Tax Specialist Compliance & Technology

Mercuria was founded in Geneva in 2004 by Marco Dunand and Daniel Jaeggi, and has grown over two decades into one of the world's leading commodity trading groups — operating in over 50 countries, employing 1,300+ people of 65+ nationalities, and generating gross revenues of $174 billion. That scale is not accidental. It reflects a business model built around connecting markets, managing complexity, and staying ahead of change.

In recent years, Mercuria has made a decisive strategic shift toward the energy transition — investing more than $2 billion into over 50 energy transition companies, well ahead of their own 2025 target. From renewables and biofuels to technology metals, EV infrastructure and carbon markets: this is a company that puts capital behind its convictions.

As co-founder and President Daniel Jaeggi puts it: "The world is dynamic, and things change all the time. Our job is to react to circumstances and figure out how to optimize the energy system now and for the future." That mindset runs through the whole organisation — including the tax team in Rotterdam.

You will join Mercuria's direct tax team in Rotterdam, working closely with the International Tax Compliance Manager and the Head of Tax Compliance & Technology (NL). The role covers a broad range of compliance, reporting and technology-driven work — with real ownership from day one.

Technology is not a separate workstream here. It runs through everything the team does — from how returns are prepared to how management is informed. You will be part of building this, not just using it.

• Working closely with senior regional tax staff and external advisers to ensure timely filing of the Group's global tax returns and payments
• Managing Withholding Tax, Local File and Country-by-Country reporting requirements
• Supporting and preparing responses to enquiries and tax audits across foreign jurisdictions

• Supporting the tax accounting cycle — including periodic tax provisioning, current and deferred tax calculations, and balance sheet management
• Liaising with statutory auditors at closing (experience here is a plus, not a must)

• Contributing to tax management reporting in close collaboration with Geneva headquarters
• Participating in commercial projects including group restructurings, acquisitions and disposals

• Contributing to tax technology initiatives: working with data outputs and dashboards, helping automate and improve compliance workflows
• Participating in AI-assisted analysis of intercompany positions and fiscal reporting
• Working with data pipelines and dashboards that feed real-time fiscal insight to management

We are looking for candidates with roughly 3 to 8 years of relevant tax experience — from an ambitious professional ready to take on real responsibility, to a more seasoned specialist looking for a broader platform. What matters most is not the number of years, but the combination of solid fiscal grounding, a collaborative mindset and genuine curiosity about where the tax profession is heading.

• Unique career paths. Tax at Mercuria sits inside a fully integrated commodity group — trading, assets, investments, environmental products, shipping, financing. The exposure you build here simply does not exist at a single-discipline firm.
• Continuous innovation — for real. The team is actively building AI tools, dashboards and real-time data pipelines. Mercuria hosts global hackathons where interdisciplinary teams solve energy transition challenges. You will be part of building this, not just observing it.
• Real commitment to the energy transition. More than $2 billion invested into 50+ energy transition companies — well ahead of their own 2025 target. As a tax professional here, you work at the heart of a business reshaping its own industry.
• Genuinely diverse. Employees aged 20 to 77, 65+ nationalities. Trading floors, advisory firms, law offices, engineering — the mix is intentional.

Salary

€ 62,000 – 80,000 gross per year, excluding holiday allowance — depending on experience

Bonus

Annual performance bonus

Contract

Permanent, full-time

Location

Rotterdam — hybrid, minimum 3 days in the office; flexibility grows with performance and tenure

International exposure

Own portfolio of entities and jurisdictions — direct contact with Geneva HQ and operational teams worldwide

Technology

Active investment in AI tooling, dashboards and process automation within the tax team

Benefits

Competitive package including health and wellness programmes

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