Global Head of Tax

Overview

A career at Booksy means you're part of a global team focused on helping people around the world feel great about themselves, every day. From empowering entrepreneurs to build successful businesses, to supporting their customers to arrange "me time" moments, we're in the business of helping people thrive and feel fantastic.

Working in a rapidly growing and evolving company comes with its own set of opportunities and challenges. If you prefer a stable environment with fully established processes and structures, we want to be honest, you won t always find that here. However, if you re a driven self-starter who enjoys building structure, taking ownership, and partnering with the business in a fast-growing, global scale-up, then you ll likely thrive at Booksy.

The Global Head of Tax is a senior leadership role reporting to the VP, Global Controller and responsible for the overall ownership, strategy, and execution of the company s global tax function. This leader will set the global tax vision, serve as the primary tax advisor to executive leadership, and ensure that tax strategy supports business growth while maintaining strong compliance and risk management across all jurisdictions.

This role is ideal for a leader who thrives in complex, international environments and is comfortable balancing strategic leadership with hands-on execution as the tax function continues to scale.

• Own and drive the global tax strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives, growth plans, and evolving regulatory requirements
• Act as the company s primary tax advisor to executive leadership, including the CFO and senior finance leaders, on complex and high-impact tax matters
• Partner with Finance, Legal, M&A, and business leaders to ensure tax considerations are embedded in strategic initiatives, new market entry, and product expansion

• Own the company s global tax risk framework, identifying, assessing, and mitigating tax risks across all jurisdictions
• Ensure strong global compliance processes for corporate income tax, indirect taxes, withholding taxes, and transfer pricing, supported by effective controls and governance
• Oversee audits, inquiries, and negotiations with tax authorities globally, serving as the senior escalation point when needed

• Lead complex international tax initiatives, including:
• Transfer pricing strategy and documentation
• Global structuring and restructuring
• Mergers, acquisitions, and integrations
• Expansion into new markets and new revenue models
• Provide leadership on cross-border tax planning while maintaining an appropriate and transparent risk posture for the company

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing global tax organization, including internal team members and external advisors
• Design the long-term operating model for the tax function, determining the right balance of in-house expertise, shared services, and external providers
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and strong business partnership

• Drive process standardization, documentation, and automation to improve efficiency, scalability, and audit readiness
• Partner with Accounting and Finance Systems teams to ensure tax requirements are embedded in upstream processes and financial systems
• Own tax-related data strategy to improve reporting, forecasting, and risk visibility

• Own the global tax budget and resource planning for the function
• Establish governance frameworks, policies, and escalation protocols related to tax matters
• Monitor global legislative and regulatory developments, proactively assessing business impact and recommending actions

• Based in the UK
• Advanced degree in Law, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field, and/or relevant professional qualification (e.g., CPA, CTA, or equivalent)
• Extensive progressive experience in tax, including significant leadership responsibility over global tax operations and strategy
• Deep expertise in US federal, state, and local taxation, combined with strong knowledge of international tax regulations and OECD frameworks
• Demonstrated success in developing and executing global tax strategies that support business growth while managing risk
• Significant…