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Tax Compliance & Transfer Pricing Specialist
Finance Operations – IoT Division
Location: Global focus (primarily UK, US, Germany, Italy, Spain & Portugal)
Join Vodafone, where we don’t just build a better future for our customers—we build it for the people who drive our global mission.
About the Role
Vodafone IoT is pioneering connectivity for a smarter, sustainable world—from autonomous vehicles to smart healthcare and industrial IoT. We’re a purpose-driven, innovation-led organisation, empowering teams of problem-solvers, collaborators, and forward-thinkers to deliver world-changing impact.
As a Tax Compliance & Transfer Pricing Specialist in Finance Operations, you’ll support our international IoT family across six key markets. This operationally critical role ensures financial integrity, secures margins, and drives tax compliance and strategy—directly impacting Vodafone IoT’s growth and business stability.
The focus:
- Leverage your global tax expertise to optimise Vodafone IoT’s tax position and minimise risks in high-growth markets.
- Drive tax efficiency while aligning with legal and business objectives, ensuring transparency and sustainability.
- Lead cross-functional collaboration—between teams, external advisors, and regulators—to navigate audits, tax submissions, and financial reporting for aligning agreements across legal entities.
- Future-Proof Vodafone IoT with proactive tax, regulatory, and financial strategy, supporting our digital transformation and global expansion.
Your Key Responsibilities
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Tax Compliance & Risk Management
- Scrutinise & monitor international tax registrations across Vodafone IoT’s footprint to mitigate tax risks and ensure compliance.
- Monitor and manage internal, regulatory, and external audits—coordinating responses and impacts across jurisdictions.
- Identify tax risks in new or existing transactions, ensuring full analysis of direct and indirect tax implications for operational decisions.
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Transfer Pricing & Intercompany Alignment
- Own transfer pricing documentation policy across all IoT entities—ensuring alignment with OECD guidelines and regulatory standards.
- Update and review intercompany pricing documentation at least annually while incorporating operational guidance & BEPS requirements.
- Align intercompany agreements with the economic substance of transactions, ensuring correct intercompany charges and risk-sharing responsibility among entities.
- Work with senior tax leaders and business stakeholders to arrange transfer pricing nexus risk assessment of current mechanisms and intermediaries.
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Tax Reporting & Emerging Trends
- Prepare tax-related reporting submissions for Vodafone Group forecasts and statutory filings (e.g., BEPS reports, DOTS, aged invoice lists).
- Ensure integrated controls over tax numbers posted in Vodafone’s SAP system & verified against Group standards.
- Monitor global tax, regulatory & legislative changes, keeping the IoT finance team up-to-date to advise internal stakeholders.
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Proactive Tax Advisory & Collaboration
- Provide advice on tax implications of Vodafone IoT’s new solutions, product models, and group restructures (e.g., better contracts, grant applications, compliance with tax treaties).
- Collaborate with legal, procurement, and finance teams to structure transactions (e.g., licensing, higher-tax business management).
- Optimise cross-entity working methods & systems to enhance efficiency—including with external tax advisory & IT resources.
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Regulatory & Stakeholder Engagement
- Maintain open, strategic relationships with tax authorities, regional national tax bodies (including customs), and outsourced tax service providers.
- Lead the IoT tax learning account within Vodafone’s internal systems, ensuring clear intercompany capabilities.
Who You Are
Your dynamism, analytical rigor, and global mindset make you the perfect partner to drive tax and financial strategy for Vodafone IoT’s continued growth.
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Essential Experience
- 5+ years of tax experience within a multinational company, particularly in IoT, telecommunications, or tech (or a highly relevant sector like finance services, consumer goods, logistics, etc.).
- Ability to drive compliance & multijurisdiction frameworks for New Business Development and existing businesses through audits & Group evaluation.
- International insight: Experience working with diverse tax systems (minimum 2 pre- USPAP) pa tax-filing requirements.
- Operational & compliance-focused: Adept at bolt-on audits, accounts/payments reconciliation, transfer pricing dispute and audit processes.
- Technical expertise: Familiarity with SAP Longview, ERP systems, and global legislation around BT Exemption, VAT (ITER, MC & outlier), GST, cross-border rules, and Eco-Matters compliance/CEA registration.
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Corporate Travel & Skill Set
- Travel may be required (around 50% global business), including year-end, APV, RTO work, regulatory updates, or urgent compliance issues.
- Key strengths: Problem-solving, financial awareness, transfer pricing, intercompany contract negotiation, modular revenue investments, company structuring.
This May Be Right for You If
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- You’re passionate about Tax & Transfer Pricing and want to influence a fast-growing IoT division.
- You thrive in cross-border environments and appreciate balance between regional specificities and group-wide solutions.
- You want to grow with Vodafone in a purpose-driven organisation with global impact.
We are not searching for a ‘perfect’ fit—trust your experience. If you share the ambition and flexibility to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
What’s in It for You
The Impact of Vodafone IoT
We’re not just connecting devices—we’re unlocking smarter cities, cleaner industries, and healthier ecosystems. Our 200+ million IoT connections extend into 180+ countries, driving transformational tech that’s secure, scalable, and ethical.
As part of this mission, your work directly supports: ✔ Corporate ESG goals, ensuring Vodafone IoT plays a role in the circular economy and green economy. ✔ Vodafone’s commitment to inclusivity—we’re building a workplace where every member feels valued, creative, and empowered.
Career Growth
- Join a collaborative, mindshift-setting culture where 62% of our latest hires are our own employees—not just talent we’ve chosen to nurture for sure success but also promoting diversity and innovation.
- Future-proof your skills in a leading IoT fintech environment: from strategic advice to international affairs within the tech vertical.
- No rigid boxes at Vodafone—customers are the ‘world’ and we adapt processes, products, and pricing simply to succeed in hyper-diverse business environments, wherever IoT proves to be a game-changer.
Wellbeing & Inclusion
At Vodafone, we deliver talent development pathways including stretch assignments, mentorships, and peer programs—so you achieve growth both personally and professionally.
We are radically inclusive: We warmly welcome colleagues from underrepresented backgrounds, and we host regular, anonymous-inclusion initiatives—because everyone deserves to thrive, every day.
If you need additional adjustments during the application process (e.g., extended assessment timings, breaks, or accommodation technologies), please see the Accessibility section on Vodafone’s careers platform.
The Next Step
Together, we can shape a smarter and leaner future.
Start your journey with Vodafone IoT as a Tax Compliance & Transfer Pricing Specialist, where tax-smart growth opportunities meet real-world impact. Acquisition regions listed above—for application details, please contact tax.recruitment@eu.vodafone.com | Vodafone Careers.
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