Oxford University Press (OUP) is a world‑leading university press with a unique mission: to create and share knowledge that improves lives across the globe. As our operations continue to evolve, we’re looking for a collaborative, commercially aware Senior Indirect Tax Manager to join us.

About the Role

This is a high‑impact global role where partnership is everything. You’ll work closely with senior leaders, finance teams, legal colleagues, and our Global Process Lead to ensure OUP meets its global VAT and indirect tax obligations while supporting our charitable objectives and protecting our reputation worldwide.

Key Accountabilities:

• Act as the primary VAT and indirect tax partner to OUP’s global businesses.
• Build strong, trusted relationships with stakeholders across the organisation, ensuring tax considerations are understood and embedded in decision‑making.
• Provide clear, timely, and practical advice on VAT queries, contractual matters (in partnership with Group Legal), and business initiatives.
• Support VAT due diligence and integration activities for any acquired businesses.
• Engage with senior business leaders to understand new products, services, and routes to market — assessing and communicating the tax implications.
• Monitor global legislative changes and work with external advisers where needed.
• Lead on implementing new tax registrations and de‑registrations.
• Partner closely with the Global Process Lead & OneSource Business Owner to shape VAT systems solutions and support the global rollout of OneSource as part of OUP’s ERP transformation.
• Sign off UK VAT returns, including OUP’s VAT sector within the University’s return, distance selling registrations, and the IOSS return.
• Oversee global VAT/indirect tax compliance, including reviewing returns and supporting local finance teams.
• Manage global tax authority queries and audits.
• Maintain oversight of supply chain VAT implications, including incoterms and product movements.
• Ensure compliance for digital product routes to market, including registration and invoicing requirements.
• Oversee the application of the education exemption and its impact on partial exemption.
• Ensure all indirect tax filing deadlines are met globally through the Smart Tax Suite.
• Support the Group Tax Director in monitoring global tax risks and developing mitigation strategies.
• Work with local management to resolve issues and manage any significant tax authority interactions.
• Contribute to tax strategy implementation and prepare inputs for Group Audit Committee reporting.

We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office. 

About You

Essential:

• Experience of working in an Indirect Tax role in a global environment.
• Tax or accountancy qualification.
• Expertise in VAT rules including place of supply, exemptions, reverse charge, distance registrations and IOSS etc.
• Knowledge of global VAT / indirect tax rules, preferably learnt in the context of a multinational group.
• Knowledge of relevant Customs issues.
• Experience of working in an ERP and Tax engine environment and good working knowledge of system functionality.
• A collaborative and inclusive approach when gathering facts and information but decisive when necessary to reach timely conclusions and decisions.
• Strong and effective communication written and verbal skills at all levels of the organization.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of operating in a process environment (e.g. PTP, OTC etc).
• Understanding of internal controls for process area.

Benefits

We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies. 

We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts. 

This role comes with the added benefit of private medical insurance and a management bonus.

Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.

Queries

Please contact claire.rees@oup.com with any queries relating to this role. 

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.