Global Tax Manager

We’re a global team of over 400 people, working together to push the boundaries of open-source technology and multi-cloud solutions. Our vision is to help developers, builders, and creators bring their ideas to life with speed and simplicity, by providing a cloud data platform that makes open-source databases, search, streaming, and application infrastructure easily accessible to everyone. 

About the Team:

Aiven's Company Operations acts as a strategic partner to the business, collaborating closely with other departments to drive operational excellence and contribute to Aiven's continued success. It includes finance, legal, people experience, and workplace experience and IT teams, all working together to establish an operating cadence that helps Aiven scale. Our finance team centrally manages the accounting and tax related activities for our parent company and 15 subsidiaries abroad, ensuring consistent and efficient global financial reporting and tax processes  in a dynamic international environment.

The Role:

Global Tax Manager, a pivotal role where you will directly shape our tax infrastructure and accelerate global business growth. You will own and oversee all aspects of our indirect tax, direct tax, and transfer pricing focus areas, with a strong mandate to drive continuous process and systems improvements. We are looking for an analytical, problem-solving, and decisive leader who will also foster a critical cross-functional understanding of tax, technology, and related processes within the organization. If you are passionate about global tax compliance, optimizing tax operations, and excel at managing multiple priorities in a dynamic international environment, we want to hear from you!

What You'll Do:

• Oversee all aspects of income tax provisioning, including calculating current and deferred taxes, and preparing tax disclosures for financial statements.
• Oversee the preparation and review of corporate income tax returns, ensuring their accurate and timely filings and related remittances.
• Ensure compliance with all transactional taxes, including VAT, GST, Sales Tax, and withholding taxes across our relevant jurisdictions.
• Oversee the timely and accurate preparation and filing of indirect tax returns and related remittances.
• Manage and coordinate tax related inquiries from various tax authorities.
• Manage and review transfer pricing documentation, provide benchmarking and ensure compliance in financial reporting.
• Monitor changes in direct and indirect tax legislation and assess the impact on the company's operations and systems.
• Maintain and document internal tax policies, processes, and controls.
• Manage relationships with external tax advisors.
• Manage compliance risks.
• Drive continuous improvement in tax processes through technology and automation.

What We're Looking For:

• Master's degree in Taxation, Law, or Accounting
• Minimum 7 years’ experience as a tax advisor, in-house tax manager in multinationals, or tax specialist at a tax authority
• Proven expertise in corporate income tax, VAT and OECD guidelines; knowledge of US and Canadian sales tax is an advantage
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to work independently and proactively deliver results
• Demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Experience in collaborating with diverse stakeholders 
• Fluent English and excellent communication and cooperation skills

Don’t worry if your experience doesn’t line up perfectly – we still encourage you to apply! We believe in investing in our crabs’ professional growth.

Amazing! What’s next:

If you think Aiven is the place for you and that our Values align with yours, send us your resume and we’ll get in touch!

Global Benefits:

Our global benefits are designed to help you thrive and grow, personally and professionally:

• Participate in Aiven’s equity plan.
• Balance work and life with our hybrid work policy.
• Choose the equipment you need to set yourself up for success.
• Use your Professional Development Plan budget for learning opportunities.
• Receive holistic wellbeing support through our global Employee Assistance Program.
• Inquire about our Global Time Off Commitment (Parental and Sick Leave, as well as Personal Time)
• Enjoy country-specific benefits for our global cast.

How to Recognize and Avoid Employment Scams:

There has been a rise in fake job postings used by scammers to get personal information. At Aiven, all of our emails relating to recruitment come from an @aiven.io, @greenhouse.io or @eu.greenhouse.io domain and all of our interviews are conducted by video call or in person.  Our interviews will never occur via text or chat. If you’re unsure of the legitimacy of a job opportunity/offer pertaining to Aiven, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected].

Equal Opportunities:

Aiven provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to age, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, marital and family status or without regard to any other similar personal attributes. Aiven complies with applicable local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, training and any other terms and conditions related to employment.

At Aiven we are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs in our working environment and job application procedures. We make all reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities or who otherwise need support to thrive in the workplace. We are committed to continuously improving workplace accessibility. There is an option to request a discussion in the application process but if you have any questions before applying please write to us at [email protected].

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