Senior Tax Analyst

Location: London

Employment Type: Full time

Location Type: Hybrid

Department: Finance

About Us: Perk (formerly TravelPerk) is the intelligent platform for travel and spend management. Built to tackle the time-consuming, manual work that gets in the way of real work, our tools automate everything from travel bookings to expenses, invoice processing, and more. By eliminating this shadow work that wastes hours, erodes morale, and saps innovation, we’re on a mission to power real work, with real impact.

We’re trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, including Wise, On Running, Breitling, and Fabletics, and we’re tackling the 7 hours of lost productivity per employee each week, a 1.7 trillion problem. Founded in 2015, Perk has grown into a global company of more than 1,800 people across 12 offices globally, with headquarters in London and Boston. We combine innovation, control, and simplicity to transform how businesses work and how people feel at work.

At Perk, we’re driven by our values, like being an owner, delivering a 7-star experience, and working as one team. We value curiosity, purpose, and mindset, not just knowledge, to unlock the power in your potential. Our talent team brings together leading minds from the travel and SaaS industries, representing over 70 countries. If you’re excited about having a real impact and shaping how millions of people experience work, we’d love you on the team.

The role: We are seeking an experienced and motivated, process driven Sr. Tax Analyst to join the Tax team and support our indirect tax function. The ideal candidate will have experience with VAT/GST regimes and be familiar with US sales tax, specifically with respect to SaaS supplies and marketplace facilitator duties. Experience in a public company environment and with software enablement for indirect tax compliance is preferred for this role. This position will report to the Sr. Indirect Tax Manager, and will be responsible for supporting all aspects of Perk’s indirect tax processes, including systems, tax compliance, audits, research and planning.

This role will be based in London and, while we do offer certain flexibility, the responsibilities of the role require you to be in the office several days per week.

What you will do:

• Manage global indirect tax accounting, compliance, and controversy activities for TravelPerk’s subsidiaries, including the implementation, maintenance, and improvement of controls to ensure accurate and timely reporting.
• Review and monitor registration requirements and legislative developments in EMEA and the U.S. and communicate the impact of these to the business.
• Serve as our internal subject matter expert for all indirect tax matters, manage third-party indirect tax advisors, and liaise with tax authorities as appropriate on behalf of the Company for indirect tax items.
• Review indirect tax language on vendor and supplier contracts and advise business on indirect tax impacts of new initiatives.
• Take ownership of the indirect tax compliance cycle: prepare, review, and approve VAT and sales tax returns, manage external outsourcing relationships, reconcile tax returns with the ERP, maintain appropriate audit trails and manage and resolve tax audit issues.
• Drive the implementation of software enablement for the indirect tax function and maintain the tax engine going forward. Identify automation opportunities to drive process efficiencies, quality improvements, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Provide guidance to the finance, accounting, legal, and operational teams with respect to indirect tax matters and partner closely with key members of other business functions and teams on relevant tax matters.
• Contribute to customer-facing documentation and support internal training to strengthen tax and invoicing expertise.
• Support and drive ad-hoc projects within a broader tax context. Assist in the implementation and maintenance of global tax policies, procedures and controls.

What you need:

• Minimum of 4 years progressive experience with indirect taxes at an accounting firm, UK public limited company and/or U.S. publicly traded corporation.
• Expertise with cross-border indirect tax requirements (UK and European VAT, GST, U.S. Sales & Use tax, etc.) including agency models, VAT invoicing requirements, VAT report maintenance, balance sheet reconciliations, and external reporting disclosures.
• Demonstrated understanding of US sales taxes preferred, specific experience with SaaS supplies and marketplace facilitator duties is a bonus.
• Exposure to the travel and hospitality sector preferred, specific experience with TOMS regime, US lodging and car rental taxes is a bonus.
• Excellent time management in a fast-paced, deadline driven work environment, excellent communication (English), and organizational skills.
• Detail oriented with strong trouble-shooting and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communicator with desire and ability to build relationships cross-functionally.
• Self-starter who can operate both independently with a minimum level of supervision and within a team environment.

Our benefits:

• Receive competitive compensation and equity ownership in Perk.
• Rest and recharge with our generous allocation of vacation days plus public holidays.
• Take control of your physical health with your choice of private healthcare or a gym allowance.
• Know that your loved ones are protected financially through your Life Insurance if the worst were to happen.
• Join our unforgettable Perk events, including our spectacular annual summer party.
• Always feel supported with Spring Health, our market-leading wellbeing partner, providing fast, comprehensive access to 12x therapy and 12x coaching sessions for you and your loved ones.
• Make your money go further with our flexible compensation plan.
• Focus on your family with 17 weeks’ paid parental leave during your child’s first year.
• Contribute to your community with 16 paid hours per year to spend volunteering for your dearest charitable causes.
• Broaden your horizons with up to 20 "Work from Anywhere" days per year.
• Nurture your language skills with in real-life English, Spanish and Catalan lessons.
• Follow your passions and take a four-week, fully paid sabbatical once you reach 5 years.
• Let us help you move to one of our hubs with relocation support.

How We Work: At Perk, we take an IRL-first approach to work, where our team works together in-person 3 days a week. As such, this role requires you to be based within commuting distance of our hubs. We fundamentally believe in the value of meeting in real life to improve connectivity, productivity, creativity and ultimately making us a great place to work.

For certain roles, we can help with relocation from anywhere in the world, English is the official language at the office. Please submit your resume in English if you choose to apply. Do not forget to submit an updated portfolio and/or resume.

Perk is a global company with a diverse customer base, and we want to make sure the people behind our product reflect that. We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means you’re welcome at Perk regardless of how you look, where you’re from, or anything else that makes you, well, you.

Protect Yourself from Recruitment Scams: All official communication from Perk will always come from email addresses ending in perk.com or externalperk.com, our verified social media channels, or recruiters listed on our official LinkedIn page. We will never ask you to pay for equipment, training, or fees, request sensitive personal information such as bank details early in the process, or communicate through unofficial apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal. If you receive a message claiming to be from Perk that seems suspicious, please do not respond. Forward it to security at perk dot com, and we will confirm whether it is legitimate.