Junior Tax Consultant

McDonald's is the largest family restaurant in the world, serving approximately 69 million customers across 36,000 restaurants a day; in more than 100 countries. The UK & Ireland market is one of the most successful entities across the wider business, serving on average 4 million people a day. It has operated in UK since 1974 and the business is growing continuously with more than 1,400 restaurants and over 154,000 employees.

McDonald’s UK & Ireland has a proven track record of investing in the development of its employees and offering flexibility as part of its dedication to being a modern and progressive company. Every year, it invests over £40 million in developing people, giving every one of its employees the opportunity to take part in structured training.

McDonald’s buys ingredients from over 17,500 British and Irish farmers and spends over £1.1billion annually on its food and packaging requirements. McDonald’s is committed to supporting British and Irish farmers to ensure it can continue to source many of its ingredients from the UK and Ireland.

McDonald’s is a market leader in its field, striving for the highest standard of quality, speed and restaurant experience. Re-generation of our restaurant infrastructure, covering digital ordering, re-imaging and dual-point service make working at McDonald’s more exciting than ever!

We are dedicated to using our scale for good: good for people, our industry and the planet. From bold recycling initiatives and sustainable sourcing efforts to our partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities, we see every day as a chance to have a genuine impact on our customers, our people and our partners.

We're a people business just as much as we are a restaurant business. We strive to be the most inclusive brand in the world by building diverse teams who create delicious, feel good moments that are easy for everyone to enjoy. Joining McDonald's means thinking big every day and preparing for a career that can have impact around the world.

Company Vision and Culture…

Our Global vision is to build a better McDonald’s and in the UK and Ireland we are working hard to be the UK & Irelands best-loved restaurant company.

McDonald’s is defined by its culture. Our culture shapes and informs everything we think and everything we do. Our culture influences the way we interact with each other, and how we interact with customers, franchisees and suppliers. Our culture motivates and inspires us to attract and retain great talent, creating positive, energising, exceptional working environment for us all.

Our values drive our culture and shape our beliefs, our priorities and our actions. They influence the decisions we make, how we treat one another and how we show up as a brand to the world.

Serve:We put our customers and our people first

Inclusion:We open our doors to everyone

Integrity:We do the right thing

Community:We are good neighbours

The tax function is looking to recruit an experienced team member to manage a wide range of projects and responsibilities.

The team is part of Global Tax and sits within Finance in East Finchley, London. We support the UK and Republic of Ireland (“UK&I”) business across all taxes. The varied role will have a phenomenal combination of commercial and technical aspects, and will involve strategic responsibilities for both ad-hoc advisory work and compliance related projects.

The work will span different taxes, multiple responsibilities on the go and thus the role requires leadership skills, pro-activity, technical strength, resilience and a willingness to develop themselves as well as coach others in the team.

• Qualified accountant and/or Chartered tax advisor (e.g. ACA, CTA and equivalents) with a corporate tax background in practice and/or industry. Experience across different taxes is useful, otherwise a strong desire to expand tax knowledge is essential
• Strong across the board in key competencies, including Leadership, Teamwork, Communication, Tax technical ability, Project management skills
• The candidate should demonstrate the potential to be a future leader
• Having a continuous improvement mind-set, working optimally…