In-house Group Tax Manager

The successful in house group tax manager will be responsible for:

• Lead the tax accounting and notes disclosure for the UK annual financial statements of relevant UK and international companies, including effective management of group tax assets, and support the annual audit process;
• Review and sign-off of UK Corporation Tax computations submissions for all companies including improving the efficiency of the compliance cycle and effectively managing third party providers;
• Provide oversight on non UK compliance including the management of an RTP process;
• Provide analysis and guidance on tax related issues across both UK and international businesses including advice on acquisitions and disposals, entering into new territories, changes to tax regimes including tonnage tax, and changes in legislation;
• Maintain the Group tax strategy and develop subsidiary strategies as appropriate;
• Preparation and/or review of quarterly and annual tax submissions, including SAO, STBV, PSA, RDEC, VAT and Bad Debt relief
• Lead the Group's transfer pricing strategy including guidance on appropriate strategies, compliance with local requirements and management of the relevant transfer pricing documentation and Country by Country reporting processes.
• Support the wider finance teams in respect of tax forecasting, payments on account and ad-hoc requests.
• Maintenance of Tax risk registers and mitigating actions
• Build relationships and interact with internal stakeholders and manage external stakeholders and advisors to provide value add tax planning, consulting and expertise;
• Proactively engage with HMRC including management of BRR's and enquiries with the aim of maintaining the Group's low risk rating.