Head of Tax
- South Kensington, South West London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Act as the lead tax advisor on acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, restructuring, and refinancing projects.
- Provide tax input for strategic projects and entity rationalization.
- Ensure tax optimization for group financing, including preparing projections for Corporate Interest Restriction and anti-hybrid rules.
- Structure investments and operations in a tax-efficient manner across different jurisdictions.
- Share expertise with key stakeholders and be the point of contact for all tax matters in the group.
- Manage the tax budget and external advisers.
- Maintain proactive awareness of current relevant legislation and compliance standards, applying them to Frasers.
- Prepare tax papers and analysis for senior stakeholders.
- Provide tax training to non-tax stakeholders and build awareness of tax risk across the business.
- Deliver the implementation of BEPs Pillar 2 for the UK and Frasers Hospitality EMEA, working in conjunction with the Singapore group tax team.
- Open to full-time or four days a week.
- Significant Post qualified experience (ACA, CA, CTA, ACCA or equivalent).
- Strong tax background.
- Knowledge of UK corporate tax legislation; knowledge of UK VAT would be an advantage.
- Collaborative with a strong sense of accountability to see projects through to completion.
- Comfortable operating both strategically and hands-on with a roll-up sleeves work ethic.
- Commercial and market awareness with specific regard to real estate trends and compliance obligations.
- Commercially astute, with the ability to balance tax efficiency with commercial priorities.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships with key stakeholders (internal and external).
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and supporting the introduction of best practice systems and processes over time from scratch.
- Discretionary variable bonus scheme.
- A variety of wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare.
- Competitive pension, income protection and life assurance benefits.
- Great discounts on rooms and food across our Malmaison and, Hotel du Vin in the UK
- Plus, access to high Street Discounts on a range of high street shops, experiences, holidays and much more.
- Recognition awards and Referral schemes.
- A variety of social and charity initiatives in support of charity of the year, The Brain Charity, supporting individuals living with neurological conditions.