Assistant Tax Manager

job description

Our client is a data and technology led growth consultancy that employs close to 4,000 people across 41 offices in 15 countries. Within their family of 25 consultancies and marketing businesses, they focus on solving their clients' growth problems.
As their brands continue to thrive, they are looking for an Assistant Tax Manager to join their UK-based tax team. You will be someone that can work proactively, managing your own work and responsibilities, a great team player and can collaborate with others.  You will report to the Deputy Head of Tax and there will be plenty of opportunities to gain significant exposure to the wider finance, legal and HR teams on a wide range of tax compliance and advisory issues.
This is an ideal first in-house move that offers an excellent opportunity to broaden your tax knowledge and experience.

As an Assistant Tax Manager , you will:

• Prepare UK corporation tax returns
• Calculate UK corporation tax payments on account
• Assist with the preparation of year end and interim tax accounting disclosures for group reporting
• Prepare tax accounting disclosures for the UK statutory accounts
• Prepare employment tax returns including Employment Related Securities, P11Ds and PAYE Settlement Agreements
• Assist UK brands with IR35 compliance
• Prepare quarterly UK VAT returns
• Help manage relationship with HMRC
• Review transfer pricing calculations
• Provide tax support on due diligence work
• Support Head Office Finance, HR and Legal teams as well as UK brands with a wide range of tax matters and ad hoc tax queries
• Assist with SAO compliance

You will bring:

• ACA/ACCA qualification or equivalent
• Experience working in either a Big 4/Top 10 corporate tax team or an in-house tax team
• A detailed and up-to-date knowledge of the UK corporation tax regime
• Working knowledge of Alphatax
• Capital allowances technical knowledge and practical experience
• R&D tax claims experience
• Experience with tax accounting and issues relevant to a group
• Experience handling HMRC enquiries and managing relationships with HMRC

And in return, on offer:

• Excellent salary
• 6% matched pension contributions
• 30 days annual leave (26 days + Birthday off + 3 at Christmas & New Year)
• Green Car scheme that saves you up to 40% on the cost of driving an electric car with a wide variety of cars to choose from
• Group Life insurance
• Flexible working
• Career progression
• Open and collaborative workplace culture

Please register your interest for further information. We regret only successful applicants will be contacted