International Tax Accountant EMEA

Duration: Permanent

Location: Manchester

Working Pattern: +2 days working from the office, 3 days remote

Department: Finance

This role supports the firm's global tax compliance obligations across multiple jurisdictions, covering VAT, Withholding Tax, Income Tax, Corporation Tax and partnership tax matters. You will manage tax filings, maintain the global compliance calendar, prepare tax accruals and reconciliations, and support group-level reporting, including profit extractions and permanent establishment reviews. The role also assists with partner-related tax matters, global reporting requirements such as CbCR and Pillar 2, and tax aspects of acquisitions, new offices and restructures.

You will work closely with finance teams, partners and external advisers, reporting into the International Tax Manager / Global Head of Tax.

• Obtain source data, information and returns from both accounting systems and global finance leaders.
• Preparing or reviewing, depending on jurisdiction, the VAT (or similar) returns.
• Preparing or reviewing, depending on jurisdiction, the withholding tax returns.
• Update and maintain a global tax compliance calendar.
• Understand and review corporation tax filings and manage the flow of information to external advisers.
• Understand and review corporation tax payments.
• Understand and review all partnership tax filings.
• Calculation of monthly tax accruals.
• Monthly reconciliation of tax ledgers.
• Keeping abreast of updates in tax legislation.
• Assistance in preparation of year-end group consolidated corporation tax charge.
• Assist with compliance obligations of non-UK-related secondments.

• Reconciling and calculation of profit extractions to the UK.
• Assistance with reconciliation of group to local profit.
• Organise regular meetings with the finance team to document and understand tax-related issues.
• Assistance with tax compliance relating to the creation of permanent establishments.
• Management of external tax advice costs with a focus on identifying processes to bring in-house.

• Calculation of year-end non-UK partner tax reserves, where applicable.
• Reconciliation of non-UK partner tax reserves, where applicable.
• Assistance with calculation of partner foreign tax payments and availability of foreign tax credits.
• Assisting in the tax aspects of all non-UK joiners, leavers, and transfers.

• Assistance with the filing and preparation of the tax aspects of the Country-by-Country Report.
• Assistance and preparation of Pillar 2 reporting requirements.
• Understanding the firm's use of third-party tax advisers and identifying ways to create efficiencies.
• Assistance with tax aspects of acquisitions, opening new offices, mergers and liquidations.
• Provide assistance to the International Tax Manager / Global Head of Tax.

• Modern, flexible working - A minimum of 2 days each week required from the office, 3 days from home.
• Join an award-winning global firm:
  Clyde & Co is ranked Band 1 in multiple practice areas by Chambers and Legal 500.
• Career progression and development - Structured learning and development programs, secondment opportunities and internal mobility across global offices.
• Award-winning for pro bono work and recognised as an inclusive firm, with global DEI initiatives, leadership programmes, and community impact through volunteering and sustainability.
• Perks include life assurance from day one, season ticket loans and lifestyle discounts, an annual Wellbeing Day each year, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and more.

Please note:

eligibility for benefits may vary based on location and length of service. Full details will be confirmed upon joining.

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly.

We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

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