Senior Indirect Tax Associate

Farfetch is a leading global marketplace for the luxury fashion industry. The Farfetch Marketplace connects customers in over 190 countries and territories with items from more than 50 countries and over 1,400 of the world’s best brands, boutiques, and department stores, delivering a truly unique shopping experience and access to the most extensive selection of luxury on a global marketplace.

FINANCE

We're a diverse team who partners and supports the business to enable delivery against our strategic and financial goals. All of our functions have an instrumental role within Farfetch to drive forward a financially sustainable business, ensuring we set the guardrails for financial control and enable financial performance.

PORTO

Our office is near Porto, in the north of Portugal, and is located in a vibrant business hub. It offers a dynamic and welcoming environment where our employees can connect and network with a large community of tech professionals.

ROLE

Reporting to the Indirect Tax Senior Manager, you will help lead the junior members and collaborate with the wider team to support the overall Farfetch Group on all Indirect Tax matters on an international level. This is a unique opportunity to join a multidisciplinary Indirect Tax team working from an international business perspective. You will experience first-hand the impact that Indirect Tax has on a Group with a worldwide presence and help tailor the path to What has never been done before.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Actively support the wider team in the preparation and design of procedures for the integration of new entities and realities that the business decides to take on. This will imply contact with multiple teams, ranging from Tech to Product and Finance
• Analyze new business lines, transactions, projects, and procedures within FARFETCH to provide VAT advisory support. You will help lead the team in identifying opportunities, designing solutions and/or improvement proposals
• Actively support junior members of the team on projects, implementation procedures and/or day-to-day advisory requests received from the wider FARFETCH Group regarding Indirect Tax issues (ranging from VAT to GST and Us Sales Tax)
• Review and monitor workflows, and ensure that respective tax-related documentation is up to date
• Collaborate with the wider Indirect Tax team (including our internal compliance & Reporting team) in any Indirect Tax workstreams and serving as point of contact for the wider finance team

WHO YOUR ARE

• Indirect tax professional with a minimum of 3 years of experience
• Experience in EU VAT
• Experience with US Sales Tax or GST in Canada is an advantage
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Previous experience in e-commerce and/or the fashion industry is an advantage
• Dynamic and proactive person, with a high sense of responsibility and high autonomy
• Excellent team player, with the ability to adapt and interact with different departments (including Tech and other teams outside of the Finance area). Good communication skills are crucial
• Results-driven mindset and problem-solving skills are required, as we are a fast-paced company, growing and changing daily

REWARDS & BENEFITS

• Health insurance for the whole family, flexible working environment and well-being support and tools
• Extra days off, sabbatical program and days for you to give back for the community
• Training opportunities and free access to Udemy
• Flexible benefits program

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES STATEMENT

• Farfetch is committed to being an inclusive workplace where diversity in all its forms is celebrated. We make employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition as defined by state law, physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic information or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local laws or ordinances. If you require special accommodation, please let us know.