More than 20 years ago, zooplus was one of the first to bring the pet category into the world of eCommerce. Today, we stand strong as Europe’s leading online pet platform, delivering moments of happiness to more than 9 million pet parents each year.

We're on a mission to create joy for pets and their parents, driven by our core values of Care, Courage, Openness, and Simplicity. At the heart of everything we do, they inspire us to grow, raise the bar for our customers and fuel a pet-first business.

The Head of Direct Tax will be responsible for effective planning, management, control and optimization of zooplus groups tax position. Together with the highly motivated and skilled team, the Head of Direct Tax will coordinate and manage all direct tax matters relating to entities within the group as well as identifying and implementing tax processes and solutions according to regulatory and governance standards.

Your Tasks:

• Disciplinary leadership, responsibility for budget and results
• Development and implementation of a tax strategy,
• Assessing possibilities for change in order to improve the effective tax rate and tax-related cash management,
• Analysis of tax implications and provision of internal tax services across all business functions,
• Collaboration with internal teams to ensure business needs and to meet company objectives,
• Monitoring changes in tax regulations and their implications,
• Ensuring tax compliance (returns/filings, payments) and mitigation of tax risks,
• Support and development of tax department team members and ensuring high engagement,
• Managing relationships with internal stakeholders, tax authorities and external tax advisors,
• Ensuring an efficient use of internal and external resources (time & budget),
• Effective digitalization and transformation of the tax function.

• Job experience: 5-10 years experience in tax advisory, accountancy firms and/or corporate tax departments
• Professional skills: comprehensive and broad tax knowledge
• Management skills: ability to influence and engage direct and indirect reports and peers
• Degree in business administration/finance/law/tax
• Professional certification: certified tax advisor (Steuerberater)
• Fluency in English and German

With more than 1,000 passionate professionals located across 10 European offices, we believe our success comes from working together and leveraging our international strengths. Expect to work in a hybrid environment, collaborating with colleagues in different locations remotely.

Our benefits:
🐾 20% discount in our zooplus shop
📖 Internal and external training
🎈 Team events
✈️ 28 vacation days and days off on 24th and 31st of December
🏋️ Corporate rates at a local gym chain (Body & Soul)
📱 Company mobile phone for work and personal use

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zooplus is committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all Team Members.