Tax Director, Northern Europe

Overview

In this role you lead tax across the UK, Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark, aligning regional activity with the Group tax strategy. You own the UK tax process end-to-end and coordinate external advisers to shape commercial decisions. You provide practical, commercially focused tax guidance on major transactions and restructuring, while maintaining strong governance and controls. You work closely with regional Finance and senior stakeholders to deliver accurate tax reporting, compliance and risk management. This is a high-impact position at URW, combining technical depth with cross-border leadership to enable growth in Northern Europe.

Pay / Benefits

• Bonus schemes
• Pension plans
• Health and wellbeing support
• Learning and development programmes
• Internal mobility and international career opportunities
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements

Responsibilities

• Lead the Northern Europe tax agenda across UK, Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark in line with Group tax strategy and risk framework
• Own the UK tax process end-to-end: compliance, reporting, forecasting, audits, plus oversight of outsourced activity
• Provide senior tax input and sign-off for real estate transactions, corporate activity, financing and restructuring
• Advise on UK property taxation, UK REIT regime, transfer pricing, financing structures and Corporation Tax considerations
• Coordinate external tax advisers and local specialists across the region
• Review and challenge information to ensure local obligations, filings and deadlines are met
• Collaborate with regional Finance, Statutory Accounts, Group Tax, Investment, Development, Asset Management, Leasing and Legal teams
• Manage relationships with external advisers, auditors, JV partners and tax authorities
• Monitor regulatory developments and translate into actionable guidance
• Improve regional tax controls, documentation and ways of working for consistency with local requirements

Key requirements

• Significant post-qualification experience in a senior tax role with deep UK corporate and real estate taxation expertise
• Strong technical knowledge paired with practical, commercially focused judgement
• Experience owning complex tax reporting, forecasting, audits and compliance processes
• Ability to translate complex tax matters into clear guidance for senior and non-tax stakeholders
• Proven ability to build trusted cross-country relationships and influence across functions
• Judgement on when to challenge, escalate and use external expertise effectively
• Highly organized with the ability to manage competing priorities across a regional remit
• Curiosity and drive to improve governance, controls, processes and outcomes

• commercial judgement
• leadership
• relationship building
• UK tax law
• UK tax compliance and UK REIT regime
• transfer pricing

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