Head of Tax

About the role
Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Head of Tax will own the group tax strategy and preserve and create value across Perigus Energy by reducing cash leakage, optimising investment structures and managing tax risk proactively. Acting as a commercial partner to investment, legal, finance, treasury and advisory teams across Ireland, the UK, Germany and Spain, the role requires someone who can challenge assumptions and translate complex tax matters into practical solutions that improve cash flow and support transaction execution. With more than 100 operating and non-operating entities, the group has a complex, multi-jurisdictional structure that will continue to evolve as the business grows. This is a hands-on opportunity to build a scalable in-house tax function, improve how tax is managed across the group and support Perigus Energy through its next stage of development.

You’ll play an important role in:

· Group tax strategy: Own and lead the group tax strategy in line with business needs.

· Value creation: Reduce tax leakage and accelerate cash recovery across the group.

· Investment structuring: Lead tax structuring and execution on transactions.

· Compliance & governance: Own group tax compliance, transfer pricing and tax risk.

· Business partnering: Act as a commercial partner to deal with finance and treasury teams and direct external advisers.

Value Creation & Cash Optimisation

This is the defining accountability of the role:

· Identify and quantify tax leakage across the group and deliver plans to eliminate or reduce it.

· Review group structures, financing arrangements and operational flows to maximise after-tax cash generation, and drive cash tax forecasting and optimisation.

· Accelerate cash recovery through VAT reclaims, withholding tax recoveries, tax credits, loss utilisation and capital allowance claims.

· Partner with Treasury on financing structures and cross-border cash movements, protecting interest deductibility under the interest limitation rules in each jurisdiction.

· Direct and challenge external advisers, ensuring planning is practical, measurable and implemented, and building the processes to bring priority activities in house over time.

Investment Structuring & Transactions

· Lead tax structuring for acquisitions, development investments, joint ventures, disposals and group reorganisations.

· Support tax due diligence and funding papers and liaise with counterparty and supporting tax teams.

· Structure consideration, milestone and earn-out payments and funding flows to manage interest income, deductibility and restrictions.

· Provide and validate tax assumptions within investment cases, and own implementation and post-deal integration of agreed structures.

Compliance & Governance

· Ireland & UK: Own annual corporate tax returns, VAT, RCT compliance and provisioning; act as principal contact with Revenue and HMRC.

· Germany, Denmark & Spain: Oversee outsourced compliance, controlling scope, cost and consistency with the group position.

· Indirect tax: Advise the business on indirect tax matters and associated risks.

· Employment taxes & global mobility: Act as subject matter expert on HR taxes, including payroll, BIK and global mobility.

· Transfer pricing: Own the group TP policy and documentation and defend positions with tax authorities.

· Governance: Maintain the group tax risk register, control framework and compliance calendar.

· Reporting & audit: Deliver tax reporting for statutory, lender and shareholder purposes, act as primary contact with the shareholder’s tax team, advise the Board and CFO on tax risk, policy and the tax implications of key transactions, and manage audits and tax authority enquiries.

To succeed in the role:

· Qualified accountant and/or CTA, with corporate tax experience from a major accounting firm and a track record at a similar level in an international organisation.

· Strong knowledge of tax legislation in Ireland and the UK, with working knowledge of other European jurisdictions in which the group operates.

· Experience implementing transfer pricing policies and procedures.

· Good knowledge of tax accounting under IFRS.

· Experience in renewable energy or infrastructure would be an advantage.

· Strong project management skills, with a pragmatic and efficient approach to complex matters.

· Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to deal effectively at all levels within the organization.

· Flexible ‘Can do’ mentality with a strong work ethic, proactive, and self-motivated

· Strong research and analytical skills, with the ability to resolve complex tax issues and propose practical solutions.

· Drive for continuous process improvement aligned to the needs of the business.