Tax Senior Associate

About the role

Canonical is seeking a Tax Senior Associate to report directly to the CFO and build a tax function from the ground up. This role involves designing and owning tax processes to support global expansion while navigating complex, evolving international tax regulations. The successful candidate will leverage technology and automation to create efficient frameworks for a fast-growing, global software business.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate the preparation and review of corporate tax, VAT, and other relevant tax returns for our entities, ensuring timely and accurate filings
• Work with external advisers to develop transfer pricing documentation and tax planning initiatives and lead their implementation
• Act as a key point of contact for tax authority audits and enquiries, preparing responses and supporting documentation in collaboration with external advisors
• Identify opportunities to streamline and improve tax processes, controls, and data management to enhance efficiency and accuracy particularly using technology and automation
• Manage and run tax provisioning and reporting under IFRS, including calculating effective tax rates and preparing tax-related disclosures for financial statements
• Work closely with the wider finance team, legal, and business operations to provide tax support and ensure cross-functional alignment
• Monitor changes in tax legislation across the regions in which we operate and assess their potential impact on the company

Required skills

• Corporate tax
• VAT
• Transfer pricing
• IFRS
• Tax provisioning
• Tax reporting
• Data management
• Automation

Nice to have

• Leadership
• Software industry experience
• Public company finance
• Reporting

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in business, finance, economics, technology or other quantitative field
• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Fully qualified tax advisor (CTA, ADIT or equivalent)

Certifications

• ACA
• ACCA
• CIMA
• CTA
• ADIT

Benefits

• Annual learning and development budget
• Annual compensation review
• Performance-driven annual bonus
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program
• Wellness Platform
• Priority Pass
• Travel upgrades

About the Company

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source and the publisher of Ubuntu. The company is a leader in public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT, operating as a founder-led, profitable, and distributed organization.