Group Indirect Tax Manager

Group Indirect Tax Manager

Location:   London / Dublin / Leeds

Contract type:  Permanent

Your next move 

If you thrive on pace, enjoy taking initiative and are ready to adapt when things change, you’ll feel at home here. We’re looking for people who bring energy and curiosity, ask the right questions and find a way forward when the answer isn’t obvious. This is your opportunity to bring that mindset to the Group Indirect Tax Team where you’ll Support on global indirect tax strategy and partner with specialist teams globally to ensure Flutter’s global tax strategy is optimized and effective, and manage the global process design, implementation and operation for betting and gaming tax compliance.

What you'll take on  

• Support the development, maintenance and execution of the Group’s global gaming tax strategy and policy framework. 
• Build strong relationships with SMEs globally to understand and monitor tax trends, risks and opportunities; sharing best practices to ensure consistency, and escalating material issues as appropriate to senior stakeholders. 
• Provide oversight and challenge of gaming tax positions, judgments and risk assessments across regions, acting as a second line of defence. 
• Support Group and regional Tax Heads with technically complex or high-risk gaming tax matters, ensuring consistency and robustness of approach.
• Partner with the SEC Tax reporting team and global SMEs to ensure that the Group’s tax risks are adequately disclosed, and material potential provisions are appropriately assessed under US GAAP.  
• Manage the design and maintenance of the global process for betting and gaming tax returns, partnering with Finance BI on the automation system, and Internal Controls on SOX governance.
• Oversee and monitor the delivery of betting and gaming tax returns by the GFC agreed KPIs and escalation routes for performance or control issues.
• Coordinate and maintain a global view of local regulatory engagement and lobbying activity, working closely with Regulatory Affairs to identify emerging risks and themes, and inform, global tax strategy discussions.
• Contribute to industry consultations and regulatory responses where appropriate, ensuring the Group’s position is clearly articulated and aligned to strategy.

What you'll bring  

• Strong global indirect tax compliance manager capable of understanding the key risks and issues within tax returns and the wider compliance process.
• Ability to quickly assimilate the key issues for new taxes and legislative developments whilst asking probing questions to assess the impact on the business.
• Proven ability to translate complex tax and regulatory issues into clear, commercially focused advice for non-tax stakeholders. 
• Strong financial acumen, with the ability to partner effectively with Finance on accounting, provisioning and reporting matters. 
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with confidence working with senior SMEs globally.
• Capable at preparing reasoned risk assessments and assessing control and mitigation options.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment with ambiguity and frequent regulatory change.
• Qualified accountant or tax adviser (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CTA or equivalent), or demonstrable equivalent experience. 
• Global indirect tax compliance experience within a multi-jurisdictional environment, preferably with B2C software/technology businesses.
• Experience operating in a global finance and tax function is desirable.

What you'll get    

We are a flexible employer; whether you have personal commitments or a hobby that brings you joy, we want you to bring your best self to work. We also like to share our success; after all you make it happen. Our Benefits package includes;   

• Self-Development fund

• Wellbeing fund  

• Uncapped holiday allowance    

• Enhanced pension scheme    

• Private Medical Insurance   

• Discretionary annual performance bonus   

• Invest via the Company Sharesave Scheme

• Paid volunteering time per year  

• Enhanced parental leave  

Flutter Entertainment ("Flutter") is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, ensuring every candidate can participate fully and fairly. We welcome requests for adjustments at any stage of the hiring journey and throughout employment.   

If we are unable to meet a requested adjustment, we will work with you to explore suitable alternatives and ensure a fair and supportive process. Our goal is to enable all individuals to thrive, removing barriers so they can reach their full potential.  

Flutter 

Flutter is the world’s #1 online sports betting and gaming operator and home to some of the UK and Ireland’s most recognisable brands, including Paddy Power, Betfair and Sky Bet. We set the pace for our industry. And we’re always looking for what’s next.  

Here, good ideas move fast. You’ll work with sharp people, solve problems at serious scale and be backed to challenge how things are done. Using our unmatched scale, we share ideas, tech and expertise across our brands and locations, turning great thinking into global impact.  

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