Tax Reporting & Compliance Lead

Williams Lea

  • United Kingdom
  • £120,000-130,000 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 5 days ago
Tax Reporting & Compliance LeadSalary: £120,000 - £130,000 per annum (neg dependant on experience), plus company benefitsLocation: Remote UKContract: Full TimeShifts: 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 9am until 5:30pm with 1 hours unpaid lunch breakWork model: RemoteWilliams Lea seeks a Tax Reporting & Compliance Lead to join our team!Williams Lea by RRD is the leading global provider of skilled, technology-enabled, business-critical support services, with long-term trusted relationships with blue-chip clients across investment banks, law firms and professional services firms. Williams Lea by RRD employees, nearly 7000 people worldwide, who provide efficient business services at client sites in often complex and highly regulated environments, from centralised Williams Lea onshore facilities, and through best cost company offshore locations.Purpose of roleThis role will lead and oversee all matters relating to Corporate Income Tax governance, reporting and compliance at divisional level and across regional areas. This is a strategic hire to manage a critical area of importance for the Group as it seeks to enhance and build on work done in the last 6-12 months to integrate the Williams Lea division Tax function into the wider RRD Group to ensure it moves towards best practice.Key responsibilitiesThis role requires the right candidate to take ownership and lead on a number of different Reporting & Compliance workstreams and closely liaise with the Williams Lea Head of Tax, the US based Group Tax function and the wider finance team and external advisers. The role holder – a strong tax accountant - will be expected to think and act strategically whilst maintaining a close grip on the detail across 20+ jurisdictions globally. Aside from managing the outsourced corporate tax compliance function and leveraging that support to bring activity in house where possible, the role will require responsive and flexible support on ad hoc matters which will include advisory, M&A and discrete broader projects. Experience of planning, implementing and documenting Tax and Finance processes will be a distinct advantageThe role includes:
  • Review and/or preparation of tax provisions (including both current tax and deferred tax) and tax disclosures at entity and consolidated group level including a focus on a number of UK companies.
  • Driving the process to manage, review and prepare quarterly tax provisions in multiple regions across the Williams Lea division and prepared under US GAAP.
  • Management of process for UK CT quarterly instalment payments, as well as monitor tax payments made for all entities within the group.
  • Preparation of cash tax and tax liability forecasts for material entities within the group.
  • Running all aspects of the tax specific year end audit and consolidation process including co-ordination with external advisors.
  • Ensure that internal resources, processes, and controls are in place to produce accurate tax reporting, including identifying and implementing finance and tax process improvements as necessary.
  • Managing the outsourced tax compliance process, including ensuring timely filing of tax returns for all entities within the Williams Lea division including focus on the end to end process to ensure review and filing of all UK tax returns
  • Management in house of the wider compliance requirements with UK tax legislation impacting the group, including the provision of advice and related workings in relation to CFC, CIR & Pillar Two.
  • Formulating a process for booking and reporting tax balances and ensuring that payments are effectively tracked and exploring the possibility of using existing technology to provide a regular report/snapshot.
  • Use current EBITDA level financial forecasts to provide indicative ETR forecasting.
  • Enhance and maintain relationships with regional finance controllership to improve the Group governance framework as it relates to Tax. This will include:
- Managing Group Tax Strategy publication, SAO process and input into CCO compliance
- Enhancing and maintaining relationships with wider Finance teams to ensure that quarterly Tax Reporting Questionnaire is circulated and adequate responses received from Controlling teams.
- Maintain/manage a Tax Risk Register
- Ensure reconciliation of corporate income tax and withholding tax balances and produce a cash tax estimate model
  • Preparation of tax forms to assist in obtaining treaty exemptions or reduced withholding tax rates.
  • Provide advice on various UK compliance and advisory matters.
  • Maintain and expand technical tax knowledge through professional development activities.
  • Take a lead role in working with internal colleagues and external consultants to automate data analysis and review processes, leveraging off the companies systems and data platform.
Technical attributes
  • Degree in relevant subject, ACA or equivalent
  • 7-8 years of international tax reporting and compliance experience across industry and/or in a major accounting firm in a corporate tax department
Experience and SkillsThe company is a fast-paced business with multiple workstreams. The Tax team and function have a multitude of legacy and go forward tasks to manage to improve compliance and business partnering activity. We are seeking a candidate who is hands on, resilient and passionate about the opportunities presented by this role.
  • Expertise – Excellent knowledge of the UK tax rules and landscape and experienced in matters related to corporate tax compliance and tax risk assessment.
  • Expertise – Excellent understanding of and experience with tax accounting and able to partner and train wider Finance colleagues where necessary.
  • Expertise – Ability to obtain, scrutinize and evaluate systems and data independently of wider Finance teams to provide the Tax function with a nuanced and proactive assessment where relevant.
  • Expertise – Able to manage and experienced in handling and project managing multiple international tax compliance requirements. Although this is outsourced through advisors, the review and oversight of that relationship, the wider regional Finance relationship with those advisors and the ability to provide insights in relation to the tax positions across jurisdictions to the Williams Lea Global Head of Tax is a key aspect of this role
  • Personal qualities – a team-player who will integrate well and swiftly with all the companies colleagues and be able to work in an open way with colleagues across the disciplines, with a confident, assured, and collaborative approach.
  • Personal qualities – with strong attention to detail across all aspects of the role, and an ability to work at pace but in a controlled way, the candidate will be expected to be commercially minded, to understand all aspects of the companies business and be able to succeed in the role.
Rewards and BenefitsWe believe in supporting our employees in both their professional and personal lives. As part of our commitment to your well-being, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:
  • 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays(pro-rata for part time or fixed term roles)
  • Salary sacrifice schemes, retail vouchers – including our TechScheme which can be used on a range of gadgets such as Smart TV’s, laptops and computers or household appliances.
  • Life Assurance
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Health Assessments
  • Cycle-to-work scheme
  • Discounted gym memberships
  • Referral Scheme
You will also have the opportunity to work for a global employer who is dedicated to offering each and every employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career with future career development prospects!Equality and DiversityThe Company values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (each of these being a “protected characteristic” in discrimination law). It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values openness, fairness and transparency.If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like to make a reasonable adjustment to enable you to make an interview please contact us at (we do not accept applications to this email address).View our Privacy Notice

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