Williams Lea

Tax Reporting and Compliance Lead

Williams Lea

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £120,000 - £130,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead and oversee Corporate Income Tax governance, reporting and compliance at divisional and regional level
  • Manage outsourced corporate tax compliance process and oversight of advisors across 20+ jurisdictions
  • Review and prepare tax provisions (current and deferred) and tax disclosures at entity and consolidated group level under US GAAP
  • Drive quarterly tax provisions process, manage UK CT quarterly instalment payments and monitor tax payments for group entities
  • Prepare cash tax and tax liability forecasts and use EBITDA forecasts to provide indicative ETR forecasting
  • Run tax year-end audit and consolidation process and coordinate with external advisors
  • Ensure internal resources, processes and controls are in place and identify finance and tax process improvements
  • Manage UK compliance matters including CFC, CIR & Pillar Two and prepare forms for treaty exemptions or reduced withholding tax rates
  • Maintain Tax Risk Register, reconcile corporate income tax and withholding tax balances and produce cash tax estimate models
  • Lead automation of data analysis and review processes leveraging company systems and data platform

Requirements

  • Degree in relevant subject, ACA or equivalent
  • 7-8 years of international tax reporting and compliance experience across industry and/or in a major accounting firm in a corporate tax department
  • Strong tax accountant with excellent knowledge of UK tax rules and corporate tax compliance
  • Excellent understanding of tax accounting and ability to partner and train wider Finance colleagues
  • Experience of planning, implementing and documenting Tax and Finance processes (advantage)
  • Ability to obtain, scrutinize and evaluate systems and data independently of wider Finance teams
  • Experience managing and project-managing multiple international tax compliance requirements and outsourced advisors
  • Hands on, resilient, commercially minded team-player with strong attention to detail