Senior Tax Accountant Winnersh, England, GB

Location: Winnersh

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06/05/2026

Worker Sub-Type Regular Job  Categories Finance Remote  Type Hybrid
** What makes us Qlik?
** A Gartner Magic Quadrant

TM 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.
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