Job Description
EUROPEAN TAX MANAGER
Duration: 6 months (Flex)
Location: Chester (Hybrid working)
Pay rate: £54.95 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 advisers and Global Corporate Tax Department where necessary.
* 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.
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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.