Director Tax, EU/ROW at Sportradar

We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.

At Sportradar we’ve experienced a period of sustained hypergrowth through a highly focused strategy based upon providing sport league related data and audio visuals to betting operators and media companies around the world. Within the team you will be responsible to fulfil all compliance needs from a global tax perspective, such as coordinating advisors in countries all over the world, supporting in house teams with direct and indirect tax advice, review and prepare documentation for SOX, Transfer Pricing and other needs.

The International Tax Director reports to the Global Head of Tax and will be responsible for all kind of day-to-day international tax operations and local compliance tasks.

The successful candidate has excellent knowledge of a broad variety in taxation, understands different accounting standards and is used to discuss complex tax matters in English.

Furthermore you are used to working in a high paced environment and successfully masters adaption to changes and finds practical solutions that support the companies´ needs.

THE CHALLENGE:

• Coordinates multiple international advisors on various projects at the same time and understands their local challenges without losing the big picture.
• Understands double tax treaty challenges and their withholding tax consequences.
• Manages transfer pricing compliance and documentation as well as other documentation under SOX control schemes.
• Understands global direct and indirect taxes and finds business-oriented solutions.
• Prioritizes and manages independently a high number of different projects at the same time.

YOUR PROFILE:

• Certified Tax Accountant or university degree with special focus on accounting/taxation would be a plus.
• Minimum 5 years' experience working in general Corporate tax compliance and/or tax advisory, ideally including basic knowledge of payroll taxation.
• A good understanding of IFRS and local accounting standards.
• Experience and knowledge of Pillar 2 topics and calculations
• Experience with various ERP tools such as project experience with implementing new ERP solutions would be an advantage.
• Professional MS Office skills – especially Excel.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken), German is a plus.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Previous Big 4 experience would be a benefit.

At Sportradar, we celebrate our diverse group of hardworking employees. Sportradar is committed to ensuring equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We encourage you to apply even if you only meet most of the requirements (but not 100% of the listed criteria) – we believe skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and grow with us, we invite you to join our team!