Tax Compliance Associate
EQT Ventures is the early-stage venture capital strategy of EQT Group, partnering with founders building 'Generation-Defining Companies.' With 1.1 billion euro invested behind the strategy, EQT Ventures acts as an early-stage lead investor, operational advisor, and high-conviction capital provider for ambitious European founders, typically investing between 2-50M EUR.
About EQT Ventures
EQT Ventures partners with founders building Generation-Defining Companies, aiming to back ambitious visions that can become game-changing, resilient businesses. As early-stage lead investors, operational advisors, and high-conviction capital providers, the team—made up of ex-founders and operators—provides hands-on support to help portfolio companies scale fast, break through barriers with access to the global EQT platform, and build long-term resilience. EQT Ventures is domiciled in Luxembourg, with investment advisors located in Stockholm, Paris, London, New York, Berlin and Amsterdam, and is focused on European companies, having backed over 140 founding teams to date across sectors such as AI, fintech, edtech, robotics, and aerospace. The firm operates through multiple funds, including EQT Ventures I, II, and III, with clients/portfolio companies ranging from early-stage startups like Sana Labs, 1X, Payrails, Parloa, and The Exploration Company.
Skills
About the Role
You will support fund tax reporting processes end-to-end, from data collection to final reporting, across a global investment fund platform spanning Luxembourg, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, the US, and other jurisdictions. You will review a wide range of tax deliverables for direct and indirect tax prepared by external service providers, and help calculate and distribute investor tax reporting on a regular basis. You will ensure local and international tax documentation and filings stay up to date across all business lines, and join weekly meetings with external service providers to ensure quality and adherence to timelines. You will collaborate on fund tax-specific and firm-wide projects, communicating directly with external providers and internal stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions. You will also contribute to continuous improvement of high-volume, data-intensive tax processes by leveraging systems, automation, and analytics tools, and support the coordination of tax correspondence, compliance communications, and related documentation, including interactions with authorities.
Requirements
- Master's degree or equivalent professional experience
- A minimum of 2-3 years of relevant work experience ideally within a Big Four tax compliance or tax advisory team
- Good knowledge of the international tax environment and tax principles
- Knowledge of accounting standards is considered a plus
- Efficient, well-organised, and independent professional attitude
- Strong organisational and multitasking skills with attention to detail
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and familiarity with process management tools
- Interest in data analytics tools (SQL, Python, PowerBI), automation, and AI is a plus
- Previous experience with project management, data management and process improvements is a plus
- Fluent in English, both spoken and written
Responsibilities
- Support fund tax reporting processes end-to-end, from data collection to final reporting
- Review tax deliverables for direct and indirect tax prepared by external service providers
- Support the regular and timely calculation and distribution of investor tax reporting
- Ensure proper, up-to-date local and international tax documentation and tax filings
- Participate in weekly meetings with external service providers
- Collaborate and provide support on fund tax-specific and firm-wide projects
- Communicate directly with external service providers and internal stakeholders
- Support continuous improvement of tax processes leveraging systems and automation
- Contribute to tax process improvement initiatives including automation and digitalisation
- Coordinate tax correspondence, compliance communications, and related documentation
- Support process optimisation initiatives including implementation of AI-enabled tools