In-House Tax Manager - FMCG, to £60k + car allowance + up to 25% bonus

Your new company

My client is a group with operations throughout Western Europe, that is listed on NYSE, has a market capitalisation of USD 3.2bn and owns a number of very well know food brands. Since 2014 the group has made regular acquisitions and it is expected to continue to do so in the future. It is number one in its sector across Europe. Based near Feltham, West London the in-house tax department is highly regarded, both within the group and in the wider FMCG sector. It is currently a small but very strong team. This role is a replacement for someone who is leaving the business after three years.

Your new role

Tax Compliance:

* Manage the tax return completion process (31st December year/end) for the UK Group. This includes finalisation of the CT600s, preparing the Controlled Foreign Companies (CFC) Return and the Country by Country Report and completion of quarterly formalities relating to withholding tax;
* Work with the UK and Group finance teams to ensure efficient completion of all tax computations;
* Liaise with external providers to ensure that all tax computations etc are tagged for iXBRL;
* Manage Senior Accounting Officer process, ensuring full compliance to provide assurance and documentation to the satisfaction of SAOs (including reporting to Group CFO).

Reporting:

* Prepare interim and year-end tax reporting packs (using Thomson Reuters GAM) for the UK Group;
* Consolidate interim and year-end tax reporting packs for all other countries in the Group and work with country finance teams to resolve any problems;
* Work with the Group Tax Manager to ensure audit sign off for current and deferred tax figures, notes and disclosures in UK statutory accounts, ensuring appropriate records are collated and maintained to support the tax provisions;
* Ensure that a control environment is in place to meet the Group's obligations arising from all applicable financial regulations concerning its tax provisions and accounting disclosures, especially Sarbanes Oxley S404 and international Accounting Standards and Financial Reporting Standards.

Tax Operating Model:

* Oversee calculation of transfer pricing adjustments required to maintain operating model on a quarterly basis. This will involve regular liaising with country finance teams across Europe. Other matters:
* Provide advice with tax planning such as R & D claims and requirements of developing legislation;
* Manage quarterly forecasting process (P/L & cash tax);
* Continually look to improve systems and processes to increase efficiency and mitigate risks.

What you'll need to succeed

In order to be considered for the role it is likely that you will have the following attributes:

* Tax and/ or accounting qualification (ACA and/or CTA);
* Experience of preparing, finalising and submitting corporate tax returns and tax reporting;
* Excel - Intermediate user;
* UK technical tax knowledge - essential;
* Awareness of other countries' tax regimes & of international tax developments - desirable;
* SAP/BPC - Experience preferred;
* One Source Tax - Experience preferred;

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