Associate Director, Tax Operations and Reporting - FTSE 100 Asset Management c£90k plus a highly competitive bonus and excellent benefits package

Associate Director, Tax Operations and Reporting - FTSE 100 Asset Management

c£90k per annum plus a highly competitive bonus and excellent benefits package

City of London

Permanent

I am currently recruiting for a Tax Operations, Compliance and Reporting professional to work for a leading FTSE100 listed Asset Management firm hedaquartered in the City of London.

The position will be responsible for the managing all Tax operations, Compliance and Tax Reporting for the international corporate group. The role will work closely with the broader Tax team, Group finance team and partners across the business to ensure seamless management of reporting and compliance across the Group.

The responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

* Ownership of the Tax compliance (i.e. UK and non-UK direct and indirect tax returns) for all Group entities, including company, limited partnership and limited liability partnership returns, either directly or through use of external preparers.
* Own relationship with Outsourced Service providers over tax reporting and tax compliance
* Ownership of Group tax operations matters including but not limited to:
* Business traveller and permanent establishment controls and risk management.
* Controlled Foreign Companies identification and reporting.
* UK Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) compliance and control framework.
* UK Controlled Foreign Companies identification & Reporting.
* Putting in place processes to manage and mitigate tax risk.
* Entity simplification initiatives with Finance & Legal functions
* Leadership of Group and entity level direct and indirect tax provisioning:
* Review Tax
* Provision workings and consolidation schedules
* Review Tax disclosures for Group and statutory accounts
* Lead Tax Provisioning Review (under IFRIC 23)
* Lead annual cycle of Tax Reconciliations for material entities
* Manage daily relationship with auditors during the Group's half year and full year reporting cycle.
* Active liaison with the Finance department to own local entity transfer pricing calculations. Assist Head of Corporate Tax on ETR forecasting and tax budgeting across the Group.
* Ad hoc support to Global Head of Tax and Head of Corporate Tax.
* The role requires hands-on management of external advisers and internal teams.

Key Requirements/ Qualifications:

* Proven experience with Tax Operations and Reporting for a multinational Group.
* Experience of IFRS reporting - IAS 12 and IFRC 23.
* Previous experience in a similar role, in-house or at a Big 4 firm.
* ACA or CTA require
* 8 years+ PQE in either/or: Asset Management, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Other large financial services group or Tier 1 Consulting Firm (Big 4)
* Attention to detail
* Excellent communication skills
* Resilient
* Team player
* Well organised
* Ability to work under pressure
* Experience with MS Excel

Please apply as soon as possible to be considered for this permanent position.