Senior Indirect Tax Manager in London

We power people’s progress. At Preply, we’re all about creating life-changing learning experiences. We help people discover the magic of the perfect tutor, craft a personalized learning journey, and stay motivated to keep growing. Our approach is human-led, tech-enabled - and it’s creating real impact. So far, 90,000 tutors have delivered over 20 million lessons to learners in more than 175 countries. Every Preply lesson sparks change, fuels ambition, and drives progress that matters.

Meet the team! At Preply, we connect tutors and learners across the globe through an online marketplace. The Tax Team plays a crucial role in ensuring compliance, efficiency, and scalability as the business grows internationally. The team constantly monitors changes in global tax legislation affecting marketplace models, digital services, and cross-border payments. Team members have the opportunity to work on complex international tax topics, shape scalable systems, and directly influence how a global education platform operates financially across dozens of markets.

We are looking to add a Senior Indirect Tax Manager to join our tax team and support our growing international presence during this phase of growth. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of Preply's indirect tax framework from scratch in one of the fastest growing scale-ups in the learning space! At its core, your job is to work on strategic initiatives and projects, including analyzing and advising on the tax implications of our products globally.

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide indirect tax advice and support to the tax team and other business stakeholders
• Liaise and manage external advisers to ensure Preply gets the best advice possible
• Work closely together with the Operations, Supply, Product, Payment, Finance and other stakeholders in ensuring Preply’s products and features are tax compliant globally
• Drive fintech products that facilitate tax compliance for Preply and its users
• Challenge the status quo and identify opportunities for improvements in our existing products and transactions
• Design, test and implement scalable solutions to the issues you identify
• Perform tax research (CJEU case law, country specific indirect tax legislation) with the aim of improving existing products, deploying new features and reducing risks
• Coordinate our global indirect tax compliance and filings.
• Manage, mentor and develop a Tax Accountant who is responsible for day-to-day tax compliance.
• Assist with indirect tax audits globally and liaise with external stakeholders (e.g. tax authorities)

What you need to succeed:

• Able to work from one of our hubs in London or Barcelona
• 8+ years of experience in a sophisticated international indirect tax environment (in-house experience is an advantage)
• In-depth knowledge of indirect taxes and a genuine passion for tax technical research
• Proactive and solution-oriented, able to work independently and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Great communication skills, making tax projects easy to understand and work with across teams.
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
• Serious hustle, passion, 'can-do' attitude and positive outlook
• Automation mindset, comfortable leveraging technology to improve tax processes
• Experience working with Fintech / Product teams on internal and external fintech products for tax is an advantage
• Experience in e-commerce and online marketplaces is an advantage

Why you’ll love it at Preply:

• An open, collaborative, dynamic and diverse culture;
• A generous monthly allowance for lessons on Preply.com, Learning & Development budget and time off for your self-development;
• A competitive financial package with equity, leave allowance and health insurance;
• Access to free mental health support platforms;
• Not in Barcelona? We offer an attractive relocation package to join us in our Preply Barcelona Hub
• The opportunity to unlock the potential of learners and tutors through language learning and teaching in 175 countries (and counting!).

Our Principles

• Care to change the world - We are passionate about our work and care deeply about its impact to be life changing.
• We do it for learners - For both Preply and tutors, learners are why we do what we do. Every day we focus on empowering tutors to deliver an exceptional learning experience.
• Keep perfecting - To create an outstanding customer experience, we focus on simplicity, smoothness, and enjoyment, continually perfecting it as every detail matters.
• Now is the time - In a fast-paced world, it matters how quickly we act. Now is the time to make great things happen.
• Disciplined execution - What makes us disciplined is the excellence in our execution. We set clear goals, focus on what matters, and utilize our resources efficiently.
• Dive deep - We leverage business acumen and curiosity to investigate disparities between numbers and stories, unlocking meaningful insights to guide our decisions.
• Growth mindset - We proactively seek growth opportunities and believe today's best performance becomes tomorrow's starting point. We humbly embrace feedback and learn from setbacks.
• Raise the bar - We raise our performance standards continuously, alongside each new hire and promotion. We build diverse and high-performing teams that can make a real difference.
• Challenge, disagree and commit - We value open and candid communication, even when we don’t fully agree. We speak our minds, challenge when necessary, and fully commit to decisions once made.
• One Preply - We prioritize collaboration, inclusion, and the success of our team over personal ambitions. Together, we support and celebrate each other's progress.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Preply.com is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people of diverse backgrounds can thrive. We believe that the presence of different opinions and viewpoints is a key ingredient for our success as a multicultural Ed-Tech company. That means that Preply will consider all applications for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or veteran status.