Direct Tax Manager (H/M/X)
Direct Tax Manager
📍 Madrid, Spain
🕒 Full-Tim
Join Our Global Tax Team
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Direct Tax Manager to join our global tax team. In this role, you will be responsible for direct tax operations, ensuring full compliance, accurate tax filings, and robust financial reporting across corporate direct tax matters. You will serve as the subject matter expert on direct tax laws, working closely with finance and external auditors.
Key Responsibilities
Tax Compliance & Advisory
- Oversee all corporate direct tax compliance activities, ensuring adherence to local and international tax regulations.
Tax Filings
- Manage the end-to-end preparation, review, and timely submission of corporate income tax returns, estimated tax payments, and extensions.
Financial Reporting
- Manage the local statutory direct tax reporting process, including calculating local tax provisions, deferred tax assets/liabilities, and statutory tax disclosures in accordance with local GAAP.
Audit & Controversy
- Manage inquiries, notices, and assessments related to direct tax filings.
Process Improvement
- Continuously optimize tax compliance workflows, tax data collection processes, and software integration to improve team efficiency.
- Oversee the preparation, review, and timely filing of direct tax returns.
Business Partnership
- Provide clear and practical tax advice to internal business units, including Legal, Procurement, and Sales, regarding new product launches, business models, and geographic expansion.
- Identify risks and potential tax optimization opportunities.
Governance & Controls
- Maintain and update internal tax compliance policies, standard operating procedures, and control documentation.
What We're Looking For
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of corporate direct tax experience.
- Professional certification preferred (CTA, Chartered Accountant, CPA, or equivalent qualification).
- CPA or Master's in Taxation (MST) strongly preferred.
Technical Expertise
- Deep understanding of corporate income tax frameworks, cross-border direct tax rules, and local statutory tax reporting requirements.
- Strong working knowledge of local European GAAPs for direct tax accounting.
- Experience with tax compliance software and ERP accounting systems.
Skills
- Excellent analytical, project management, and written communication skills.
- Ability to communicate complex tax topics effectively to non-tax stakeholders.
Languages
- Fluent English required.
- Additional languages are a plus.
Soft Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills.
- Proven ability to manage complex projects independently.
- Strong cross-functional communication skills.
✅ Conditions & Benefits
- Permanent Full-Time Position
- Location: Madrid, Spain
- Salary: €50,000 - €55,000 gross annual salary
- International and collaborative work environment
- Exposure to complex direct tax matters and cross-border tax topics
- Opportunity to work closely with multiple business functions and senior stakeholders
- Professional growth within a global tax team
- Dynamic environment with opportunities to contribute to process improvements and tax optimization initiatives
Ready for your next challenge?
If you are a tax professional with strong experience in direct taxation and a passion for compliance, reporting, and business partnering, we would love to hear from you. Join a global team where your expertise will make a real impact.