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About the Role

As the first dedicated tax professional, you will own the global tax function with a strategic focus on European Indirect Tax (VAT and Customs duty) and other corporate taxes in the UK and Ireland. You will provide strategic support to the Supply Chain, optimize cash flow, ensure seamless customs clearance, and manage corporate tax and transfer pricing profiles.

Responsibilities

• Architect and optimize VAT and customs positioning for complex, cross-border pharma flows.
• Manage UK VAT and European VAT/Intrastat registrations, working with local fiscal representatives.
• Implement in-house VAT return filing, utilizing external support for advisory work.
• Align the broader tax framework with the PE sponsor’s VCP/exit thesis.
• Manage the group's Effective Tax Rate (ETR) and corporate tax forecasting.
• Lead tax workstreams for bolt-on acquisitions, evaluating target's EU VAT compliance.
• Oversee Group Transfer Pricing (TP) framework alignment with physical supply chain routes.
• Oversee UK and Ireland R&D tax credits and maximize Patent Box regime benefits.
• Coordinate the group's year-end tax accounting provisions and statutory disclosures.
• Support filing of annual PSA and other company returns to HMRC.
• Act as the primary interface for HMRC and European tax authorities for audit defence.
• Select, manage, and audit local European tax and customs brokers.

Requirements

• Professional Qualification: CTA, IIT (Institute of Indirect Tax), ACA, ACCA, or equivalent.
• Deep familiarity with pharmaceutical supply chain dynamics, including wholesale distribution rules, importing medical products post-Brexit, and the interaction of EU customs valuations with transfer pricing.
• Strong technical knowledge of UK and EU VAT legislation, triangulation rules, place of supply rules for services, and customs classification/valuation.
• Experience navigating the fast-paced, lean environment of a PE-backed or highly leveraged business.
• Comfortable being a sole contributor initially, capable of executing technical VAT returns while explaining strategic risks to the CFO and Board.
• Clear communicator to articulate complex indirect tax and customs concepts to non-tax colleagues and the executive committee.

Skills

• Indirect Tax
• European Indirect Tax
• VAT
• Customs duty
• Corporate taxes
• UK VAT legislation
• European VAT legislation
• Customs requirements
• Pharmaceutical supply chain
• Cross border operating models
• Transfer pricing
• R&D tax credits
• Patent Box regime
• UK GAAP
• HMRC
• OECD guidelines
• Triangulation rules
• Place of supply rules for services
• Customs classification/valuation

Education Level

• CTA
• IIT (Institute of Indirect Tax)
• ACA
• ACCA
• equivalent