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About the Role

Lead the execution of tax strategy across a complex international business with over 40 entities globally, focusing on Europe. This role requires a senior tax leader with technical depth, sound judgment, commercial awareness, and a hands-on approach to translate strategy into practical execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of SumUp’s tax strategy across corporate tax, transfer pricing, indirect tax, withholding tax, and emerging tax regimes.
• Translate strategic tax priorities into practical plans for execution across the business and wider tax team.
• Act as a hands-on business partner on structuring, M&A, market expansion, financing arrangements, legal entity changes, and new product initiatives.
• Oversee and refine the Group’s transfer pricing framework, collaborating with internal stakeholders and external advisers.
• Support major international tax topics including Pillar Two, CbCR, public CbCR, and broader regulatory developments.
• Drive strong tax governance, controls, documentation, and decision-making frameworks.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Tax Strategy team, fostering collaboration across Tax Compliance and Tax Operations.
• Take co-ownership of controversy matters, engaging with authorities, auditors, and external advisers.
• Build trusted relationships across Finance, Legal, Compliance, Treasury, FP&A, Regulatory Reporting, and business teams.

Requirements

• Progressive tax experience in multinational environments, ideally across both in-house and advisory settings.
• Deep expertise in corporate tax and transfer pricing, with strong exposure to cross-border structuring and M&A.
• Working knowledge of Pillar Two / GloBE, CbCR, and public CbCR.
• Proven experience leading tax teams, including people management, prioritization, and performance development.
• A hands-on mindset, with the ability to move between strategic thinking and practical execution.
• Experience managing tax audits and controversies, including direct engagement with tax authorities.
• Strong accounting and financial statement literacy, ideally supported by a finance or accounting-oriented background.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex tax matters clearly to senior non-tax stakeholders.
• Experience managing external advisers effectively across quality, scope, and cost.
• A strategic, pragmatic, and commercially minded approach, with the confidence to operate in ambiguity, challenge ideas constructively, and bring structure to complexity.

Skills

• Corporate tax
• Transfer pricing
• Indirect tax
• Withholding tax
• Pillar Two / GloBE
• CbCR
• Public CbCR
• Structuring
• M&A
• Tax governance
• Tax controls
• Tax documentation
• Controversy management
• Stakeholder management
• People management
• Financial statement literacy
• Communication

Location

• Europe

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior

Education Level

• Finance or accounting-oriented background

Benefits

• Opportunities for continuous learning and professional development

About the Company

• SumUp is a global fintech empowering small businesses with simple and affordable tools. Over 4 million businesses in 37 markets use SumUp for payments, finance, and customer relationships.
• The team consists of over 3,000 SumUppers from over 90 nationalities, united by global collaboration and an innovative mindset.
• Core values foster inclusivity and a continuous learning culture, providing a safe space for personal and professional growth.
• The company strives to create an environment where everyone belongs and feels supported.

Equal Opportunity

• SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, actively seeking and embracing diversity.
• Hiring and employment decisions are not based on race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy.
• The company is committed to creating a safe and respectful workplace where harassment of any form is strictly prohibited.