Job Description

The role will report into the Group Financial Controller and oversee one more junior tax specialist. Fundamentally, the team are responsible for ensuring that the group adhere to their tax compliance requirements and would also be involved in project work and be the first point of contact for queries coming in from the business. With an established and relatively straightforward UK tax set up, this role will increasingly be focused on the group's growing multinational operations and the tax compliance of those operations.

Key responsibilities:

• Management and oversight of the UK corporation tax function, which is currently outsourced
• Build relationships with external UK and Multinational tax advisory teams
• Take the lead on straight forward UK tax accounting and reporting requirements
• Support and improve responses to tax evasion risk across the organization
• Review and improve processes around the VAT return, Intrastat & EC Sales list reporting
• Provide technical tax and project management support on local and global projects: Multinational structure, Property, M&A transactions etc.
• Continue to develop our understanding and tax configuration of the new finance system
• Support the wider multinational trade team with indirect tax queries for specific deals
• Provide support to payroll and other departments, where necessary, to improve tax processes

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The ideal candidate will be a qualified ACA/ACCA/CTA ideally with a few years post-qualified experience and a strong background in UK corporation tax, gained either working in another in-house role or for a Top 10 Practice firm. They will need to have a pro-active approach and, as part of a small tax function, be prepared to be hands-on where required. The role will include oversight of indirect and payroll taxes and so the incoming candidate may need to learn on the role if they have not previously covered these areas. Strong communication skills are prepared as well as the confidence to join a company where you will have the responsibility and exposure befitting the most senior in-house tax specialist.