Tax Accountant

An established, investor backed group with operations in the UK and across Europe.

The tax function is small and hands on, sitting alongside a central finance team.

The group is made up of multiple entities in several jurisdictions, so the compliance picture is varied rather than repetitive.

It's an in house role, so you'll see the commercial side of tax as well as the compliance.

Corporation tax

• Pulling together the information needed from finance and preparing first draft corporation tax computations for each UK company
• Producing first draft current and deferred tax provisions, entity by entity and at group level, along with the year end tax journals and any prior year true ups
• Putting together the provisioning pack, highlighting judgement areas, assumptions and anything still open for the Head of Tax to look at
• Picking up review points and finalising the computations ready to file

UK VAT

• Helping review the quarterly UK VAT returns and reconciling each one back to the ledger

European compliance

• Coordinating VAT and corporate tax returns across the European businesses, as the day to day contact for the group's external advisers overseas
• Keeping on top of the European filing calendar so tax and accounts deadlines aren't missed
• Raising the payment requests for European VAT and corporate tax, and keeping a full record of what's been paid

Wider tax

• Owning the group's tax compliance calendar and flagging any deadline at risk early
• Preparing the workings behind relief claims such as R&D and capital allowances
• Reviewing projects for Construction Industry Scheme implications, working with finance and commercial teams so contracts are treated correctly, and checking the controls are working
• Supporting the yearly refresh of the transfer pricing documentation
• Drafting replies to routine HMRC correspondence and passing anything more serious up the line
• Being a first port of call for tax questions from around the business, with draft answers for the Head of Tax to review
• Getting involved in wider projects across R&D, employment tax and deals
• Staying current on UK and European tax changes and keeping records in good order

• ATT, CTA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualified. Nearly qualified people with the right experience will be considered
• At least two years of hands on tax compliance, in practice or in house
• Experience preparing UK corporation tax computations in specialist tax software
• A working knowledge of current and deferred tax provisioning, and of UK VAT
• Someone who produces tidy, well supported first drafts and flags the judgement calls up front
• Organised, accurate and comfortable juggling several deadlines at once
• Confident dealing with external advisers, colleagues across the business and HMRC
• Strong Excel, and at ease pulling data out of finance systems

• Up to £46,000
• Hybrid working