Scholar Rock is delivering muscle-targeted breakthroughs to transform the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and other rare neuromuscular diseases where muscle atrophy remains a critical unmet need.
As a global leader in myostatin biology, a field focused on proteins that regulate muscle mass, the biopharmaceutical company is named for the visual resemblance of a scholar rock to protein structures. Our commitment to unlock fundamentally different treatment approaches is powered by broad application of a proprietary platform, which has developed novel monoclonal antibodies to modulate protein growth factors with extraordinary selectivity. Scholar Rock works every day to create new possibilities for patients through its highly innovative anti-myostatin program, including opportunities in additional rare neuromuscular diseases. Learn more about our neuromuscular franchise at ScholarRock.com and follow @ScholarRock on X and on LinkedIn.
We are looking for an experienced International Indirect Tax professional to join our growing tax team. The Director, International Indirect Tax will be based in Scholar Rock Ireland’s Dublin office and report to the Vice President, Tax. In this role, you will lead Scholar Rock's non-U.S. indirect tax strategy, planning, compliance, technology, and controversy. The role is the principal subject matter expert for VAT, GST, import VAT, e-invoicing, Intrastat, ESL, OSS, and equivalent international transaction taxes.
You'll be joining at a pivotal moment as we establish our Dublin office and expand our European presence. This is a chance to shape how Scholar Rock approaches global tax compliance from the ground up, with real ownership and visibility across the organization. This role will partner closely with Supply Chain, Finance, and Legal to ensure VAT requirements are embedded into systems and business models as regulations evolve around the world.
Position Responsibilities
- Serve as primary technical advisor on VAT, GST, import VAT, and other non-U.S. transaction taxes.
- Collaborate closely with the Director, Supply Chain and Logistics to align import VAT requirements with customs requirements.
- Advise on indirect tax consequences for place and time of supply, invoicing, reverse charge, self-assessment, exemptions, reduced rates, zero-rating, and recovery.
- Review manufacturing, supply, distribution, licensing, collaboration, procurement, and commercial agreements for indirect tax consequences.
- Identify opportunities to improve VAT recovery and manage compliance and operational risk; prepare technical memoranda for material positions.
- Own global VAT, GST, and equivalent indirect tax registrations, deregistrations, returns, payments, refunds, carryforwards, and filing governance.
- Oversee ESL, Intrastat, OSS, import VAT reports, annual returns, SAF-T, real-time reporting, local listings, and other digital submissions.
- Ensure filings reconcile to ledgers, subledgers, tax engines, customs records, procurement, billing, and statutory accounts.
- Oversee partial exemption, VAT recovery, and refund claims.
- Manage external compliance providers, fiscal representatives, local agents, advisors, deadlines, budgets, and escalation protocols.
- Validate that tax determination, invoicing, reporting, reconciliation, and post-launch monitoring are operational before first commercial supply.
- Support internal and external audit requests and maintain complete, audit-ready documentation.
- Own international indirect tax requirements for ERP, procurement, AP, order-to-cash, billing, tax engines, and e-invoicing.
- Define and govern VAT and GST determination, international indirect tax codes, condition records, decision logic, and tax master data.
- Lead non-US indirect tax design, configuration, integrations, migration, testing, cutover, stabilization, and defect management as part of the ERP implementation.
- Coordinate with the Vice President, Tax on indirect tax inputs / implications for direct tax, transfer pricing, PE, and withholding matters.
- Lead VAT, GST, import VAT, and other international indirect tax examinations, assessments, disclosures, appeals, settlements, and refund reviews.
International Indirect Tax Strategy and Advisory
VAT, GST Compliance
ERP, and Tax Technology
Audits, and Controversy
Candidate Qualifications
- Degree in Tax, Accounting, Finance, Legal, Information Systems, or related field; professional qualification preferred.
- 12+ years of VAT, GST or international indirect tax experience.
- Fluency in English; additional European languages are beneficial
- Experience with data analytics or AI-enabled tools
- Deep European VAT knowledge and practical experience across multiple jurisdictions.
- Experience overseeing complex VAT or GST compliance, registrations, refunds, and audits.
- Experience advising on cross-border supply chains, imports, exports, intercompany transactions, and commercialization models.
- Experience with e-invoicing, digital reporting, Intrastat, ESL, OSS, and related obligations.
- Experience with SAP S4HANA, Vertex, billing, procurement, and indirect tax master data.
- Strong understanding of SOX, controls, project management, and advisor oversight.
Preferred Qualifications
- Combination of Big Four or professional services and in-house multinational experience.
- Biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, or life sciences experience.
- Experience with SAP, Vertex, Avalara, Thomson Reuters, or comparable platforms.
- Familiarity with data analytics, workflow automation, and responsible uses of artificial intelligence.
Skills Required
- Degree in Tax, Accounting, Finance, Legal, Information Systems, or a related field
- Professional qualification
- 12+ years of VAT, GST, or international indirect tax experience
- Fluency in English
- Additional European languages
- Experience with data analytics or AI-enabled tools
- Deep European VAT knowledge across multiple jurisdictions
- Experience overseeing VAT or GST compliance, registrations, refunds, and audits
- Experience advising on cross-border supply chains, imports, exports, intercompany transactions, and commercialization models
- Experience with e-invoicing, digital reporting, Intrastat, ESL, OSS, and related obligations
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA, Vertex, billing, procurement, and indirect tax master data
- Strong understanding of SOX, controls, project management, and advisor oversight
- Combination of Big Four or professional services and in-house multinational experience
- Biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, or life sciences experience
- Experience with SAP, Vertex, Avalara, Thomson Reuters, or comparable platforms
- Familiarity with data analytics, workflow automation, and responsible uses of artificial intelligence
What We Do
Scholar Rock is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and delivers life-changing therapies for people with serious diseases that have high unmet need. As a global leader in the biology of the transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) superfamily of cell proteins and named for the visual resemblance of a scholar rock to protein structures, the clinical-stage company is focused on advancing innovative treatments where protein growth factors are fundamental. Over the past decade, the company has created a pipeline with the potential to advance the standard of care for neuromuscular disease, cardiometabolic disorders, cancer, and other conditions where growth factor-targeted drugs can play a transformational role. Scholar Rock is the only company to show clinical proof of concept for a muscle-targeted treatment in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). This commitment to unlocking fundamentally different therapeutic approaches is powered by broad application of a proprietary platform, which has developed novel monoclonal antibodies to modulate protein growth factors with extraordinary selectivity. By harnessing cutting-edge science in disease spaces that are historically under-addressed through traditional therapies, Scholar Rock works every day to create new possibilities for patients. Learn more about the company’s approach at ScholarRock.com and follow @ScholarRock and on LinkedIn. For additional information on our guidelines, please visit https://scholarrock.com/community-guidelines/ For more information on how Scholar Rock collects, uses, and shares personal information, please visit: https://scholarrock.com/privacy-policy
