Tax AVP

Join Barclays as a Tax AVP, where you will play a critical role in preparing and overseeing income tax provisions across multiple Barclays entities for reporting and forecasting purposes. This role requires deep expertise in income tax accounting, GAAP/IFRS standards, and U.S. federal, state, and local tax regulations to ensure accurate tax positions, effective tax rates, and compliant financial reporting. You will partner closely with colleagues across the Tax function and broader Finance organization to analyze complex tax issues and enhance tax accounting processes and internal controls.

The position calls for strong judgment, analytical rigor, and an organized approach to decision‑making, balancing independent analysis with collaborative problem solving. As a senior contributor, you will help strengthen Barclays’ risk and control environment by ensuring all tax activities align with regulatory requirements, enterprise risk frameworks, and internal policy standards.

To be successful as a Tax AVP, you should have:

• Degree in Accounting with advanced study in tax accounting
• Experience preparing income tax compliance including federal and state tax returns, extensions, and estimate payments
• Experience preparing income tax provisions under ASC 740, including reconciliation and validation of effective tax rates, current tax payables, and deferred tax assets, while supporting FIN 48 and valuation allowance analyses, tax research, audits, and internal controls.

Other highly valued skills and experience include:

• Financial Services previous background and experience in working with tax accounting
• Excel skills and experience using tax software such as One Source and Corptax
• Stakeholder management with both internal and external clients

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in New York, NY.

Minimum Salary: $100,000

Maximum Salary: $150,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

To safeguard the financial interests of the bank, using expertise and diligence to maintain tax compliance, mitigate tax risks and ensure tax is appropriately reflected in the Group’s financial planning and external financial reporting.

• Preparation or review of relevant tax returns in accordance with applicable tax law and agreeing compliance positions with the tax authorities.
• Preparation or review of tax accounting calculations and disclosures in accordance with applicable accounting standards for group forecasting, reporting and stress testing.
• Provision of technical insight, analysis and conclusions on a variety of tax technical areas to determine appropriate tax treatment.
• Analysis of relevant developments in tax law to ensure the impact on Barclays is understood and appropriately managed.
• Design and operation of tax process controls to ensure tax risk is appropriately managed and tax treatments can be supported.

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead…