In this varied and challenging role you will Lead tax compliance initiatives (including UK SAO obligations) and maintain a tax risk register to ensure that where there are risks they are properly assessed and reviewed by the board. You will be Supporting the GFC/CFO with the decision-making process and drive ERP system project work. Direct Taxes Manage the companies tax advisor network and flow of information for tax computation preparation for the trading subsidiary entities in UK (head office and hold co) US, Germany, UAE, Japan, Hong Kong China, Korea and Portugal. Preparation of the UK tax computation and calculation of quarterly installments payments for future years tax computations (including R&D tax relief claim) Oversee US state & federal taxes and US sales tax processing requirements. This would be supported by a local US finance team and local advisors Maintain transfer pricing documentation and review recharge policies/processes Preparation of the corporation and deferred tax accruals in the consolidated financial statements on a monthly basis in accordance with GAAP Support GFC/CFO in tax planning and optimizing the Groups effective tax rate Indirect Taxes Ensure that VAT returns are submitted accurately and in time by the local finance teams. Lead response to tax investigations (for both direct & indirect taxation) across all geographies. These would normally be supported by local finance staff and local tax advisors Maintain transfer pricing documentation and oversea accounting recharges between subsidiaries Payroll Taxes Act as in-house expert on payroll tax issues in relation to compensation, benefits in kind and assist in clearly defining the areas where activity may not be deductible for certain taxes and communicating this appropriately UK PSA filings Oversight of contractor status across geographies (eg. IR35 UK, 1099 filings US ect.) General Lead tax compliance initiatives (including UK SAO obligations) and maintain a tax risk register to ensure that where there are risks they are properly assessed and reviewed by the board Supporting the GFC/CFO with the decision-making process and any ad hoc requests Drive ad-hoc tax and ERP system project work Support the annual financial statement audit process on the tax side including in close interaction with external tax advisors and our auditors Requirements: Experience in a tax advisory function and/or in a tax department in an international business is important. Evidence of having dealt with tax authorities in a professional capacity is also necessary. International exposure to both direct and indirect tax (corp tax, payroll taxes, VAT, sales tax) challenges Technically strong and update to date knowledge of tax legislation Excellent excel skills For more information, please contact Mo Hanslod at Goodman Masson. In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.