Tax Manager

Role

Octopus Energy Generation (OEGen) manages over £7 bn of clean-energy assets and is expanding its in-house tax team. We are hiring a Tax Manager to own the tax lifecycle for a defined portfolio of development funds, from investment structuring to exit.

Responsibilities

• Act as lead tax adviser for allocated OEGen funds and SPVs.
• Design cross-border holding structures with investment teams and external advisers.
• Manage multi-jurisdiction compliance calendars, review CIT, VAT and WHT returns prepared by local advisers.
• Own tax provisions, deferred-tax balances and financial-statement disclosures for the fund group.
• Maintain tax governance frameworks, risk registers and internal policies.
• Lead tax work-streams on acquisitions, disposals, refinancings and restructurings.
• Review transaction documents to flag structuring and pricing implications.
• Be the primary tax contact for fund finance, investment and portfolio teams.

Requirements

• 5-6+ years’ post-qualification experience in corporate tax (Big 4, top-tier law firm or in-house).
• Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) or ACA with tax specialism; tax lawyers with compliance exposure welcomed.
• Proven track record with multi-jurisdictional structures and coordinating external advisers.
• Strong tax-accounting skills – current/deferred tax, provisioning, audited accounts.
• Comfortable managing projects, prioritising deadlines and communicating at senior level.

Preferred

• Infrastructure or energy-asset experience.
• Fund-structure knowledge.
• German, French, Italian or Spanish language skills.

Octopus Energy is an equal-opportunity employer. We discuss salary openly once we meet you.