Interim Director of Corporate Tax

Role Overview

As the International Direct Tax Lead (9-Month Maternity Cover, extendable), you will step into a critical leadership role, ensuring continuity, compliance, and strategic alignment for our international direct tax operations. Reporting directly to the Head of Tax, you will be a seasoned tax professional with deep domain expertise in managing complex international direct tax matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing and executing international direct tax compliance, reporting, and planning, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and regulatory requirements
• Leading and supporting the international direct tax sub-team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous development
• Serving as a key point of contact for international direct tax audits and inquiries from tax authorities across our global jurisdictions
• Partnering closely with the Global Head of Tax to provide targeted strategic tax advice to regional leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
• Collaborating proactively with Finance, Legal, and other departments to ensure direct tax considerations are seamlessly integrated into international expansion plans, new product initiatives and operational decisions
• Managing relationships with external tax advisors to ensure efficient and accurate deliverables
• Supporting the Head of Tax on the direct tax aspects of corporate finance initiatives, M&A transactions, and internal reorganizations
• Fostering a team culture that upholds Checkout.com's operating principles

Who You Are

• Leadership experience in a relevant in-house tax function, with deep expertise in managing international direct tax operations and transfer pricing
• A proven track record of supporting and guiding high-performing tax teams in a complex, demanding environment
• Strong, up-to-date knowledge of direct tax laws and regulations across multiple international jurisdictions
• Experience in independently managing direct tax audits and regulatory inquiries
• Execution-Focused: able to prioritise effectively despite a complex slate of challenges and deliverables, which is especially critical for a 9-month contract
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of collaborating and influencing across a diverse global audience
• Comfortable balancing hands-on technical analysis and decision-making in complex international direct tax matters with broader strategic support

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in Payments or wider FinTech/Financial Services is not strictly necessary, but exposure to fast-paced, regulated, cross-border businesses will be highly beneficial

Operating Principles

• Ability to communicate effectively, inspiring others with a shared vision and simplify complex concepts for a wide range of audiences
• Fostering a culture of "disagree and commit" where we put collective success and best practice ahead of individual differences, but respect each other's viewpoints
• Be primarily data-driven and skilled at leveraging data and business insights to determine strategic priorities and drive execution objectively and authoritatively
• Think from the stakeholder/customer's perspective and can balance future opportunities with immediate needs
• Think and deliver end-to-end, in a structured and diligent manner, understanding all key components necessary to drive the ongoing success of a Tax-related process, platform, or partnership

Work Arrangement

• 9-month fixed-term contract (extendable)
• 3+ days a week in office
• London-based
• Reporting to: Global Head of Tax

Compensation

• Salary not provided
• Salary benchmarks for Accounting & Financial Planning (Expert/Senior level): £50k-£120k