UK Tax Manager

We offer

• Salary of approx. £70k
• 25 days holiday
• A performance related bonus of up to 15%- 20% of salary 
• Contributory pension plan
• Life cover 4x salary
• Private health plan
• A range of discounts on goods and services

The role

As a Tax Manager, you'll be responsible for:

•    Management of the UK corporation tax function, in coordination with our external consultants
•    Build relationships with external UK and Group tax advisory teams
•    Coordination with Group Tax Team
•    Ensure Transfer Pricing Compliance
•    Take ownership for the relationship with HMRC, handle and assess their enquires, coordination of the process, follow up and regular internal communication of the enquiry status
•    Take the lead on straight forward UK tax accounting and reporting requirements
•    Tax planning assessment and reporting
•    Lead the groups annual assessment of qualifying expenditure for R&D tax credits
•    Review and improve processes around the VAT return
•    Support and improve responses to tax evasion risk across the organisation
•    Monthly / quarterly submission CT preparation including documentation and review processes
•    Provide technical tax and project management support on local and global projects: changes in group structure, property and M&A transactions etc. where required liaising with external Tax partners
•    Support the wider finance and trade team with indirect tax queries for specific cases

The person

• An accounting or tax qualification (ACCA/ACA/ICAS/CTA)
• Experience of working in either in-house in a B2B or manufacturing type environment or a substantial UK Tax practice
• An interest in systems and indirect taxes
• Strong written, verbal and communication skills
• Desire to work in a fast-paced environment
• A confident individual with good levels of judgement and pragmatism, comfortable working within a commercial environment with senior members of the business