Tax Manager (m/f/d)

• HOLY is the soft drink revolution: With our powdered drinks HOLY Energy®, HOLY Hydration®, HOLY Iced Tea®, and HOLY Milkshake® you get amazing taste across 50+ flavors while maintaining a good conscience—for your body & the environment.
• Over 2M loyal customers: Started in a shared apartment by three best friends, we have scaled to Europe's fastest growing consumer brand—and our cult-like community, the HOLY Squad, loves it: 4.6 stars on reviews.io speak for themselves.
• From D2C to Global Omnichannel: In less than four years, we've profitably scaled HOLY to more than €150M D2C revenue in DACH, FR, UK and PL. Now scaling our retail business, we're on an exciting transition to becoming a true omnichannel rocketship.
• We are still just getting started: Backed by the world's best consumer investors, we aim to revolutionize the soft drink industry and build a generational love brand: tastier, healthier & more sustainable. Our team of 150+ people aims high (Coca-Cola, we're coming for you!).

At HOLY, Tax is a growth enabler, not a back-office blocker. We’re looking for a pragmatic, business-minded Tax Manager to own our tax topics end-to-end and help us scale across markets with speed and confidence.

The mission as Tax Manager is to translate complex tax requirements into clear, actionable guidance for the business — ensuring compliance, optimizing outcomes, and building scalable processes while enabling bold, high-speed decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Own day-to-day tax management across the group (e.g. VAT, corporate income tax, trade tax), partnering closely with Accounting and Legal.
• Lead VAT / indirect tax topics, including registrations, periodic returns, reconciliations, and improvements to processes and data quality.
• Coordinate filings and deadlines with internal stakeholders and external advisors, ensuring accurate and on-time submissions.
• Support month-end and year-end close (e.g. tax provisions) with clean, audit-ready documentation.
• Be a proactive business partner for cross-functional teams by assessing tax implications of new initiatives, contracts, promotions, and market entries.
• Drive scalable tax processes and controls, including documentation standards, templates, and tooling to make tax “self-serve” where appropriate.
• Monitor regulatory changes and translate them into practical guidance, training, and process updates for the organization.

You are a hands-on, structured problem-solver who sees tax as a key element to build the business — not to slow it down. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, bring strong ownership, and communicate clearly with both finance experts and non-finance stakeholders. You can balance compliance rigor with pragmatic decision-making, and you enjoy improving processes as the company scales.

What you bring:

• Excellent communication skills in both German and English are a must.
• Degree in tax, finance, law, or comparable qualification (Steuerberater:in is a strong plus).
• 4+ years of relevant tax experience (in-house and/or tax advisory), ideally in a fast-growing B2C/D2C company in Germany.
• Strong practical knowledge of the German tax landscape. Familiarity with VAT / indirect tax topics in a European context is a plus.
• Experience working with external advisors and auditors; ability to manage timelines and deliver high-quality outputs.
• Confidence working with accounting data and systems + solid Excel / Google Sheets skills.
• Business-oriented, pragmatic mindset with a clear “get-it-done” attitude.

In today's job market, A-players have many options to choose from. As part of our offer, we prioritise providing a productive working environment and opportunities for growth. In addition to competitive compensation, including company shares, you can expect:

• A successful and growing company: Join a company that has been growing profitable and quickly for the last 36+ months and have raised a series B, while many other e-commerce companies are struggling.
• Huge impact: Enjoy huge impact to shape HOLY’s internationalisation in a top market.
• Awesome team: Join an awesome team of colleagues who are ambitious, funny, down-to-earth, and authentic. Get to know us and see for yourself!
• Top product: Marketing is important, but a good product is essential. Our differentiated soft drinks have won over 2.5 million customers. Check out our reviews.io reviews or contact us for free samples.
• Startup culture: Join a startup culture that values flat hierarchies, fast pace, and personal development. With us, you can make a real impact.
• Perfect setup: Enjoy a perfect setup that includes all the requirements of a modern employer, such as a central office in Berlin Prenzlauerberg, flexible working hours, and much more.
• Competitive comp. + equity: Join us at a pivotal stage of hypergrowth. We offer a strong salary and meaningful equity—giving you the chance to share in our current success and benefit from the massive upside as we scale.
• How we support your growth: flexible hours, 28 vacation days, 30 work-from-abroad days, €1,500 learning budget, Urban Sports Club membership, public transport subsidy, and biannual 360° feedback tied to your compensation.

Find out more about HOLY and our team on our careers page.

As we are experiencing rapid growth and have ambitious plans, the optimal start date for the position is today. Nonetheless, we are prepared to patiently await the arrival of the ideal candidate, recognizing that quality ultimately yields the best results.

1. Intro Call: A 30-minute screening with Eric, our Talent Acquisition Manager. You’ll talk about HOLY, the role, your experience, and whether our expectations align.
2. Hiring Manager Interview: You’ll meet Felix, our CFO, to go deeper on your background, ambitions, and how you’d drive our growth.
3. Peer interview: You will get to know Zain, our Accounting Lead.
4. Case study & on-site interview: As soon as you have successfully completed the first interviews, you will receive a case study. In a second meeting at our office, the team will discuss your case study with you and answer questions about our workspace, the HOLY Temple.
5. Reference calls: At this stage, we’d like to connect with 1–2 former colleagues or managers who have worked closely with you. These conversations help us better understand your working style and strengths from those who know you professionally.
6. Founder Interview: As a strong cultural fit is important to us, you will have a final meeting with Fredi, one of our HOLY Founders. This gives both you and us the opportunity for a final check.
7. Job offer and decision: If everything goes well, you will receive an offer, and we are ready to embark on this journey together with you!

Typically, his process should take around 2-3 weeks.