Overview job description

• The Tax Manager is responsible for the tax advice and planning as well as compliance support and review for overseas operations of the Group.
• Working closely with the Finance business leaders and commercial partners to understand current and future business plans and to provide specialist and commercially focussed tax advice.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Responsibility for managing tax issues relating to the German Group and its branches.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with local Finance Managers.
• Review bids and provide tax input into contract pricing.
• Support the Senior Tax Managers and Head of Tax on M&A, transfer pricing and other projects.
• Assist in managing tax audits, providing guidance to local teams and ensuring accurate and appropriate disclosure is made to the tax authorities.
• Review tax returns for allocated entities to ensure technical accuracy and consistency with Group policy (compliance is outsourced).
• Review tax payments.
• Ensure that relevant intercompany agreements are in place to support transactions.
• Support other team members in areas such as year-end accounting, VAT.

Applicants to this role require

• Good accounting skills.
• Understanding of financial implications of tax transactions on the Group’s financial performance and reporting.
• Experience of both UK and international corporate tax.
• Good communicator, strong team ethic and able to deal with a variety of people at different levels, with differing levels of financial awareness.
• Willing to challenge in a robust and professional manner.

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