Tax Analyst

We’re 1st Central, a market-leading insurance company utilising smart data and technology h has been based on giving our 1.4 million customers exactly what they want: great value insurance with an excellent service. And that’s the same for our colleagues too; we won Insurance Employer of the Year at the British Insurance Awards 2024 and our Glassdoor score is pretty mega too!

If you enjoy working with data, digging into the detail, and helping ensure things are done accurately and in the right way, this could be a great opportunity — whether your background is in tax, finance reporting, audit, or a controls/operations environment.

We’re looking for a Tax Analyst to join our Finance team. You’ll help support the Group’s end‑to‑end tax compliance and reporting processes, working closely with internal finance teams and external advisers. We welcome applications from people with direct tax experience as well as those bringing transferable skills from finance reporting, audit, controls, or data‑focused roles — we’ll support you to build the tax knowledge needed.

You’ll be hands‑on with everything from VAT, IPT and Corporation Tax compliance to providing data analysis for advisory projects and supporting month‑end and year‑end processes. What matters most is a strong analytical approach, confidence reconciling data, and a careful, well‑controlled way of working — you don’t need to have done every tax type before. It’s a role that offers variety, exposure to a wide range of topics, and the chance to make a real impact by improving data quality, controls, and how tax processes operate across the Group.

The role is based in Haywards Heath, West Sussex and we love hybrid working. You’ll spend most of your time working from home, with around one day a week in the office. But, if you prefer being office‑based more often, that works for us too.

• Data analysis & reconciliation – confident working with complex datasets, reconciling figures, and identifying anomalies.
• Compliance / reporting mindset – experience supporting accurate submissions in a regulated reporting environment (e.g., tax, finance reporting, audit or controls), with the ability to follow defined processes and maintain clear working papers.
• Attention to detail & control mindset – highly accurate and methodical, with a focus on strong documentation and well‑controlled processes.

• You’ll manage the preparation of the Group’s quarterly VAT and IPT returns, ensuring accurate data extraction, reconciliation, and review.
• You’ll take a lead on coordination with PwC on the annual Corporation Tax return preparation, providing data, responding to queries, and supporting review stages.
• You’ll support PwC with Pillar 2 and CbCR data requests and validations.

• You’ll work with the Group Strategic Finance & Control Team to support tax accounting processes by providing data, explanations and confirmation of tax positions.
• You’ll assist with reconciliations and review of tax‑relevant balances as needed.
• You’ll lead SME input for year‑end including review of the deferred tax postings and tax disclosures

• You’ll support the Tax Manager with data gathering, modelling and analysis for advisory projects.
• You’ll help identify anomalies, trends or potential tax risks/opportunities through structured analysis.

• You’ll liaise with AP teams to correct tax treatments on invoices and improve process accuracy.
• You’ll build collaborative relationships with operational teams to support information gathering and explain tax requirements in simple, practical terms.

• You’ll support process improvements around data quality, controls and automation in the tax compliance cycle.
• You’ll maintain tax process documentation, controls, and working papers to audit‑ready standards.
• You’ll assist with responses to HMRC queries or audits as required.

• Newly qualified (or finalist) in a relevant qualification: ACA, ACCA, CTA or equivalent.
• Experience in financial reporting or tax reporting…