Bending Spoons
Tax Manager (US)
Bending Spoons
€106k - €187k
Milan (Italy), London (UK), or fully remote

Tax Manager (US)

Overview

At Bending Spoons, we’re striving to build one of the all-time great companies. A company that serves a huge number of customers. A company where team members grow to their full potential. A company that functions at unparalleled levels of effectiveness and efficiency. A company that creates value for shareowners at an extraordinary rate. And a company that does so while adhering to high ethical standards.

Job Description

Bending Spoons is a company that acquires digital businesses with untapped potential and makes them successful by leveraging their platform, which includes expertise, technologies, data, brand, talents, and company culture. They invest proceeds into making their platform more powerful and acquiring new businesses.

Responsibilities

  • - Oversee group tax planning and ensure full compliance with all relevant fiscal laws—including transfer pricing, VAT, and other local taxes.
  • - Coordinate with external advisors on tax due diligence in the context of acquisitions, ensuring all deals are fully compliant and optimally structured for tax efficiency.
  • - Manage comprehensive tax operations including liability calculations, tax return filing with external advisors, and oversight of personnel-related tax matters—such as equity incentive plans, welfare programs, and fringe benefits.
  • - Stay updated on all tax legislation changes, identify new opportunities for tax optimization (such as patent boxes and R&D credits), and maintain effective communication with tax authorities and external advisors.

Required Skills

  • - Reasoning ability: Given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems. You think from first principles, and structure your ideas sharply. You resist the influence of biases. You identify and take care of the details that matter.
  • - Drive: You’re extremely ambitious in everything you do—and your initiative, effort, and tenacity match the intensity of your ambition. You feel deeply responsible for your work. You hold yourself to a high—and rising—bar.
  • - Team spirit: You give generously and without the expectation of receiving in return. You support the best idea, not your idea. You're always happy to get your hands dirty to help your team. You’re reliable, honest, and transparent.
  • - Proficiency in English: You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.

Benefits

  • - Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams.
  • - An exceptional opportunity for growth.
  • - Competitive pay and access to equity in the company.
  • - Flexible hours, remote working, unlimited backing for learning and training, top-of-the-market health insurance, a rich relocation package, generous parental support, and a yearly retreat to a stunning location.

About the company

Bending Spoons S.p.A. is an Italian technology company, founded in 2013 and based in Milan. The company is known primarily for mobile applications that it develops or acquires


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