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Tax Manager

Sumo Digital

United Kingdom - Sumo Digital·Full-time

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The role, as advertised by Sumo Digital

  • Be the Sumo finance lead on VGEC, VGTR, R&D and corporate tax matters, including providing insight and analysis to the Senior Finance Manager, Group FC and Group FD. 
  • Drive positive change, identify and deliver operating efficiencies in the way we work through programme of continuous improvement.
  • Be the key point of contact on VGEC matters for development, commercial and support teams, influencing business decisions and contract structures to drive better outcomes.
  • Provide advice and support on tax clauses and provisions in the new project bid, onboarding and contracting process. 
  • Be responsible for the end to end process for Sumo’s VGEC claims, including working with development and support teams to understand games, through to ensuring all technical and legal processes work effectively and that claims are delivered on time.
  • Provide support, coaching, development and review for the Assistant Finance Manager responsible for VGEC claim documentation and month end VGEC processing.
  • Develop a deep understanding of relevant UK VGEC guidance, working with Sumo’s external VGEC advisors, and use this knowledge to influence Sumo’s commercial contracts and optimise Sumo’s claims within the permitted rules.
  • Monitor the VGEC strategy across all projects, maintaining transfer pricing policies and ensuring the Group’s legal and contractual structure optimises VGEC claims.
  • Manage completion of relevant SPV subsidiary company statutory accounts preparation, audits and tax returns, working closely with advisors and auditors. 
  • Oversee the critical month-end accounting processes for VGEC, analyse and report on KPIs and & monitor VGEC utilisation data across projects.
  • Lead the RDEC claim process, working with project teams to identify R&D qualifying activities and preparing documentation.
  • Maintain corporate tax structuring and compliance processes, assisting in the optimisation of Group losses.
  • Lead tax forecasting and monthly tax reporting, including reporting to Sumo’s parent company on routine tax matters and any international tax information submissions.
  • Support in the preparation of year end tax accruals and liaise with auditors on the audit of tax.
  • Maintain strong relationships with tax advisors and be responsible for the preparation of information in relation to corporation tax returns.
  • Maintain transfer pricing documentation, and advise on and monitor compliance with Sumo’s transfer pricing policy. 
  • Be the key point of contact for Sumo’s parent Group (Tencent) tax team, delivering any group tax reporting requirements and Pillar two compliance.
  • Support in reviewing, advising and liaising with external advisors across other tax areas including VAT, WHT, and global mobility.
  • Other ad-hoc analysis and project support as required.

    • This role at a glance

    This is one of 42 business and operations roles open in England today, out of 631 live games jobs across the UK, and Sumo Digital is hiring for 10 other roles alongside it. The title doesn’t name a seniority, so it most likely sits at mid level — the posting’s requirements are the best guide to the experience wanted. Like most UK games roles it doesn’t publish a salary, and too few business and operations roles do for a fair comparison. Our salary guide covers typical ranges.

    Discipline
    Business & Operations
    Level (from the title)
    Mid-level
    On gamesJobs since
    14 Oct 2026
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    About Sumo Digital

    Sumo Digital is a Sheffield-headquartered developer founded in 2003, and part of Sumo Group, which was acquired by Tencent in 2022. It operates several studios across the UK as well as overseas, and has worked on titles including Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Crackdown 3 and many co-development projects for major publishers.

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