Role overview

Checkout.com is a global payments platform powering over 10 billion transactions yearly for major companies like eBay, Spotify, Klarna, Uber, and Sony. You will join the Tax team as the Global Equity Tax Specialist, serving as the primary expert on equity taxation matters across the company’s operations in 20 offices spanning six continents, with London as headquarters.

Key responsibilities

Provide technical and commercially focused advice on the employment tax treatment of equity arrangements and related events throughout their lifecycle across all relevant jurisdictions.
Assess tax treatment of equity activity including sourcing, apportionment, withholding, payroll and reporting requirements across multiple jurisdictions, determining when internal handling is appropriate versus when specialist local advice is needed.
Work closely with Equity and Payroll teams to ensure accurate and timely withholding, payroll processing, payslip reporting, employee funding and downstream reporting of equity-related tax matters.
Maintain the global equity tax compliance calendar, coordinating returns, notifications, reporting packs, approvals and supporting evidence while reviewing data quality and completeness used for payroll, reporting and compliance submissions.
Identify, assess and remediate historic or live compliance issues including missing filings, incorrect withholding, incomplete reporting and data weaknesses, and support tax authority enquiries, audits and voluntary disclosures.
Build and continuously improve the global equity tax operating model through process documentation, decision logs, filing trackers, data specifications and audit-ready approaches while maintaining flexibility for local requirements.
Partner with Finance, Payroll, People, Legal, Accounting and other teams to embed equity tax considerations into business decisions, manage external tax adviser relationships, and develop employee-facing guidance materials.

Requirements

Significant experience in global equity tax gained in either an advisory or in-house environment.
Strong technical knowledge of the employment tax treatment of equity arrangements across multiple jurisdictions, including cross-border employees, sourcing, apportionment, withholding, payroll and reporting.
Practical understanding of how equity tax interacts with payroll, employee data, finance processes and local compliance requirements.
Experience managing or supporting equity tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions with sound judgment about when local specialist advice is required.
Ability to balance hands-on technical work with process improvement, stakeholder management and continuous improvement initiatives.

What makes this role worth considering

This position offers the opportunity to work on career-defining work at a company that powers digital payments globally and moves fast while valuing exceptional people with conviction and curiosity. You will operate at the intersection of multiple business functions—Tax, Equity, Finance, Payroll, People, Legal and Accounting—translating complex technical requirements into practical, workable processes while helping establish clear ownership and supporting remediation of compliance matters.