Tax Technology Manager
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Job description
We are seeking a versatile Tax Technology Manager to support our growing EMEA and beyond scope. This role connects tax, technology, and data - ensuring our systems and processes enable compliant, efficient, and scalable across the region., * Lead and coordinate the implementation of tax-related technology solutions, ensuring compliance with new or changing legislation (e.g., e-invoicing, digital reporting, VAT mandates).
- Represent Tax in engineering, product, and finance initiatives - ensuring that new business rollouts and systems capture all relevant tax requirements.
- Partner with vendors and internal system owners to integrate and maintain compliance tools
- Support data governance and system control frameworks, ensuring audit (SOC) readiness, traceability, and documentation across tax technology systems.
- Drive standardization of tax processes and tools across entities and regions (Wolt, DoorDash, Deliveroo).
- Build strong partnerships with engineering, data, automation, and finance teams to ensure tax technology needs are prioritized and delivered effectively.
- Act as a bridge between tax and technology - translating regulatory and compliance requirements into actionable system and process specifications.
- Collaborate with local tax teams to ensure regional regulatory nuances are accurately reflected in the design and functionality of tax technology solutions.
- Identify automation and efficiency opportunities across tax processes and drive them from concept through delivery while collaborating with the automation and data ops to teams to develop scalable solutions..
- Promote adoption and consistent use of tax technology solutions across regional and global tax teams.
- Provide training, documentation, and user support for new tools and processes.
- Champion a culture of continuous improvement - gathering feedback, measuring outcomes, and iterating on solutions post-implementation.
- Develop and maintain a joint roadmap with cross-functional teams, balancing strategic priorities and operational capacity.
- Ensure strong governance around tax technology initiatives, including change management, security, and compliance oversight.
Requirements
The ideal candidate combines a strong understanding of indirect tax (particularly VAT and e-invoicing) with an ability to partner cross-functionally and translate tax requirements into smart, tech-enabled solutions. You don't need to be a developer or automation engineer - but you must be able to see opportunities, shape solutions, and drive them to execution by partnering with tax, engineering, accounting, data ops, and automation teams etc., * Understanding of indirect tax (especially VAT), e-invoicing, and digital tax compliance frameworks in the EMEA region. Understanding of other areas in tax such as Direct Tax, DAC7 etc is a plus
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Understanding of commercial tax engines (ie Vertex)
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Proven track record of supporting or optimizing tax technology solutions in a multinational environment.
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Familiarity with data flows and ability to partner effectively with data and automation teams.
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Strong analytical mindset
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Project management experience
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Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills - able to explain complex tax technology topics to both technical and non-technical audiences. Accounting/tax qualification or relevant technology certification preferred.
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Understanding and display of using AI tools
This role will require traveling dependent on where the employee is based. We anticipate a 25% travel rate if the candidate is based in either Helsinki or London.