Tax Manager

Career at Damen

Damen is a global, family-owned shipbuilding company with a strong focus on innovation, craftsmanship and sustainable entrepreneurship. Within Damen Global Support BV, specialist expertise supports the Damen businesses worldwide, including finance, tax, legal and compliance.

To strengthen the global tax function, Damen is looking for a Tax Manager.

The role

As Tax Manager, you play a key role in shaping, safeguarding and further developing Damen’s global tax position. This is not a purely operational role: you work at both a strategic and hands-on level and have a direct impact on policy, compliance and decision-making across an international organization.

You will join a close-knit tax team of four professionals and report directly to the Head of Tax. Due to Damen’s global footprint, this role places you at the center of complex international tax matters, while offering significant room for personal and professional growth.

Key accountabilities

In this role, you take ownership of core direct tax processes and ensure that Damen’s Tax Control Framework is robust, future-proof and well embedded throughout the organization.

Own & implement

You are responsible for key direct tax areas, including:

• Global transfer pricing
• Pillar Two implementation
• Dutch tax accounting and compliance
• Direct tax advisory for the global Damen organization

Connect & collaborate

• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders across Finance, Legal and the business
• Act as a trusted partner to external advisors and tax authorities worldwide

Lead projects & strategy

• Manage medium-sized tax projects from design through implementation
• Co-develop the tax strategy for the coming years together with the Head of Tax

Advise & support

• Provide hands-on, day-to-day tax advice to support business decisions in a dynamic international environment

Skills & Experience

You are more than a technical tax specialist — you are a connector, a strategic thinker and a future leader.

• A university degree in Tax Law or Tax Economics
• At least 5 years of experience in tax advisory and/or an in-house tax role
• Member of the Dutch Association of Tax Practitioners (NOB)
• Fluent in English and Dutch, both spoken and written
• Ambitious, proactive and motivated to grow into a Head of Tax role in the coming years

Why Damen?

• Global impact – Work at the heart of an international, multidisciplinary organization
• Career growth – A clear development path toward senior tax leadership
• Entrepreneurial environment – Room to innovate, improve and take ownership
• Vibrant work culture – An open, informal workplace where colleagues go the extra mile for each other