Global Equity Tax Specialist

About the role

The Global Equity Tax Specialist will act as the primary lead for global equity tax matters, providing technical advice and improving processes, controls, and data management. This role sits at the intersection of Tax, Equity, Finance, Payroll, and People teams to ensure compliance and operational efficiency across jurisdictions. You will manage external advisers, remediate compliance gaps, and support the design of scalable tax operating models.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical advice on the employment tax treatment of equity arrangements across their lifecycle.
• Assess tax treatment of equity activity including sourcing, apportionment, withholding, and reporting requirements.
• Maintain the global equity tax compliance calendar and coordinate returns and notifications.
• Identify and remediate historic or live compliance issues and support tax authority enquiries.
• Build and improve the global equity tax operating model, including process documentation and control requirements.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure equity tax considerations are embedded into business decisions.
• Manage relationships with external tax advisers and develop employee-facing equity tax guides.

Required skills

• Global equity tax
• Employment tax
• Payroll
• Compliance
• Stakeholder management
• Data validation
• Financial systems

Nice to have

• Private-company equity
• Fintech
• Financial services
• AI-enabled tools

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant or tax adviser
• Equivalent professional experience

About the Company

Checkout.com is a global fintech company that powers payments for businesses like eBay, Spotify, Klarna, Uber, and Sony. With 20 offices across six continents and headquarters in London, the company enables over 10 billion transactions yearly for more than one billion global shoppers.