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Job description

This is an excellent opportunity to join an established and growing in-house tax team within the Group Finance team of a large corporate organisation, which offers you a varied role supporting Energia Group. The Group Tax Team are responsible for delivering the Group’s Tax Strategy through best-in-class tax compliance, efficient tax planning and accurate tax accounting. This is a newly created role suited to someone who is keen to develop the tax technical skills which will be pivotal to keeping the Group on top of new and emerging tax rules and obligations, assessing the impact of any changes, and advising on considerations for key strategic decisions. Reporting to the Tax Manager, and supported by the Graduate Trainee, the Tax Accountant will initially focus on tax compliance and tax accounting for the Group’s UK and ROI subsidiary companies and developing business knowledge relative to the Group including engaging with internal finance teams and external advisers. You will play a key role in ensuring the integrity and accuracy of UK and ROI internal and external tax reporting to support compliance. You will assist with the continuous improvement of tax systems and processes in the group and develop relationships with key partners across the Energia Group and externally. The role will suit a dedicated and highly motivated individual who is open to development and challenge and can collaborate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders. You will be a self-starter with a proactive, curious and solutions focused approach to your work who will challenge the status quo and look for improved ways of doing things. An ambitious and resourceful candidate will discover a lot of scope and opportunity for this role to develop and evolve including the opportunity to study towards a recognised tax qualification if not already held. .

Responsibilities

• Corporation tax compliance, including liaising with finance colleagues to collect and reconcile the information you require to prepare correct and complete returns.
• VAT compliance, including collating and reviewing VAT return workings that have been prepared by the wider finance teams, and ensuring submission of VAT returns in compliance with regulations (e.g. UK MTD).
• Certain employee-related compliance e.g. PSA and ROI ERR.
• Assist the HR and payroll teams on ad hoc queries e.g. employee mobility and benefits.
• Assist with BEPS compliance e.g. CbCR / Transfer Pricing / Pillar 2 etc.
• Assist with other tax compliance including energy specific taxes e.g. UK Electricity Generators Levy, UK Climate Change Levy.
• Assist in the preparation of tax provisions, disclosures, and journals for interim (quarterly) and year-end consolidated and subsidiary accounts.
• Assist with preparation of tax forecasts for payments and planning purposes.
• Keep up to date with new and emerging tax legislation, regulations, requirements, and best practice.
• Assist with tax risk management including UK SAO, ROI DCS, Group Tax Strategy, Corporate Criminal Offences and the maintenance and improvement of policies, systems, procedures, and controls.
• Support tax knowledge sharing and tax training of wider finance team.
• Assist with reporting to senior executives on key tax matters.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Recognised professional finance qualification (e.g. ACA / ACCA and / or CTA).
• Experience working in a busy tax compliance or accounting environment within a professional team.
• Awareness of UK and ROI taxes and a keen interest in the emerging international tax landscape.
• Proven ability to take responsibility and work to strict reporting and commercial deadlines.
• Demonstrable ability to build relationships with stakeholders through effective, timely and relevant communication.
• Strong command of Microsoft Office and proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

Desirable Skills

• Experience preparing corporation tax returns and calculating tax accounting provisions.
• Experience of analysing tax or accounting issues and presenting findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Awareness of other taxes including VAT and payroll taxes.
• Experience of using accounting software (e.g. Workday/Adaptive, SAP, EPM solutions) and/or tax software (e.g. Alphatax, AlphaBridge).