Group Tax Reporting Senior Manager
- London
- £80,000-90,000 per year
- Temporary
- Full-time
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- Managing the group tax reporting process which is run three times a year, Interim, Hard Close and Year End; This will involve liaising with finance stakeholders, preparing instructions for tax submissions, running the Longview tax reporting consolidation, delivering quality schedules to review the groups' current, deferred and cash tax position.
- Reviewing country tax positions and providing explanations to external auditors.
- Preparing consolidated tax notes for inclusion in the group plc position.
- Supporting the forecasting of ETR and cash taxes.
- Supporting and monitoring the in-sourced UK compliance processes for direct and indirect tax.
- Providing advice and support for UK RDEC and patent box claims.
- Providing input in continual process improvement opportunities and support in the implementation of new processes and tools for tax reporting and tax forecasting. The purpose will be to deliver efficiencies and simplification of the tax reporting and compliance processes following the principles of "simplify, standardise and automate."
- Working across the business, you will stay up to date on tax laws, rules, and regulations and accounting pronouncements which may impact the Group and the UK.
- Tax reporting experience
- Longview tax reporting software experience
- UK tax technical knowledge
- Experience of working in an in-house tax close process in a listed multinational or FTSE100/Fortune 500 or similar environment.
- Motivated by delivering change and excited to develop a board skillset across the tax life cycle.
- ACA / ACCA / CTA qualified or equivalent
- Experience of working within an in-house tax team of a MNE.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and cultural awareness to build working relationships with local finance teams, advisers, authorities and the rest of the Global Tax team
- Technical IFRS tax accounting experience.
- UK direct tax technical knowledge.
- Strong accountancy background
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- SAP experience helpful (Group Reporting Module , ECC S4H)
- Ability to multitask and prioritise effectively to meet deadlines
- Ability to think strategically and consider future implications when preparing/reviewing work
- Able to deal with ambiguity, imprecise or incomplete data, and other people's time constraints in requesting information and delivering practical advice
- Ability to both manage and work with external advisors
- Able to make recommendations and decisions
- Willingness to take a hands-on approach