As a Barclays Corporate Tax Manager, you will be working within a team of high performing tax professionals supporting the Head of the Department in delivering their accountabilities. This is an opportunity to account for corporation tax planning, forecasting, reporting, compliance, risk management, and resolution of issues.
The team is responsible for forecasting, reporting, and ensuring compliance with the group’s Pillar 2 obligations. You will assist with analysis relating to developments in UK tax legislation to ensure the impact on the Barclays group is fully understood.
To be considered for this position, you will be a qualified accountant with practical experience or good awareness of UK tax legislation and tax reporting processes. In-house tax experience is preferable.
You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
Purpose of the role
To safeguard the financial interests of the bank, using expertise and diligence to maintain tax compliance, mitigate tax risks, and ensure tax is appropriately reflected in the Group’s financial planning and external financial reporting.
Accountabilities
1. Preparation or review of relevant tax returns in accordance with applicable tax law and agreeing compliance positions with the tax authorities.
2. Preparation or review of tax accounting calculations and disclosures in accordance with applicable accounting standards for group forecasting, reporting, and stress testing.
3. Provision of technical insight, analysis, and conclusions on a variety of tax technical areas to determine appropriate tax treatment.
4. Analysis of relevant developments in tax law to ensure the impact on Barclays is understood and appropriately managed.
5. Design and operation of tax process controls to ensure tax risk is appropriately managed and tax treatments can be supported.
Assistant Vice President Expectations
1. To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
2. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives, and determination of reward outcomes.
3. If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
4. For an individual contributor, lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identifying the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. Identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, combining cross-functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
5. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
6. Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
7. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
8. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, requiring understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
9. Collaborate with other areas of work for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
10. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practices (in other areas, teams, companies, etc.) to solve problems creatively and effectively.
11. Communicate complex information that could include sensitive information or information difficult to communicate because of its content or audience.
12. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge, and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.
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