Tax Manager

Copper’s finance team provides critical information to the company's leadership to facilitate effective management, strategic decision making and provide insights into key data and metrics driving our businesses growth. Our team has several disciplines including Finance Operations, Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Revenue Operations and Procurement.  

Each of these teams plays an important role in supporting the wider business through day-to-day operations (commercial deal support, invoice processing, cash collection, etc.), regular reporting (budget v actuals, forecasting, cash and liquidity management etc.), performance management (KPI, sales metrics and financials) and other specialised activities (tax compliance/structuring, vendor selection etc.).  

Our team's goal is to be a best-in-class support function to the global Copper business and help ensure all departments performance against objectives as our business scales to build an optimum financial architecture and create value for shareholders. 

Team Purpose:

Copper’s tax team plays a pivotal role in establishing a robust finance function for the business. The team oversees Copper’s worldwide tax affairs, ensuring full compliance across multiple jurisdictions while managing the complexities of a growing business in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.

The tax team provides tax advisory services, identifies and implements tax efficient solutions and collaborates cross-functionally to embed tax strategy into key business decisions. Whether it’s supporting product innovation, international expansion or operational transformation, the team plays a critical role in unlocking scalable growth while safeguarding the group’s long-term financial resilience.

Role Purpose:

We are seeking a Tax Manager to support the Head of Tax across all tax matters. This is a broad and hands-on role combining technical tax work, cross‑functional partnering and project delivery across multiple jurisdictions in a fast-moving fintech environment. 

Key Responsibilities: 

1.  Oversee global corporate and indirect tax (VAT/GST) compliance across the US, EMEA and APAC regions, in collaboration with local advisors.   
2. Support the preparation of R&D claims.  
3. Ensure adherence to OECD Transfer Pricing requirements, including implementing the group transfer pricing policy.  
4. Manage tax implications of strategic projects (such as international expansion and new products).  
5. Manage the tax implications of employee share schemes and valuations.  
6. Provide tax support on the analysis and implementation of the Crypto Asset Reporting Framework and Common Reporting Standard.  
7. Advise on international tax matters, including managing permanent establishment and WHT risks for global operations.  
8. Stay abreast of changes in global tax laws and regulations, anticipating impacts and adapting strategies proactively.  
9. Prepare robust tax policies and documentation.  
10. Partner with Legal, Finance, Engineering, Sales and Product teams to manage tax implications of new initiatives. 

Skills and Experience:

Essential 

1. Qualified tax professional (CTA, ACCA or equivalent) with experience in practice and/or in-house.  
2. Suitable for a manager or experienced senior associate from practice.  
3. Strong technical expertise across UK and international tax, including transfer pricing and global reporting standards.   
4. Commercial, pragmatic and risk aware, with the ability to translate tax technical concepts into business-focused and practical advice.  
5. Self-starter, open-minded, and hands-on attitude who can work independently and take ownership of projects. 

Desirable 

1.  Experience in Big 4 or in-house at a fintech, financial services or digital asset business highly desirable. 
2. Indirect tax experience highly desirable.