International Tax Director

Overview

We are now seeking an experienced and strategic Global Head of Tax to lead our global tax function and ensure compliance, efficiency, and risk management across our global footprint.

Role Overview

The Global Head of Tax will design, lead, and implement 74Software’s worldwide tax strategy, ensuring compliance with local and international tax regulations, optimizing the group’s effective tax rate, and supporting business growth through proactive tax planning. This role requires deep expertise in corporate taxation, transfer pricing, VAT/GST, withholding taxes, corporate income tax, and intellectual property structuring, as well as strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.

The role will be based in Paris or another key European hub (Zurich, London, Brussels, Madrid) with regular travel to Paris for executive and team interactions.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Tax Leadership

- Define and execute the group’s global tax strategy in line with business objectives and regulatory developments.- Advise the CFO, executive leadership, and Board on tax implications of strategic decisions, M&A, financing, and cross-border structures.- Drive initiatives to optimize the group’s effective tax rate while ensuring compliance and ethical standards.

International Tax Management

- Drive and oversee the implementation of transfer pricing policies, documentation, and intercompany agreements across the group.- Manage VAT/GST compliance and planning across Europe, India, and other jurisdictions.- Ensure correct application of withholding taxes on cross-border flows (royalties, services, dividends, interest).- Develop and monitor IP structuring and licensing models aligned with business operations and OECD guidance.

Operational Oversight

- Lead and develop a small tax team and coordinate with finance, legal, and business units.- Oversee corporate tax filings and compliance processes in all jurisdictions in collaboration with Finance.- Manage relationships with tax authorities, external advisors, and auditors worldwide.- Ensure robust tax reporting under IFRS and local GAAP requirements.

Risk & Compliance

- Monitor global tax developments (OECD, EU, US, India, Africa, etc.) and assess their impact.- Implement strong internal controls, processes, and systems for tax risk management.- Lead responses to tax audits, disputes, and negotiations.

Business Partnership

- Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders on structuring commercial arrangements, cross-border transactions, and new business initiatives.- Support pricing, R&D, and go-to-market strategies with proactive tax input.

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience

- Advanced degree in Tax, Accounting, Finance, or Tax Law; professional qualification (e.g., CTA, DEC, ACCA, CPA) strongly preferred.- 12–15 years’ experience in international tax, ideally in a global software/technology group or Big 4 advisory combined with in-house leadership.- Proven expertise in transfer pricing, VAT, withholding tax, and IP structuring.- Strong knowledge of OECD guidelines, EU tax directives, and U.S. international tax rules.- Demonstrated leadership in managing global tax functions and teams.- Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.- Fluent in English; French proficiency highly desirable.

What We Offer

- A pivotal leadership role in a global software company.- Opportunity to shape the global tax agenda and influence strategic decision-making.- International exposure with a truly global footprint.- Competitive executive compensation package.

Company Overview 

74Software is an enterprise software group founded through the combination of Axway and SBS – independently operated leaders with unique experience and capabilities to deliver mission-critical software for a data driven world. A pioneer in enterprise integration solutions for 25 years, Axway supports major brands and government agencies around the globe with its core line of MFT, B2B, API, and Financial Accounting Hub products. SBS empowers banks and financial institutions to reimagine tomorrow's digital experiences with a composable cloud-based architecture that enables deposits, lending, compliance, payments, consumer, and asset finance services and operations to be deployed worldwide.

74Software serves more than 11,000 companies, including over 1,500 financial service customers. To learn more, visit 74Software

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