Senior Tax Accountant

Location: Winnersh

What makes us Qlik?

A Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for 15 years in a row, Qlik transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights, driving strategic business outcomes. Serving over 40,000 global customers, our portfolio leverages pervasive data quality and advanced AI/ML capabilities that lead to better decisions, faster.

We excel in integration and governance solutions that work with diverse data sources, and our real-time analytics uncover hidden patterns, empowering teams to address complex challenges and seize new opportunities.

The Senior Tax Accountant Role An expanding tax department presents an opportunity for a Senior Tax Accountant. Reporting to the Tax Manager, the Senior Tax Accountant will be jointly responsible as an individual contributor for overseeing the company’s EMEA and APAC direct tax processes, compliance and initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on individual to make a long-term impact within the organization.

What makes this role interesting?

Review or assist with EMEA and APAC corporate tax returns prepared by external advisors

Perform research as required to ensure accuracy of tax filings

Review or assist with the preparation of the annual and quarterly worldwide U.S. GAAP tax provision

Communicate with tax authorities in a timely manner regarding any communications or notices received

Manage EMEA and APAC direct tax payments

Support the accounting team in the Shared Services Center during audit procedures for local country GAAP financials in the EMEA and APAC region

Active communication and cooperation with the accounting, revenue and accounts payable teams in the Shared Services Center and the IT team Execute direct tax controls needed for EMEA and APAC compliance

Take responsibility and ownership of relationships at appropriate levels in the organization

Oversee and assume ownership of the direct tax processes in EMEA and APAC including compliance with tax filing deadlines and tax calendar

Support the monitoring of global and local Pillar II legislative developments and help translate them into practical data and process requirements

Support the gathering, validation, and analysis of financial and tax data required for Pillar II calculations and reporting

Assist in maintaining transfer pricing policy and documentation including coordinating with external advisor

Support implementing the medium and long-term global direct tax strategy and objectives

Assist Tax Manager and VP of Tax in tax planning initiatives and special projects

Provide analysis of specific direct tax impacts of certain company transactions

Coordinate and support tax audit-responses

Maintain technical proficiency by keeping informed of tax-technical developments, industry trends and direct tax legislative changes including communicating those changes to key stakeholders and ensuring compliance

Proactively identify, recommend, and implement process and tax systems improvements for direct taxes, including automation opportunities

Responsible for identifying and implementing direct tax-related (optimization) opportunities and medium and long term global direct tax strategies and objectives

Here’s how you’ll be making an impact:

Strong Financial Acumen and business expertise

Advanced aptitude in problem solving, including the ability to logically structure an appropriate analytical framework.

Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills

Strong strategic agility and capability as well as ability to drive operational excellence - Ability and inclination to roll up sleeves and dig in. Dependence on and confidence in own abilities to get things done.

Strong technical research and critical analysis capability. Entrepreneurial with a self-starting personality; ability to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously.

Innovation and creative thinking and strong thought leadership and decision-making capability.

Very strong drive, dedication, and work ethic.

Extremely team oriented with the ability to contribute.

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with a hands-on mentality.

Receptive to feedback and an open communicator.

Detail, process, and control oriented.

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