In House Tax Manager, £90k to £120k + bonus

About The Role

Reporting to the Head of Tax, the role will be focussed on the company's projects. Responsibilities will encompass but not be limited to the following areas:

1 Assisting the tax team with the planning and structuring of real estate transactions and managing ad-hoc tax issues, including:

* Joint Venture and holding company and financing structures;
* Advising on acquisition, holding and exit implications of real estate projects, with specific consideration of taxes on income and gains, VAT and transfer taxes;
* Tax review of financial models;
* Assisting on bids for new projects;
* Preparation of tax sections of investment proposals;
* Working with advisers to prepare detailed tax structure reports;
* Managing tax due diligence processes, including analysis of identified risks, negotiating warranties and indemnities, tax review of legal agreements (including sales and purchase agreements, loan agreements);
* Cash repatriation planning.

1 Assistance with various aspects of the reviewing and understanding the impact of transfer pricing, anti-hybrid rules, interest deduction restrictions, including:

* coordinating with advisers to advise on financing arrangements and real estate and management services;
* coordination with finance and project teams to ensure documentation and implementation requirements are met; and
* Monitoring tax law changes and communicating the business impact on tax to the business.

1 Tax compliance coordination and management

* Managing compliance and ensuring adequate information flow between internal and external resources for complicated structures;
* Oversight of compliance for all entities;
* Devising and implementing mechanisms for managing compliance risk (all corporate tax compliance is outsourced to external advisers);
* Providing input as required on key risk items;
* Assisting with tax audits and statutory reporting as required;
* Reporting to and working with investors;
* A good working knowledge of Income Taxes, Corporate Taxes, VAT, SDLT, CIS, Non-resident Landlord Taxes, as well as an appreciation of US taxation and partnership taxation.

1 Understanding and practical application of relevant tax provisions and practical guidance to complex compliance and reporting requirements.

Key Relationships

* The role will report to the Head of Tax.
* Regular interaction will be required with the finance team, project teams, legal and strategic business teams.
* Key external relationships include those with tax advisers, auditors, and current and prospective investment partners.

Experience & Skills

* Experience must be commensurate with the role level and knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements should have been gained through training and working in a professional services environment.
* Must have excellent coordination and project management skills to understand and manage an appropriate information and reporting flow between the business and different sets of advisers.
* Must demonstrate an understanding of and sympathy with the commercial issues in the business and the impact of tax issues thereon and a willingness to learn about the commercial and tax issues affecting the real estate market.
* Able to work effectively to objectives with the personal sensitivity to be able to understand the needs of the business and offer clear authoritative answers in a timely manner.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare commercial standard business correspondence, reports, documents, as well as to present to diverse small or large audiences.
* Ability to critically review data and investigate and explain unexpected outcomes.
* Excellent organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise workload, achieve deadline driven defined outcomes and display good judgment under pressure.
* A positive team player, skilled at working collaboratively with team members, key business leaders and external partners and HMRC, to drive results and support the wider team and business objectives.
* Should be able to evidence an ability to adapt style to engage, support and coach colleagues.
* Demonstrate willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment, characterised by change and rapid growth.

Skills and Attributes

* ACA/CTA or equivalent.
* Minimum 5 years' tax experience in real estate taxation.
* Strong tax technical skills.
* Excellent numerical and analytical skills.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills.
* Strong project management skills.
* Self-motivated, committed and goal-oriented.
* Ability to operate in a deal-driven environment and to juggle multiple projects effectively.
* Ability to work well within a team.
* It would be desirable to have previous experience of working in an in-house tax team in a real estate business, with experience of working with US inbounds and partnership structures.