Senior Tax Analyst

Company Overview

Temenos powers a world of banking that creates opportunities for billions of people and businesses everywhere. We have been doing this for over 30 years, serving over 3000 clients in more than 150 countries, building new banking services and state‑of‑the‑art customer experiences on our open banking platform.

Role Overview

You will work collaboratively with the Global Corporate Tax Director on the Group’s tax reporting requirements and play a key role in European and North American tax matters, in addition to supporting various ad‑hoc projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the preparation of the year‑end and interim Group consolidated tax charge and tax disclosure notes under IFRS.
• Assist in preparing the Group tax forecast and contribute to analysis used to monitor and explain the Group’s Effective Tax Rate (ETR).
• Prepare deferred tax asset and liability schedules, including analysing temporary differences, net operating loss carryforwards, and the tax impacts of business combinations.
• Prepare responses for the group’s external auditors to obtain final audit clearance of the group consolidated tax provisions, reconciliations, and disclosure notes.
• Compile data for Country‑by‑Country Reporting (CBCR) and for BEPS Pillar2 filings.
• Support the Global Corporate Tax Director and Global Head of Tax and collaborate with the wider tax team and external advisors on tax planning initiatives and tax strategy.
• Maintain the Group’s tax risk register, applying the prescribed measurement methodology for Uncertain Tax Positions (UTPs), ensuring risks are kept up to date and properly tracked, and assist with updates to management on key risks and opportunities.
• Assist in preparing an entity Profit before Tax (PBT) review each quarter to ensure it is in line with expectation.
• Review corporation tax returns and tax disclosure notes in local statutory financial statements for European and North American regions.
• Partner with the Finance team on M&A activities, providing tax accounting steps and input to maximise tax benefits.
• Provide business units with withholding tax advice, appropriate documentation, and tax accounting guidance.
• Support and coordinate tax projects, including oversight of outsourced global tax compliance, tracking project status, deliverables, and information requests, and collaborating with the team to ensure timely completion.
• Work with other tax managers and Financial Controllers as required.
• Conduct technical research and provide analysis on the impact of legislative changes.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with a UK corporate tax background and experience in tax accounting.
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience using Oracle Tax Reporting Cloud Service (TRCS) or similar tax provision software.
• Experience preparing or reviewing tax disclosures for Group financial statements accurately and on time.
• Experience calculating quarterly tax charges and managing strong relationships with external auditors.
• Understanding of internal controls frameworks.
• Industry experience (FinTech beneficial but not required).
• Strong knowledge of tax accounting under IFRS and corporate income tax.
• Experience with R&D tax claims will be beneficial.
• Awareness of transfer pricing principles.

Benefits

• Maternity leave: transition back with 3 days per week in the first month and 4 days per week in the second month.
• Civil partnership: 1 week of paid leave if you are getting married.
• Family care: 4 weeks of paid family care leave.
• Recharge days: 4 days per year to use when you need to physically or mentally recharge.
• Study leave: 2 weeks of paid leave each year for study or personal development.

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