Vice President, Tax Compliance
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.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will lead US tax reporting and compliance activities, coordinate investor tax reporting, and review external-provider deliverables. You will oversee tax payments, respond to audits and investor queries, support employee tax matters, and improve compliance processes through automation.
Requirements
- Master's degree or equivalent professional experience in tax, accounting, or law.
- Around 7 years of tax compliance or tax advisory experience gained at a professional services firm, in a financial controller role, or as a tax lawyer.
- Understanding of investment fund structures, including feeders, blockers, sidecars, co-investment vehicles, carry, and waterfall computation models.
- Knowledge of tax principles and the regulatory environment, with hands-on tax compliance experience.
- Microsoft Office proficiency and familiarity with process management tools.
- Fluency in spoken and written English.
Responsibilities
- Lead US federal, investor, and personal tax reporting, including annual K-1 preparation for US private wealth products.
- Coordinate US tax reporting for individual investors across Private Capital and Real Assets.
- Review tax deliverables prepared by external service providers for quality and accuracy.
- Oversee the calculation and distribution of investor tax reports, including quarterly tax estimates.
- Manage timely payment of state tax liabilities and lead investor tax queries.
- Partner with HR teams and service providers to support employees with complex personal tax situations during international assignments.
- Maintain oversight of external tax reporting providers, including quality, timelines, and budgets.
- Lead responses to tax audits and authority requests.
- Drive automation and process improvements across tax compliance activities.
Benefits
- Paid time off.
- Parental leave.
- Wellbeing and wellness support.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Benefits effective from the first day of employment.
