Senior Tax Provision Manager

Location: London

Employment Type: Full time

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 Sr. Tax Provision Manager to join the Tax team and oversee our consolidated income tax provision process. The ideal candidate will have experience with US GAAP ASC740 tax reporting in a public company environment including SOX controls. This position will report to the International Tax Director and will be responsible for managing and further improving Perk’s corporate tax provision and on-going external reporting processes. 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:

• Lead the US GAAP income tax provision process for Perk and its subsidiaries, including consolidating tax workings, supporting the preparation and review of financial statements, working with external auditors, and maintaining the SOX control framework for tax.
• Manage the interim period and annual global income tax reporting obligations under US GAAP ASC740, including the determination of consolidated tax expense, deferred taxes, valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions, effective tax rate reconciliation, and disclosures processes.
• Develop and maintain the interim and annual tax closing processes in partnership with the technical accounting & reporting team and external auditors, including the implementation, maintenance, and improvement of the respective internal control framework.
• Own tax accounting for share-based compensation under ASC718 and liaise with advisors to develop global intercompany recharge policy.
• Identify automation opportunities to drive process efficiencies, quality improvements, and risk mitigation strategies as well as drive the implementation of tax software and automation solutions to support the tax reporting processes.
• Support and drive ad-hoc projects within a broader tax context with respect to topics including international tax, transfer pricing, tax planning and structuring initiatives, M&A activities, tax audits and others.
• Assist in the development, implementation, and maintenance of global tax policies, procedures and controls.
• Provide guidance to the finance, accounting, legal, stock admin and operational teams on direct tax compliance and reporting requirements and applicable criteria.
• Partner closely with key members of other business functions and teams on relevant tax matters.
• Liaise with financial statement auditors to align on timelines and support required for on-going audit with relation to income tax matters. This includes preparing quarterly income tax memos.

What you need:

• Minimum of 10 years experience in ASC740 tax reporting, preferably a mix of experience working at a large public accounting firm and a U.S. publicly traded corporation.
• Strong knowledge and extensive experience with ASC 740, specifically with respect to the tax accounting aspects of global tax reporting consolidation, effective tax rate reconciliation, deferred tax accounting, uncertain tax positions, valuation allowances, return to provision processes, share based compensation and tax disclosures.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles including US GAAP and IFRS and relevant book-tax differences.
• Demonstrated experience with tax reporting in a SOX controlled environment including tax compliance and tax legislation analysis.
• Experience working within short turnaround windows, modeling, and deep understanding of how global businesses operate when undergoing hypergrowth.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience with ERPs (NetSuite experience a bonus), and tax software enablement for ASC740 tax reporting.
• 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 with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Self-starter who can operate effectively with ability to work 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.

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