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Senior Tax Accountant

Job in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh Area, EH1, Scotland, UK
Listing for: Petrofac
Contract position
Listed on 2026-02-16
Job specializations:
  • Finance & Banking
    Tax Accountant, Financial Reporting
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Overview

Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world's leading energy companies.

We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.

The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs; planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.

This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.

We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.

Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?

Job Details

JOB TITLE:

SENIOR TAX ACCOUNTANT

This position is a Maternity Cover on a fixed term contract of 12-18 months.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage Direct and Indirect Tax requirements for Asset Solutions
  • Management/oversight all direct and indirect tax reporting/filings for the AS business
  • Review the AS UK corporation tax returns to ensure consistent high quality and timely delivery
  • Preparation of the UK Corporate Interest Restriction return
  • Preparation and overview of divisional tax reporting and tax accounting (actuals and forecasts tax packs)
  • Preparation of tax disclosures and schedules for legal entity financial statements, supporting the AS finance team reporting requirements
  • Responsibility for timely review and submission of UK VAT return
  • Overview of compliance in non UK jurisdictions (assurance)
  • Provide forecasts for cash tax payable
  • Review the monthly tax balance sheet reconciliations
  • Comply with the Tax strategy and policy and ensure business unit adherence
  • Assist with audit and preparation of the annual SAO summary and ensure compliance for each legal entity across the business unit
  • iXBRL - review tagged accounts to ensure effective tagging process and CT submissions
  • Assist with the preparation/review of the PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA) for the UK legal entities on a timely basis
  • Assist the HR/recruitment and commercial teams with IR35 compliance, review SDAs and assist with contractual requirements
  • Review the Country by Country Reporting return for all relevant jurisdictions
  • Work with the tax team on the BEPS Pillar 2 obligation, collating relevant data and assisting with the preparation of the return
  • Assist the business to ensure correct application of output tax and complaint reclaiming of input tax
  • Support indirect and employment tax queries from the business, liaising with the Tax Manager to ensure benefits are appropriately taxed and the business is compliant with PSA, relocations, P11D filing etc
  • Provide tax advice for tenders
  • Transfer Pricing - work with the wider Tax and Finance team to ensure AS comply with global transfer pricing policies and ensure the position is correctly reflected in the relevant tax returns.
  • Research and Development - work with the tax team to optimise AS's R+D position, assisting with the collation of information from operations and finance. Take the role of first point of contact for Petrofac and advisors, facilitating the technical evaluation of projects to determine which activities are qualifying.
  • Research new country entry requirements to ensure the AS business is fully tax compliant when undertaking work in new countries. Feed into the commercial viability of these projects, making clear any additional tax costs/savings which may arise.
  • Monitor legislative changes, assess the impact on the Business, and propose and implement responses as appropriate
  • Build relationships with operations, Commercial and HR to ensure they seek tax advice where required.
  • Provide training on tax matters to teams within and out with Finance
  • Assure compliance with Facilitation of Tax Evasion legislation, working with the business to come up with practical working…
Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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