Senior Tax Analyst

Summary

Join Contentful's tax team as a Senior Tax Analyst and take ownership of EMEA direct and indirect tax compliance. You will be responsible for tax provisioning, assisting with tax strategy, and various ad-hoc projects. This fully remote position, reporting to the Dublin-based Tax Manager, requires 6+ years of relevant international tax experience in a Big 4 firm, law firm, or tech industry within EMEA. You will utilize external tax resources, oversee tax compliance requirements, advise the accounting team, and ensure proper tax accounting. Contentful offers a comprehensive benefits package including stock options, full healthcare coverage, generous paid time off, parental leave, an education budget, and a wellbeing stipend.

Requirements

• 6+ years of relevant international tax experience in Big 4, law firm and/or tech industry in EMEA
• University degree, with advanced degree or professional qualification in tax or accounting preferred
• Strong international tax knowledge and familiarity of tax issues for a multinational company
• Strong analytical, documentation and research skills
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills
• Hands-on, independent, able to multitask and prioritise

Responsibilities

• Utilize outside tax advice and resources as reasonably required, for effective, accurate, timely, complete, and efficient identification of all material non-US jurisdictions and full ownership of the filing and reporting tax requirements therein
• Oversee the preparation, processing, calculating, auditing, filing, payments and other general dispositions of all related tax compliance requirements for Contentful
• Advise and assist the accounting team will all tax related transactions impacting Contentful's financial statements including the quarterly and annual income tax provisions, tax related balance sheet accounts, including account roll-forwards and allowances, and all required disclosures
• Ensure proper tax accounting for differences between local and US GAAP books and assist with financial statement audits re: tax matters as required
• Reconciliation and collectability assessments of the monthly EMEA VAT tax liabilities
• Monitor Non-US tax authority notices, identify, manage and successfully resolve any related inquiries, assessments or tax audits
• Examine and document income tax laws regarding global profit allocations, net operating losses and other relevant matters and monitor other income tax law developments in jurisdictions in which the Company is reasonably potentially materially exposed
• Assist with the compliance of all applicable global transfer pricing matters. Assist with the preparation, executions, timely upkeep, and compliance of all inter-company agreements
• Effectively collaborate with Accounting, Treasury, Legal, People and Go to Market teams as needed and requested
• Assist with other duties and ad hoc projects as assigned

Benefits

• Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
• Comprehensive healthcare package covering 100% of monthly health premiums for employees and 85% of costs for your dependents
• Fertility and family building benefits, including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support your growing family
• A generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, sick days, compassion days for loss, education days, and volunteer days
• Company paid parental leave to care for and focus on your growing family
• Use your personal annual education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
• Enjoy a full range of virtual and in-person events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities, supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties
• An annual wellbeing stipend to care for your physical, financial, or emotional health
• A monthly communication stipend and phone hardware upgrade reimbursement