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Tax Senior Associate

Canonical
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote · EMEA
Experience
Mid-level · 3+ years

Job description

A Tax Senior Associate role reporting to the CFO at Canonical, covering multiple corporate entities in several countries. The role is to build a tax function from the ground up at a profitable, fast-growing technology company.

At a glance

Employment
Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
Work mode
Remote · EMEA
Languages
English – professional

What you'll do

  • Manage and coordinate the preparation and review of corporate tax, VAT, and other relevant tax returns for our entities, ensuring timely and accurate filings
  • Work with external advisers to develop transfer pricing documentation and tax planning initiatives and lead their implementation
  • Act as a key point of contact for tax authority audits and enquiries, preparing responses and supporting documentation in collaboration with external advisors
  • Identify opportunities to streamline and improve tax processes, controls, and data management to enhance efficiency and accuracy particularly using technology and automation
  • Manage and run tax provisioning and reporting under IFRS, including calculating effective tax rates and preparing tax-related disclosures for financial statements
  • Work closely with the wider finance team, legal, and business operations to provide tax support and ensure cross-functional alignment
  • Monitor changes in tax legislation across the regions in which we operate and assess their potential impact on the company

What we're looking for

  • Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
  • Undergraduate degree in business, finance, economics, technology or other quantitative field
  • Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) and tax advisor (CTA, ADIT or equivalent)
  • A minimum of 3-5 years of relevant tax experience, gained within a Big 4/Top 10 accounting firm or a multinational in-house tax team
  • Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
  • Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
  • The work ethic and confidence to shine alongside motivated colleagues
  • Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex tax concepts to non-tax stakeholders
  • Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
  • Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
  • Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long

Nice to have

  • Leadership ability
  • Software or tech industry experience
  • Public company finance and reporting experience

Benefits

  • Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
  • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
  • Annual compensation review
  • Recognition rewards
  • Annual holiday leave
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
  • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
  • Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
  • Performance-driven annual bonus or commission

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About Canonical

A pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles.

Mission

To be a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets

Key facts

  • 1200+ colleagues
  • 2004
  • Open source software and operating systems
  • Publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud
  • Founder-led, profitable, and growing
  • 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries
  • Most colleagues have worked from home since inception in 2004
  • Teams meet two to four times yearly in person

What they value

  • Excellence
  • Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background
  • Fair consideration