Senior Tax Associate (Financial Services)

Location: London, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a diversified trading firm that combines technology and trading expertise across global financial markets, with additional strategies in real estate, venture capital, and cryptoassets.

What you will do

• Oversee day-to-day VAT compliance for UK and European entities, including reviewing deliverables from external providers.
• Manage VAT registrations, fiscal representation, and cross-border tax issues as the European footprint develops.
• Monitor UK and European indirect tax developments, including ViDA, e-invoicing mandates, and financial services VAT exemption changes.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, and Business Management on VAT recovery, partial exemption, ERP and tax engine configuration, and new business proposals.
• Support UK and European corporate tax compliance, including reviewing computations and returns prepared by external advisors.
• Assist with quarterly and year-end tax provisioning under IFRS and/or US GAAP and coordinate with global tax colleagues in the US.

Requirements

• Approximately five years of post-qualification tax experience in Big 4 or mid-tier practice, an in-house tax function, or a combination of both.
• ACA or CTA qualification, or a recognised non-UK equivalent.
• Strong UK VAT expertise, including cross-border service flows and preferably financial services or trading-industry VAT matters.
• Working knowledge of UK corporate tax and the ability to research unfamiliar continental European tax issues.
• Ability to work independently in a lean team, manage external advisors, and prioritise multiple concurrent workstreams.

Nice to have

• In-house experience in financial services, trading, asset management, or a similarly regulated environment.
• Experience with VAT regimes in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, or Spain.
• Familiarity with e-invoicing, real-time reporting mandates, and tax technology tools.
• Exposure to Pillar Two, transfer pricing, or withholding tax analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Autonomy and the ability to respond quickly to market opportunities.
• Work in a culture focused on respect, curiosity, integrity, innovation, and challenging consensus.
• Collaboration with tax colleagues across Europe and the United States.