The Position
The Corporate Tax Accountantis an exciting role within the Asset Management (“AM”) Finance Team at RES with great potential for the successful candidate to learn and develop a range of skills and knowledge in the role.The Asset Management Finance Teamis a team of 22 andmanages a growing portfolio of150+companies across 12 clients including some of the leading renewable energy investors in the UK and Ireland. As such this role balances the supportive and nurturing environment of a professional services practice with the fast paced, commercial engagement acting as an in-house resource for our clients.
This new role has been created in response to the significant growth of the AM business to primarily support the corporation tax compliance process for RES’ clients bypreparing tax computations and tax accounting schedules. As such astrong grounding in corporation tax is required for this role.
The successful candidate would report to and work closely withthe Tax Manager in the Asset Management team.The candidate would also work with management accountants, internal stakeholders and external clients.
This role is for 3 days per week, with some flexibility if required for how the hours could be structured.
Organisational Context
The Asset Management department looks after wind farms, solar and storage plants in the UK and Ireland on behalf of clients. The services include technical, financial, and commercial asset management. Within this department, the finance team manages commercial, financial and statutory compliance to lenders and asset owners (internal and third party) and provides support to the wider Asset Management team.
Key Accountabilities
1. Preparation and filing of corporation tax computations for UK trading companies and holdcos;
2. Preparation of year-end(and in some cases quarterly) tax accounting schedules under both FRS102 and IFRS, including some consolidation;
3. Preparation of calculations for group relief(considering the most efficient approach), quarterly payments, Group Payment Arrangementsand Electricity Generator Levy payments;
4. Preparation and filing of other tax returns as required including, SDLT/LBTT Rent Review Returns, Corporate Interest Restriction returns(experience of CIR calculations beneficial) and Group Deductions Allowances statements;
5. Liaising with HMRC when required;
6. Review of corporation tax returns prepared by third party advisers;
7. Corporation tax support work for due diligence projects for clients;
8. Liaison with third party providers to coordinate capital allowance projects for clients when required;
9. Supporting and liaising with other parts of the business including the AM management accountants or Commercial Asset Managers to resolve tax queries;
10. Assist in preparation of statutory accounts;
Knowledge
11. Strong knowledge of UK corporation tax
12. Tax qualification either by itself or as part of an accountancy qualification
13. Knowledge of audits and statutory accounts preparation
Skills
14. Strong corporation tax compliance technical skills
15. Prior experience of ONESOURCE Tax software or similar tax technology software
16. Ability to multitask, work to deadlines and prioritise
17. Excellent communication skills and ability to work with multiple stakeholders and clients
18. Command of Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel
19. Ability to take a logical and practical approach
20. Organised, methodical and with good attention to detail
21. A team player with a can-do attitude, but with the discipline to work autonomously and be proactive
Experience
22. Significant experience of working in corporate tax compliance (ideally in practice)
23. Some experience of capital allowances, group tax issues,transfer pricing, quarterly payment calculations
24. Experience of working in a fast-paced environment and of working on multiple clients concurrently
Qualifications
25. Qualified tax professional or accountant (ACA/ACCA/CTAor similar)