Compliance Accountant

Overview

Content Guru is a leading global provider of enterprise cloud Customer Experience (CX) and contact centre solutions, and we are at the forefront of the Generative AI evolution.

We’re looking for a highly organised and detail-focused Compliance Accountant to join our Finance team. This role is critical to ensuring the Group’s global tax and statutory filing obligations are delivered accurately and on time.

This position requires a candidate with demonstrable experience in tax or multi-entity compliance environments, along with the appropriate accounting qualifications or equivalent professional experience. If you thrive in a structured finance environment and are confident coordinating diverse compliance processes across multiple jurisdictions, we would welcome your application.

We are seeking a Compliance Accountant with good technical understanding and proven experience managing tax and statutory compliance obligations.

Reporting directly to the Finance Director, you will coordinate global filing activities, ensuring compliance across multiple jurisdictions while maintaining effective communication with external advisers and internal stakeholders. You will play a key role in ensuring regulatory requirements are met, compliance calendars are maintained and tax-related financial controls remain robust.

Given the importance of this role, candidates must be able to demonstrate relevant experience in tax, finance or compliance environments and possess appropriate finance qualifications or equivalent experience.

This role is based in our Bracknell, Berkshire head office.

• Own the UK VAT process including data capture, review, submission and payment
• Ensure compliance with Making Tax Digital requirements
• Monitor changes in VAT regulations and assess potential business impact
• Manage HMRC correspondence and respond to enquiries where appropriate

• Coordinate externally managed tax and financial accounts filing obligations across multiple jurisdictions including the US, EU and APAC regions
• Act as the primary internal contact for external advisers preparing statutory accounts and tax filings
• Manage internal information requests and ensure external advisers receive accurate and timely data
• Maintain global compliance calendars and track key filing deadlines
• Review submissions for completeness and escalate technical matters to the Finance Director or CFO where appropriate
• Support the logistics of tax inspections, local audits and regulatory requests

• Oversee the Avalara-managed US sales tax compliance process across multiple states
• Monitor potential new filing obligations and identify potential exposures
• Research customer nexus positions and summarise findings for review by the Finance Director
• Liaise with US advisers where required to ensure compliance requirements are met

• Act as the primary point of contact for external advisers supporting global compliance processes
• Coordinate information flow and ensure deadlines are clearly communicated and met
• Support the Finance Director and CFO in reviewing adviser costs and monitoring scope changes
• Identify potential process efficiencies or improvements for review

• Reconcile Group tax balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis
• Prepare compliance status reporting for the Finance Director and CFO
• Support responses to regulatory requests including ONS enquiries
• Assist with year-end audit queries relating to tax compliance
• Track regulatory updates from advisers and coordinate internal responses
• Identify opportunities to strengthen compliance processes, documentation and controls

• AAT qualified or equivalent practical finance experience
• Professional accounting or tax qualification (ACA, ACCA or CTA) or working towards one desirable
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience working in a tax, finance or multi-entity compliance environment
• Experience coordinating with external advisers, consultants or auditors
• Good working knowledge of UK VAT processes
• Highly organised…