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Description

Senior Tax Director, 13 years of experience exclusively in-house within multinational groups (Eutelsat/AntennaCo, Orange, Alstom, Atalian, CACEIS). I quickly and autonomously take on complex tax functions — at AntennaCo, I set up the group's tax function from scratch and made it operational in less than 3 months.

WHAT I DO FOR YOU:

• Interim Tax Director / Interim Head of Tax (carve-out, merger, key position departure)

• Pillar Two / GloBE Compliance — data collection, jurisdictional ETR calculation, top-up tax

• Transfer pricing documentation — Master File, Local Files, Form 2257, intercompany benchmarks

• DAC7 Implementation — marketplaces and digital platforms

• EMEA Tax Compliance Audit — corporate tax, VAT, withholding taxes, local taxes diagnosis

• M&A Tax Due Diligence — buy-side / sell-side, structuring, tax warranty

• R&D Tax Credits / Foreign Tax Credits Optimization — modeling and audit defense

• IPO Readiness / Readiness Audit — IFRIC 23 UTP, DTA recoverability, auditable ETR walk

WHY ME:

• Recognized Builder: Tax function built in 60 days (AntennaCo)

• Rare Hybrid Profile: Senior tax + 2 years management control + 3 years international contracts

• Multi-jurisdictional EMEA Coverage (40+ countries), IFRS/IAS 12, Pillar Two, DAC6/DAC7 proficiency

• Daily AI Practitioner in Tax Workflows (Claude, ChatGPT, Casus IA)

• Working Language: Native French + C2 English (bilingual, daily)

AVAILABILITY: within 1 month, assignments from 1 to 12 months. Response within 24 hours.

LOCATION: Paris — on-site IDF, hybrid or full remote.

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km)

AntennaCo / Eutelsat Group
Tax Director — Head of Tax
November 2025 - Today (7 months)
Paris, France
• Complete and autonomous construction of the group tax function (AntennaCo Holdings SAS, AntennaCo US LLC) in less than 60 days — Corporate Tax, VAT, withholding, local taxes, planning.
• Group transfer pricing policy, intercompany flows ~€75–80 million/year, ~750 intercompany transactions documented under OECD Tier 1/2.
• Tax aspect of Project Stargate (€790M, EQT Infrastructure) — due diligence, structuring, negotiation of tax warranty (transaction blocked by state veto on strategic assets).
VAT Transfer Pricing Mergers and Acquisitions International Taxation Taxation
Atalian Group
Tax Manager
November 2024 - January 2025 (2 months)
Paris, France
• Tax compliance for 50 international subsidiaries — coordination with Big 4 across 20+ jurisdictions.
• Complete rewrite of group transfer pricing documentation (Master File, Local Files).
• Assignment terminated due to employer's initiative during the probationary period.
Orange ICN
International Contracts & Tax Counsel
May 2021 - October 2024 (3 years and 5 months)
Paris, France
Tax advice on international contracts in the telecom, operator, and industrial patronage sectors.

• Tax clauses, withholding taxes, gross-up, permanent establishment, cross-border VAT.
• Coordination between Legal / Tax / Finance on complex multi-jurisdictional deals (40+ countries).
• Interface with external auditors and tax authorities on sensitive technical positions.