Job description
Responsibilities
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.
The Europe Tax team is building to work with other corporate functions on tax advisory, planning, structuring, and tax controversy. We ensure compliance in direct (corporate income tax) and indirect tax and solve tax related issues.
TikTok is seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Tax Manager to join the Tax team in London to support its rapid business growth in Europe. The ideal candidate has experience in indirect tax and corporate tax compliance in the UK and the EU, possesses strong technical skills, in order to work seamlessly together with colleagues in multiple departments (e.g. Legal, Finance) to support our business teams to develop comprehensive and practical tax solutions.
Experience in the taxation of the digital economy and e-commerce is a big plus, to add valuable input across various taxes (CIT, VAT, WHT, DST) in business projects across multiple jurisdictions in a high pace environment.
Responsibilities:
- Support the VAT compliance across the region, in preparation of UK and EU VAT returns and assist with VAT registrations across various jurisdictions
- Working closely with Finance teams to raise awareness of VAT issues, provide guidance on invoicing and the review of VAT accounting entries and ledgers.
- Assist in preparing our European subsidiaries' corporate tax and withholding tax filings.
- Help coordinating with external advisors to ensure timely and accurate tax filings in UK and EU.
- Supporting the business in fulfilling its digital services tax obligations across Europe.
- Assist with tax compliance queries from TikTok businesses across Europe and supporting the business in providing tax advice on a variety of projects and product launches.
- Assist in correspondence with local tax authorities, including coordinating responses on compliance and audit enquiries
- Assist with tax technology implementations and automations with our ERP and IT systems, to drive efficiency and improve end-to-end tax compliance processes and controls.
- 3+ years relevant industry or Big 4 experience
- Experience across different taxes preferred
- Experience in technology and e-commerce companies a plus
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Ability to clearly communicate tax technical issues to non-tax professionals.