Full-Time
Tax Manager
Steuerreferent
WPP
10,001+ employees
Integrated global marketing and communications services
No salary listed
Frankfurt, Germany
Hybrid
Hybrid role with around four office days per week.
Bachelor's
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- Experience as a tax expert in corporate taxation.
- Strong business understanding with strategic and analytical thinking.
- Very good interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a cross-functional, global team.
- Very good German and English language skills, both written and spoken.
- A successfully completed degree in business administration or law, ideally with a focus on taxation; alternatively, a successfully completed finance degree or many years of experience in corporate tax law.
- Ideally, successful completion of the tax advisor examination, such as CTA qualification or the German tax advisor examination.
- Manage the annual tax return cycle covering corporate income, withholding, and indirect taxes; review tax assessments and ensure timely tax reporting.
- Act as the central contact for group companies, tax authorities, and external tax advisors on ongoing tax matters.
- Support transaction structuring for mergers and acquisitions and reorganizations with internal M&A and legal teams and external advisors, including simplification of the group structure.
- Oversee tax integration and implementation following acquisitions.
- Collaborate with the transfer-pricing team on documentation and support group companies during tax audits.
- Identify tax risks, continuously optimize tax processes and systems, create policies, and train local finance teams.
WPP provides integrated marketing and communications services worldwide, combining creativity with data and technology. It offers branding, digital marketing, media planning, market research, public relations, and business transformation, delivering campaigns and programs that help clients build brands, engage audiences, and achieve business goals. The company operates at scale through a network of specialist agencies and partners, enabling cross-disciplinary work and global execution. It differentiates itself by offering end-to-end, integrated solutions, a strong focus on sustainability and responsible business practices, and thought leadership such as publications like the Atticus Journal. WPP’s goal is to be a strategic partner that drives client growth and positive social impact by blending creativity, technology, and data to navigate a rapidly changing market.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2015
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- H1 2026 organic decline narrowed to 2.8% in Q2 from 6.7% in Q1.
- Headline operating margin improved to 8.4%, beating consensus and lifting shares 26%.
- Cost cuts and lower severance delivered £398 million headline operating profit.
What critics are saying
- H1 2026 revenue still fell 4.7%; legacy account losses remain unresolved.
- Richard Foster’s August 2026 lawsuit alleges GroupM rebate fraud and Sony investigations.
- A sustained client exodus would force deeper disposals and shrink WPP below global-scale relevance.
What makes WPP unique
- Cindy Rose’s Elevate28 and WPP Open unify four units by 2027.
- WPP Media, Creative, Production, and Enterprise Solutions consolidate a broad client-service stack.
- WPP won Estée Lauder, Jaguar Land Rover, Wendy’s, Heineken, and Honda in 2026.
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