Senior Manager International Tax Advisory

It’s never been a more exciting time to join Vistra. 

At Vistra our purpose is progress. We believe that our clients have the power to change the world and to do great things for global progress, and we exist to remove the friction that comes from the complexity of global business – to help our clients achieve progress without friction.

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But progress only happens when people come together and take action. And we’re absolutely committed to building a culture where our people can do just that. 

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as Senior Manager International Tax Advisory on a fixed term basis of 9 months. Reporting to the Senior Director, Indirect Taxes this full-time and permanent position is based in United Kingdom and offers regional coverage, allowing you to make a significant impact to our Advisory Department and it’s growth.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Senior Director of International Tax Advisory, this highly visible and high-profile Senior Manager, Global International Tax Advisory will be accountable for the scoping and delivery of Transfer Pricing products and solutions to Vistra’ clients around the globe, within an existing supportive tax advisory team environment.

This is a genuine International Tax Advisory role with significant scope for professional and career progression.

• Identification, scoping and delivery (within existing International Tax Advisory team) of multi-country Transfer Pricing advisory opportunities and solutions – to existing client base, with supportive commercial sales team.
• Supply Chain and Functional Analysis and preparation of supporting Transfer Pricing Documentation.
• Transfer Pricing benchmarking analysis – partnering with clients on a global basis.
• Global CbCR, Master File/Local File advice and delivery, as lead TP specialist within the team.
• Full range of Transfer Pricing matters and opportunities to expand team and delivery of Transfer Pricing matters, across Vistra.

Opportunity for additional International Tax Advisory opportunities, depending on skills/experience, including:

• Advising on tax implications of group structures and trading arrangements.
• Provide advice within a team environment on international tax and business matters for clients in a range of industries including software, hardware, telecom, semi-conductor, financial services and Higher Education sectors.
• Provide Tax Authority audit support and to assist in the preparation of data, supporting documents and applicable correspondence, to be sent to tax authorities conducting tax reviews, enquiries and audits
• Work alongside Tax Managers and Tax Directors in serving as trusted tax advisor and business partner to clients and prospects, building advisor-client relationships 
• Assist in sales and job scoping process by providing technical knowledge and drawing on experience
• Assist in simplifying complicated and inter-related technical issues into digestible and understandable client action plans – for example, supply chain analysis and application of points of taxation
• Keep up to speed with tax changes across small portfolio of countries - identify and communicate new advisory opportunities to existing client base 
• Provide leadership, coaching and performance management to the UK international tax consulting team.
• Encourage continuous improvement by ensuring systems are in place that allow team members to share their experiences, lessons learnt, new (regional) developments etc.
• Coverage of core international corporate and indirect tax concepts, including:

• Permanent Establishment
• Transfer Pricing
• Comparative Tax Analysis
• Tax Efficiency & Optimisation
• Treaty Interpretation & Withholding Tax
• Tax efficient corporate entity Rationalisation
• Supply chain analysis.

Relevant Experience

• CTA and/or ACA qualified (or equivalent)
• Global based international tax advisory experience inc. Transfer Pricing specialism
• Delivery of full range of core international tax matters
• Proven track record of growing client & internal relationships and revenue from these clients
• Experience in managing and owning and growing professional ‘fame agenda’
• Proactive and self-motivated, professional and commercial outlook
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and meticulous attention to detail
• Capable of working under pressure and with minimal supervision.

Education/Memberships

• CTA and / or ACA (or equivalent)

Computer Skills

• MS Office suite

Company Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per annum
• Individual private medical insurance cover
• Health cash plan
• Pension: 3% employee and 7% employer contribution, increasing from April 2025 to 8% employer
• Life Assurance 4x Salary
• Group income protection
• Season ticket loan
• Ride to work scheme
• A day’s birthday leave
• Ability to buy up to one week’s annual leave per year

If you are excited about working with us, we encourage you to apply or have a confidential chat with one of our Talent Acquisition team members. Our goal is to make this a great place to work where all our people can thrive. We hope you join us on this exciting journey!