Job Description
A highly successful, international hospitality and lifestyle platform is seeking to appoint its first Director of Tax. This is a newly created permanent leadership role offering the opportunity to build and shape the tax function within a fast-growing, private equity-backed business operating across multiple international jurisdictions. With a portfolio of distinctive properties across major cities in Europe and North America, the business continues to expand through both organic growth and investment activity. Reporting directly to the VP Finance, the Director of Tax will take full ownership of the organisation's global tax agenda, acting as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and external stakeholders. This is a rare chance to build and lead a tax function from the ground up within a dynamic, internationally expanding platform backed by a major global investor. The role offers excellent exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making across the business.
The Role
This role combines hands-on technical tax leadership with strategic advisory responsibility. You will oversee global tax compliance, support transactional activity, and implement governance frameworks appropriate for a complex international group.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning all tax matters across multiple international jurisdictions
- Overseeing the preparation and review of corporate tax filings and compliance processes
- Managing relationships with external tax advisors across Europe and internationally
- Providing tax input into acquisitions, disposals, refinancing, and investment structures
- Supporting quarterly reporting requirements for group and investors
- Advising senior stakeholders across finance, legal, and corporate functions on tax matters
- Monitoring changes in tax legislation and proactively managing risk
- Ensuring compliance with transfer pricing requirements
- Developing tax governance frameworks, controls, and best practice processes
- Supporting forecasting and long-term business planning
The Candidate
We are seeking an experienced tax leader who combines strong technical expertise with a pragmatic commercial mindset.
You will likely bring:
- Significant experience in international corporate tax
- Background in multi-jurisdictional groups, ideally within hospitality, real estate, consumer, or private equity-backed businesses
- Exposure to M&A, structuring, and tax due diligence
- Experience managing advisors and overseeing global tax compliance
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to partner senior leadership
- ACA / CTA / equivalent professional qualification
Candidates may come from industry tax leadership roles or from Big 4 / top-tier advisory firms looking to move in-house at Director level.
For a confidential discussion, please contact Mo Hanslod at Goodman Masson
