Director of Tax

Mission

Neko is redefining what prevention means, from treating illness when it arrives, to sustaining health before it's ever at risk. Our mission: make data-driven, preventative care accessible to more people, before symptoms appear. In a single, non-invasive visit under an hour, proprietary technology and direct clinical care combine to deliver personalised, actionable insights. It's a team that thinks in 10x, not 10%. Every role here plays a part in building a world where prevention is the norm, and where your work genuinely helps people live longer, healthier lives.

Role Purpose

Neko Health is scaling internationally at pace – new clinics, new legal entities, new markets, and a more complex cross-border funding and operating structure. This role is being created to give the business dedicated, senior tax leadership for the first time, reporting directly to the CFO.

The Director of Tax owns Neko's tax strategy and risk position end-to-end: transfer pricing and corporate tax planning for a fast-growing multinational, tax input into market entry andf cross-border funding decisions, and oversight of tax compliance – including VAT/sales tax – across every jurisdiction Neko operates in. The role is deliberately built around judgement and oversight rather than hands-on compliance production: day-to-day filing and reporting work is expected to be delivered initially through professional firms, with this role setting the strategy, managing those advisers, and owning the outcome.

This is a build role. It starts as an individual contributor working in close partnership with the CFO, Director of Financial Control, and the wider Finance team, with an explicit mandate to design and grow a lean, accountable in-house tax function as Neko's scale and complexity justify it. Utilisation of professional tax advisory firms, AI, systems and tools to maximise productivity and minimise cost is expected. The curiosity to learn and develop AI skills is a prerequisite for any role at Neko.

What you'll do in the first 6-12 Months

Tax strategy, planning and cross-border structuring

Own Neko's global tax strategy, ensuring it supports the commercial and financing plans of an ambitious, fast-growing group while managing risk appropriately.

Lead transfer pricing policy and documentation across the group: design, implementation, benchmarking and defence, in a structure with multiple operating entities and intercompany flows.

Advise the CFO and treasurer on the tax implications of cross-border funding – intercompany loans, equity injections, cash repatriation, withholding tax and thin capitalisation considerations – as part of the wider financing roadmap.

Provide tax input into new market entry: entity structuring, permanent establishment risk, corporate tax registration requirements and the tax consequences of different operating models, working alongside Legal and the market expansion team.

Identify and manage tax risk arising from Neko's growth – new entities, new funding instruments, and evolving group structure – escalating material exposures to the CFO with clear options.

Support M&A activity and licensing agreements from a tax perspective – including due diligence, transaction structuring, and the tax treatment of royalties and IP arrangements – working alongside Legal and external advisers.

Tax compliance oversight (all markets)

Own compliance oversight for corporate income tax, VAT/sales tax and other indirect taxes across every market Neko operates in, ensuring filings and payments are accurate and on time everywhere.

Set the operating model for how compliance gets done: select, brief and manage professional tax and accounting firms in each market to prepare and file returns, with this role retaining accountability for the outcome.

Establish a group-wide tax compliance calendar and control framework so filing obligations, deadlines and ownership are visible and tracked centrally, rather than held in individual advisers' heads.

Review and sign off VAT/sales tax treatment on material or novel transactions, and act as the escalation point when local finance teams or advisers flag an uncertain position.

Own tax authority relationships and lead or support tax audits and enquiries across markets, coordinating with local advisers and internal stakeholders.

Partnership and team build

Work in close, day-to-day partnership with the Director of Financial Control to ensure tax positions are correctly reflected in the accounting records, statutory accounts and tax provisions – tax strategy and accounting execution need to move together.

Act as the tax voice in FP&A and Treasury discussions where tax has a material bearing – funding structure, dividend and cash repatriation planning, and long-range financial planning.

Manage the group's external tax advisory budget and relationships, ensuring Neko is getting the right mix of quality, coverage and cost from professional firms as the business scales and the mix of internal vs external resource shifts.