The opportunity
🚀 We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone.
What you'll do
Global tax strategy: Defining how Monzo approaches tax across the UK, Europe, and future markets. You will set our tax risk appetite and prepare reporting for our Audit and Risk Committee.
International expansion: Structuring cross-border expansion across Europe and future regions, advising on market-entry structures, permanent establishment risks, and local compliance.
Transfer pricing: Establishing, documenting, and defending our global transfer pricing strategy and intragroup financing arrangements.
Total tax ownership: Overseeing group Direct Tax, Indirect Tax (VAT), Employment Tax, Transfer Pricing, and Operational Customer Taxes across all locations.
Tax authority relationships: Acting as the primary liaison with HMRC and international tax authorities, proactively managing tax audits, and overseeing statutory regimes including Senior Accounting Officer compliance.
Product and commercial advisory: Working directly with product managers, engineers, and treasury to understand what they want to build (from savings pots to complex lending products) and ensuring the tax treatment is clear from day one.
What they're looking for
- Leading the team: Mentoring and leading our tax team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, autonomy, and commercial focus.
- AI and automation: Designing a tech-enabled tax operating model that embeds AI, workflow tools, and automation across our compliance, reconciliations, and contract reviews; scaling our output as volumes grow while keeping the team focused on high-judgement strategic work.
- You’re a qualified tax professional or accountant (CTA, ACA, ACCA, ADIT, or international equivalent).
- You’ve led an in-house tax team at scale, ideally within banking, fintech, or a regulated multinational.
