European Tax Manager

ROLE: European Tax Manager

DURATION: 12 Months

LOCATION: Chester (50% office time required, 50% remote working)

PAY RATE: £35.16 per hour

POSITION PURPOSE:

This role sits within the European Tax COE. The main aspects of the role are:

• To take responsibility for and to manage all direct tax reporting compliance requirements for a group of markets within the Europe region.

• To provide advice on any tax related issue, coordinating with external advisors and Global Corporate Tax Department where necessary.

In addition, the person is expected to maintain a constant awareness of local tax legislation and act as a real internal consultant to satisfy stakeholder expectations.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Preparation and submission of all US Tax reporting including quarterly current and deferred tax provision, quarterly tax contingency and projections using TaxStream technology.

• Coordination of annual Transfer Pricing documentation including financial data analysis and liaison with commercial teams and external adviser.

• Preparation of annual Corporate Income Tax Returns, in collaboration with external adviser.

• Calculation and instruction of Corporate Income Tax Payments.

• Liaison with tax authorities as necessary.

• Preparation of annual tax disclosures to be included in Statutory Financial Statements, including calculation of current and deferred tax provisions. Respond to queries from external auditor.

• Continuous review of tax legislation to identify relevant changes. Analyse impact and communicate to business partners.

• Participate in internal projects to ensure direct tax compliance, provide advice and support for any tax advisory questions, utilising third party resource as necessary.

• Support COE strategy for use of third party resource ensuring that all work is correctly engaged and approved.

• Support strategy of standardisation and automation, continuous improvement and risk management, and leveraging developments in tax technology.

• Provide support to other markets, as required.

• Completion of all other reporting requirements as necessary.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

Education/Experience

• Qualified Accountant and / or Chartered Tax Adviser.

• Extensive years’ experience of tax compliance in at least one jurisdiction in a practice, or multi-national corporate tax environment or equivalent.

• Understanding of accounting provisions, accounting principles, statutory audit and disclosure requirements of financial statements in at least one jurisdiction in Europe.

• Experience of indirect taxes desirable.

• Fluency in English.