Your new company
Our client is seeking an international tax manager, based in world-class premises, overlooking the picturesque city of Belfast. This new global industry-leading law firm, with 48 offices in 29 countries worldwide, offers hybrid and flexible working and a superlative array of employee benefits.
Exceptional opportunities await the right candidate, opportunities to work for the world’s leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.
Your new role
Develop a detailed understanding of the tax systems of the territories in which our client operates and a good working knowledge of the partner payment side of the PAT team's work.• Tax compliance including managing advisors and our clients teams to support local CFOs with tax filings for the firm and its partners. Manage information requests from partners, local offices, and advisors to meet tax deadlines.
• Year-end work to produce non-UK tax reserve calculations, tax equalisation calculations and tax related fiscal accounts notes.
• Reconciliation of partners’ non-UK tax reserves.
• Reviewing ad hoc tax filings in non-organisational territories (e.g. India) and advise on potential exposures elsewhere.
• Management of work to prepare UK Double Taxation Relief calculations for UK resident members of the organisations for inclusion in individual partner UK tax filings.
• Management of withholding tax exposures for the firm, both in relation to client transactions and interoffice balance settlement. Ensure internal and external queries are answered correctly and on a timely basis.
• Tax advice in relation to mobility issues, including individuals working overseas.
• Other ad-hoc tax advisory work as required.
• Ongoing review of existing processes to ensure that they continue to be appropriate (e.g. to reflect the impacts of business change transactions and external legislative developments), and to identify opportunities to improve these.
• Management of work of junior team members in London and Belfast.
Key relationships
Partners, PAT Team, overseas CFOs, tax authorities and external tax advisers.
What you'll need to succeed
• Collaborative approach and ability to build strong relationships with PAT team colleagues in London, Belfast, New York and Hong Kong, and colleagues in other teams located across the globe.• Ability to effectively communicate complex tax and accounting issues both orally and in writing to non-specialists.
• Strong analytical skills and an eye for detail.
• Knowledge of international tax issues affecting professional partnerships.
• Evidence of strong numeric skills.
• Ability to prioritise and manage deadlines effectively.
• Relevant accounting or tax qualifications. CTA OR ACA, ACCA)
• Personal or Corporate Tax Experience to Manager level.
What you'll get in return
Hybrid working from day 1
Employee benefits suite
Enhanced pension
What you need to do now
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