German Capital Gains Tax Expert
HV Capital is a European venture capital firm that provides capital and support to bold founders across multiple stages and industries. With 26 years of experience, they have backed companies across AI & Enterprise Software, Deep Tech, Resilience & Defence, FinTech, and Consumer sectors.
About HV Capital
HV Capital is a venture capital firm with 26 years of experience investing in European innovation across multiple industries and business cycles. The firm backs founders from early stage through growth, spanning multiple fund generations, with a portfolio that includes companies in AI & Enterprise Software, Deep Tech, Resilience & Defence, FinTech, and Consumer sectors. Notable portfolio companies include NEURA Robotics, Zalando, n8n, Isar Aerospace, Quantum Systems, ARX, and Scalable Capital, with several portfolio companies having reached IPO. HV Capital has approximately €2.89 billion in assets under management and works with founders across multiple disciplines and team perspectives.
Skills
About the Role
You will bring deep expertise in the German Investment Tax Act and Income Tax Act to oversee the accurate calculation, withholding, remittance and reporting of German withholding tax, ensuring alignment with the latest BMF circulars. You'll provide day-to-day tax technical analysis and opinions, working closely with Product and Engineering to continuously improve existing tax processes. You'll oversee tax reporting cycles across daily, monthly and annual periods, including delivering Jahressteuerbescheinigungen, Vorabpauschale, and regulatory filings such as FSAK, CRS and MiKaDiv. You'll take ownership of automated tax reporting tools like CPB Sectras, proactively monitoring outputs and resolving operational discrepancies, especially around complex corporate actions. You'll directly handle intricate tax-related operational cases and own ad-hoc tax operational projects such as MiKaDiv and FASTER.
Requirements
- Deep functional understanding of the German Investment Tax Act (InvStG) and Income Tax Act (EStG)
- Experience with Kapitalertragsteuer (KESt) calculation, withholding, remittance and reporting
- Experience identifying and handling German tax implications on corporate actions
- Understanding of MiKaDiv and other German tax regulations
- Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into executable operational steps
- Track record working with banking tax engines and data providers such as CPB Sectras or WM Datenservice
- Fluency in German and good command of English
Responsibilities
- Provide German tax technical analysis and opinions
- Improve existing tax processes together with Product and Engineering
- Oversee and participate in tax reporting cycles across daily, monthly and annual periods
- Deliver Jahressteuerbescheinigungen, Vorabpauschale, and regulatory filings like FSAK, CRS and MiKaDiv
- Manage the performance of automated tax reporting tools such as CPB Sectras
- Monitor system outputs and resolve operational discrepancies or errors
- Handle and resolve complex tax-related operational cases such as intricate corporate actions
- Own and execute ad-hoc tax operational projects such as MiKaDiv and FASTER
Benefits
- €20,000 per year for AI tools
- 30 days of annual leave
- Sports benefits
- Confidential professional coaching
- Flexibility to work remotely abroad up to 183 days a year
- One-month fully paid sabbatical after every 4 years (UpRest)
- Personal development budget
- Flexible remote work option
- Employee equity program
- Company-wide events such as UpFest, dinners, offsites and Holiday party