In-house Tax (Assistant) Manager - FTSE 20 business, London

This is a UK listed international financial services group with significant operations in Asia, the US and the UK.

Group Tax is a team of 14 people based in the Global Head Office in London, with a support team in Mumbai. The successful candidate will be joining a dynamic in-house tax team, which works collaboratively and prides itself on being a leader within the sector on tax transparency and tax policy initiatives.

Group Tax's role is to provide strategic tax direction to the Group; ensure business opportunities and transactions are optimised from a tax efficiency purpose in a sustainable and responsible manner; and ensure that tax risks, both financial and reputational, are managed and mitigated in a manner consistent with internal risk management practices.

The successful candidate will take on responsibility covering a wide range of advisory, compliance and reporting work including special projects. For example:

* Manage the individual entity tax return process for GHO entities (predominately corporation tax).
* Support process for dealing with group matters such as publication of tax strategy, SAO documentation, country by country reporting, and transfer pricing documentation.
* Provide tax analysis during group reporting periods and support the BU relationship managers and the Group Tax Reporting Manager.
* Supporting the process for partnering with tax teams in BUs including providing technical support to the managers and senior managers.
* Support the process for dealing with HMRC queries, including attending meetings with HMRC when required.
* Supporting managers and senior managers on tax lobbying matters initially providing technical research, but with scope to develop further.

Background

* You will need to be ACA/CTA qualified from an international accounting firm
* Relevant experience of corporate tax compliance and reporting gained in either industry or the profession
* Strong analytical skills

Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.