU reporting, and readiness for e-invoicing and e-reporting mandates (e.g. Belgium, France, Germany, Italy).
  • Manage withholding tax on intercompany dividends, interest and royalties, including treaty relief, EU directive exemptions and refund claims (e.g. Swiss withholding tax).
  • Ensure tax reporting is aligned with local statutory accounts (e.g. HGB, Dutch GAAP, French GAAP, Swiss CO) and support local statutory audits.
  • Identify and secure R&D and IP-related tax incentives available to software businesses (e.g. UK R&D relief, Dutch WBSO and innovation box, French CIR/CII, German Forschungszulage, Belgian innovation income deduction, Italian patent box, Swiss patent box and R&D super-deduction).
  • Manage EU and local reporting obligations, including DAC6 mandatory disclosure, Pillar Two GloBE information returns and UK Senior Accounting Officer requirements.
• HQ Coordination & U.S./Canadian Tax
  • Coordinate with HQ on group tax reporting, policies, calendars and deadlines, ensuring the European businesses deliver complete and accurate tax inputs.
  • Work with the Head of Finance, HQ tax, the M&A team and external advisors on tax elections and research projects related to the businesses.
  • Where U.S. or Canadian tax touches the European businesses (e.g. intercompany flows, repatriation, U.S. entities in the portfolio), support HQ and external providers on the related compliance.
  • Maintain tax and audit records and ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
  • Coordinate with HQ, group auditors and external advisors to ensure consistent tax filings and documentation across the group.
• Transfer Pricing
  • Manage documentation of intercompany arrangements and ensure transfer pricing compliance under OECD guidelines and local European requirements (master file / local file, CbCR) in the UK, NL, DE, FR, BE, IT and CH, coordinating with HQ on CRA and IRS requirements.
  • Assist in compiling