Senior Tax Associate

Overview

In this role you will support DRW's European tax profile from London, focusing on indirect tax (VAT) across the UK and Europe while engaging with corporate income tax matters for regional entities. You will work closely with Finance, Operations, and Business Management to ensure tax efficiency and compliance in a fast-paced trading environment. You will monitor evolving tax laws and translate changes into practical guidance for the business, including cross-border flows and ERP/tax engine configuration. This is an opportunity to shape tax strategy in a globally active trading firm that values autonomy, integrity, and a data-driven approach. You will be part of a lean, high-expectations team,

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day VAT compliance oversight for UK and European entities, including review of deliverables from external providers
• Manage VAT registrations, fiscal representation, and cross-border issues as the European footprint evolves
• Monitor developments in UK/European indirect tax law and translate into practical guidance for the business
• Collaborate with Finance and Operations on VAT recovery and ERP/tax engine configuration; review new proposals from a tax perspective with Business Management
• Support UK/European corporate tax compliance cycles, reviewing computations and returns prepared by external advisors
• Assist with quarterly and year-end tax provisioning under IFRS and/or US GAAP for European entities
• Coordinate with global tax colleagues in the US on cross-regional matters

Key requirements

• Approximately 5 years of post-qualification tax experience in Big 4/mid-tier or in-house, or combination
• ACA or CTA qualified (or recognised non-UK equivalent)
• Demonstrable UK VAT technical strength with cross-border service flows and, ideally, financial services or trading-industry VAT issues
• Working knowledge of UK corporate tax and ability to research unfamiliar European tax issues
• Comfort operating independently in a lean team, managing external advisors, and prioritising multiple workstreams

• independence
• prioritisation across multiple workstreams
• cross-functional collaboration
• UK VAT and European VAT across multiple EU states
• cross-border service flows
• financial services VAT exemption scope and partial exemption

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