Director Tax

DeepL is a global communications platform powered by Language AI. Since 2017, we’ve been on a mission to break down language barriers. Our human-sounding translations and intelligent writing suggestions are designed with enterprise security in mind. Today, they enable over 100,000 businesses to transform communications, reach new markets, and improve productivity. Our goal is to become the global leader in Language AI, building products that drive better communication, foster connections, and make a real-life impact.

At DeepL, we are seeking an experienced Director Tax to lead and elevate our global tax function. In this pivotal role, you will lead our tax team and serve as the primary point of contact for strategic tax matters, including indirect tax, corporate tax, transfer pricing and international tax law. Join us to drive tax strategy, navigate complex tax environments and contribute to our global compliance and scaling efforts with insightful tax advice.

Your responsibilities:

• Lead the global tax function: Oversee the strategic direction of the tax function and lead a high-performing tax team. Report directly to the VP Finance.
• Strategic Tax Partner: Serve as the primary advisor to the CFO, VP Finance and executive leadership on all tax matters, including global indirect tax, transfer pricing, corporate tax, international tax law and withholding tax.
• Business Scaling Support: Provide tax insights and strategies to support the company's growth initiatives and expansion into new markets.
• Global tax compliance: Review and approve monthly VAT/GST/Sales tax filings across multiple jurisdictions. Ensure full compliance with global tax regulations, particularly indirect taxes and international tax laws.
• Corporate Tax Oversight: Manage quarterly corporate tax calculations and annual returns for DeepL entities in Germany, U.S., Japan, UK, Netherlands and Poland.
• Tax Risk Management: Continuously improve the Tax Compliance Management System (Tax CMS), conduct regular risk assessments, data reviews and spot checks.
• Tax audits and due diligence: Leading tax audits, supporting financial audits and overseeing tax due diligence processes.
• Contractual and operational tax advice: Provide strategic advice on tax-related clauses and operational tax issues to finance, legal, accounting, and sales teams.
• Process Optimization: Drive the development and implementation of advanced tax processes, automation solutions, and digital tools to streamline operations.

Qualities we look for:

• Educational Background: Master’s degree in business law, tax law, business administration, or equivalent. Being a certified tax advisor is a plus.
• Extensive Experience: Minimum 10 years of professional experience in leading roles within international consulting firms and/or tax departments of multinational corporations. Previous experience in tech companies / SaaS is welcome.
• Expert Knowledge: Proven expertise in global indirect tax, international tax structuring, corporate tax, and transfer pricing across multiple jurisdictions.
• Leadership Skills: Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a tax team in a dynamic, remote, and international environment.
• Strategic Vision and Pragmatism: Entrepreneurial mindset with a pragmatic approach to problem-solving in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong Communication: Ability to convey complex tax matters clearly and concisely to various stakeholders, including writing legal memos and delivering presentations.
• Process Improvement: Passion for improving existing tax processes and implementing cutting-edge tax and automation solutions.
• Legal Acumen: Beside a very good understanding of German tax law, experience in US tax law is highly desirable. UK, JP, PL, and NL tax law is a plus.

What we offer:

• Diverse and internationally distributed team: joining our team means becoming part of a large, global community with people of more than 90 nationalities.
• Open communication, regular feedback: we value the importance of clear, honest communication.
• Hybrid work, flexible hours: we offer a hybrid work schedule, with team members coming into the office twice a week.
• Regular in-person team events: we bond over vibrant events that are as unique as our team.
• Monthly full-day hacking sessions: every month, we have Hack Fridays, where you can spend your time diving into a project you’re passionate about.
• 30 days of annual leave: we value your peace of mind.
• Competitive benefits: we’ve crafted it to reflect the diversity of our team and tailored it to align with your unique location.

If this role and our mission resonate with you, but you’re hesitant because you don’t check all the boxes, don’t let that hold you back. At DeepL, it’s all about the value you bring and the growth we can foster together. Go ahead, apply—let’s discover your potential together. We can’t wait to meet you!

We are an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at DeepL for who you are—we appreciate authenticity here.