Senior Tax Accountant

About The Role

What if your ability to transform tax processes could unlock thousands of pounds in savings while building best-in-class compliance systems for one of the UK's biggest charities?

As a Senior Tax Accountant within our Finance & Assurance directorate, you'll be part of a team that's transforming how we deliver financial partnership across the organisation. We're on an exciting journey to become the Society's single point of financial truth. We aim to be trusted partners and credible experts who provide the insight and support the organisation needs to make faster, better-informed decisions.

This is a highly technical, hands-on role where you'll own and improve our tax function. You'll be responsible for the essential technical delivery, preparing VAT returns, managing partial exemption calculations, overseeing Corporation Tax and Gift Aid, and ensuring we meet every regulatory requirement. But what sets this role apart is the opportunity to transform how we deliver this work. You'll drive continuous improvement across all tax processes, identifying inefficiencies, implementing automation, redesigning workflows, and developing robust controls that optimise our position while maintaining compliance.

This is your opportunity to leave your mark on a critical area of the finance function.

Your process improvement mindset and ability to explain complex matters clearly, will help colleagues understand and manage tax effectively.

You're a qualified accountant with strong process improvement experience who thrives on identifying inefficiencies and implementing better ways of working. You're excited by the prospect of shaping an entire area within a finance function.

You’ll bring strong expertise in VAT compliance, alongside broader familiarity with Corporation Tax, Gift Aid, and other statutory obligations. Above all, you’ll bring your sound judgment, expertise and determination to find positive solutions and the best way forward for the charity.

• Proven experience driving process improvements in a finance environment, demonstrating where you've identified inefficiencies, redesigned workflows, or delivered measurable improvements.
• A CCAB qualification is essential with relevant post-qualification experience.
• Advanced technical knowledge of VAT, Corporation Tax, Gift Aid, or other UK tax regulations.
• Significant experience preparing and reviewing VAT returns for large, complex organisations, including partial exemption.
• The ability to apply your technical knowledge to complex tax scenarios, with a problem-solving approach to navigating regulations.
• Proven experience engaging with HMRC or other regulatory bodies, demonstrating credibility and professionalism in external relationships while effectively resolving complex tax queries.
• Demonstrated financial accounting experience in a large, complex organisation.
• The ability to work effectively across departments and at all levels, translating complex tax matters into practical guidance.
• Experience with cloud-based ERP systems (we use Unit4) and a mindset of continuous improvement.

• Leading the tax function and driving continuous improvement across tax processes.
• Developing robust tax processes and controls that optimise our position while ensuring compliance.
• Overseeing VAT compliance – preparing and reviewing accurate VAT returns, managing partial exemption calculations, and optimising our VAT position.
• Overseeing Corporation Tax and Gift Aid compliance as well as other statutory tax obligations.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with HMRC, managing enquiries or audits with professionalism.
• Providing clear tax guidance, training and support across the Society, empowering colleagues to make tax-efficient decisions.
• Working seamlessly with colleagues across the Finance team to provide integrated financial partnership, while role-modelling our values.

This is a great opportunity to lead and shape our tax function, building on what's already in place to help protect the charity's resources and ensure we can have the greatest possible impact for people affected by dementia.

This is a part-time…