Interim Senior Financial Reporting and Tax Accountant

About Us

The Company: Dotdigital is a thriving global community of passionate, dedicated professionals, committed to the collective success of the organization and its clients. Our core principles of innovation, teamwork, and client-focused solutions drive us to approach challenges with a growth mindset and take ownership of our work. At Dotdigital, collaboration and curiosity pave the way for meaningful connections and learning opportunities with diverse peers. Our work environment encourages knowledge sharing, fosters exploration, and cherishes creative ideas. Combined, these guide us towards a shared vision in which brands around the world exceed customer expectations through the adoption of responsible marketing practices.

The Product: Dotdigital is an all-in-one customer experience and data platform (CXDP) that empowers marketing teams to exceed customer expectations with highly personalized cross-channel journeys. With Dotdigital, marketers can seamlessly unify, enrich, and segment customer data. Breaking down data silos, Dotdigital streamlines decision-making and paves the way for marketing creativity that delivers customer engagement at scale. With powerful AI capabilities, Dotdigital makes it easy to automate deeply personalized experiences across web, email, SMS, WhatsApp, chat, push, social, ads, and more.

About the Role

Role Purpose: To assist in all global reporting and tax compliance and provide support to the wider finance team where required.

The ideal candidate will perform well under pressure and will have the ability to motivate and empower others to reach organisational goals. The role will be challenging but highly rewarding.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Support the preparation of UK & foreign entity statutory accounts

Aid in the production of UK & foreign entity tax returns

Assist with international payroll and benefits reporting as required

Assist with international sales tax reporting as required

Aid with completing and submitting various statistical reports such as ONS reports in a timely manner

Support month-end close for non-trading entities

Assist with global R&D tax claims

Assist with Group audit

Help with ad hoc projects

About You

The ideal candidate will be fully qualified or part qualified with:

A minimum of 5 years industry experience working in practice or within a busy finance team for a global company

Knowledge and experience of all parts of a modern finance team

Hands on experience with a US entity and in particular US tax is highly desirable

Consolidation experience is also desirable

A good understanding of IFRS and UK tax

Comfortable in a high-growth SaaS or tech environment

Must have strong communication skills and digital literacy, and experience working hybrid/remote within a team

Experience (desirable) with the following systems

Sage (other systems will be considered if candidate can demonstrate a good understanding of accounting packages

HubSpot

Excel

The candidate must have a good understanding of SME organisations and particularly the direct impact their work has on the entire organisation

Will need to be confident, motivated and have a professional manner. They will need to have good time management and organisational skills and be willing to learn and show an appetite to progress within the role

The department works under a monthly plan (which may change depending on time of year) which aims to hit targets to improve the overall performance of the entire group

The team atmosphere is intellectually challenging, demanding, friendly, non-bureaucratic and continually evolving. Although relaxed it is highly professional in nature

Dynamic role which will evolve and change as the company grows and evolves to meet its business needs.

Why Us

Don’t just take our word for it - hear what your future colleagues have to say about working in our team:

"Dotdigital is a great place to challenge yourself, we grow with and not for the company, as a team we share knowledge and always help each other out"

Interview Process

15min Screening Call with Team Talent

1 hour video interview with Head of Financial Reporting and Tax and a team member

1 hour FINAL video interview with Head of Financial Reporting and Tax and Group Finance Director

Some of Our Global Benefits

Parental leave

Medical benefits

Paid sick leave

Dotdigital day

Share reward

Wellbeing reward

Wellbeing Days

Loyalty reward

DEI commitment

As an equal opportunities employer we are committed to equality in all its practices with regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation. If you have any additional requirements or adjustments to assist an application then please don't hesitate to contact us and advise us how we can best support you.

Legal statement

No agencies/recruiters please. We are only accepting applications directly from the applicants. If you are a recruiter, please refrain from reaching out to our staff about this position. Anything contrary will be treated as unsolicited approach under the applicable data protection law.