Senior Tax Associate
About this role
DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.
Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.
We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.
We are hiring a Senior Tax Associate to join our team in London, supporting the Tax Director on all aspects of the firm's European tax profile. The role has a primary focus on indirect tax (VAT) across the UK and Europe, with meaningful exposure to corporate income tax matters affecting the firm's trading and operating entities in the region.
Key Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day VAT compliance oversight for UK and European entities, including preparation or review of deliverables prepared by external providers.
- Manage VAT registrations, fiscal representation, and cross-border issues as the firm's European footprint evolves.
- Monitor developments in UK and European indirect tax law (including ViDA, e-invoicing mandates, and financial services VAT exemption changes) and translate into practical guidance for the business.
- Partner with Finance and Operations on VAT recovery, partial exemption, and ERP/tax engine configuration, and with Business Management on reviewing new business proposals from a tax perspective.
- Support UK and European corporate tax compliance cycles, including review of computations and returns prepared by external advisors.
- Assist with quarterly and year-end tax provisioning under IFRS and/or US GAAP for European entities.
- Coordinate with global tax colleagues in the US on matters with cross-regional implications.
Candidate Profile
Required
- Approximately 5 years of post-qualification tax experience, gained in a Big 4 / mid-tier practice, in- house tax function, or a combination of both.
- ACA or CTA qualified (or recognised non-UK equivalent).
- Demonstrable UK VAT technical strength, including exposure to cross-border service flows and, ideally, financial services or trading-industry VAT issues (partial exemption, financial services exemption scope, commodity trading).
- Working knowledge of UK corporate tax, with the ability to research and form views on unfamiliar continental European tax issues.
- Comfort operating independently in a lean team, managing external advisors, and prioritising across multiple concurrent workstreams.
Preferred
- Prior in-house experience within financial services, trading, asset management, or a similarly regulated environment.
- Exposure to VAT regimes across multiple EU member states (Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain).
- Familiarity with e-invoicing / real-time reporting mandates and tax technology tooling.
- Exposure to Pillar Two, transfer pricing, or withholding tax analysis.
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Company at a glance
At DRW, we identify and capture trading and investment opportunities globally. What sets us apart is our diversified approach—trading across many asset classes and instruments, in markets around the world, with horizons from seconds to years. We succeed by leveraging technology, research and risk management.
We offer the best of both worlds: the opportunity and spirit of a startup and the benefits and stability of an established, experienced firm. Our employees work hard to solve interesting problems, and their results are rewarded. We value continuous learning—from our outcomes, from the environment and from each other. It’s a place of high expectations, deep curiosity, and constant collaboration, with some of the smartest, most passionate people you’ll meet.
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Chez DRW, nous identifions et saisissons les opportunités de négociation et d'investissement au niveau mondial. Ce qui nous différencie, c'est notre approche diversifiée : nous négocions sur de nombreuses classes d'actifs et d'instruments, sur des marchés du monde entier, avec des horizons allant de quelques secondes à plusieurs années. Nous réussissons en nous appuyant sur la technologie, la recherche et la gestion des risques. Nous offrons le meilleur des deux mondes: les opportunités et l'ésprit d’une entreprise en démarrage, et les avantages et la stabilité d'une entreprise établie et expérimentée. Nos employés travaillent dur pour résoudre des problèmes intéressants et leurs résultats sont récompensés. Nous valorisons l'apprentissage continu – de nos résultats, de l’environnement et de chacun de nous. C’est un lieu où les attentes sont élevées, la curiosité est profonde et la collaboration est constante, et où l’on retrouve quelques-uns des individus les plus intelligents et les plus passionnés que vous puissiez rencontrer.
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