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We have an exciting new opportunity to join our Tax team based in multiple locations. The team provides expert tax services to the UK companies within the group and Aviva Investors (as manager of a range of regulated and unregulated funds). The role involves working with colleagues across multiple locations.
About the job:
This role focuses on providing advice and support related to tax matters for customers of Aviva products.
The tax team covers a broad scope, including customer and product taxes, operational and transaction taxes, insurance premium taxes, corporation tax, life tax, VAT, and employment taxes.
You should have a good understanding of and be able to articulate key tax issues arising from customer products, with a focus on chargeable events, bonds, life assurance, and pensions products.
The role includes advising internal teams, leading chargeable events matters with HMRC, and reviewing customer literature.
The day-to-day responsibilities include:
1. Strong knowledge of chargeable events legislation and guidance.
2. Excellent communication and collaboration skills for liaising internally and externally, including with Aviva’s third-party partners and HMRC.
3. Good technical knowledge of life products, including bonds, pensions, and endowment policies.
4. Strong communication skills for dealing with various internal teams.
5. Collaborating across the business to ensure proper prioritization.
6. Ensuring accurate customer and product tax documentation.
7. Providing technical support on chargeable events reporting and HMRC-related issues.
8. Continuously considering process improvements.
Skills and experience required:
* Qualified accountant, tax professional, or equivalent experience in industry or practice.
* Strong customer and product tax knowledge, with the ability to evaluate and communicate the impact of new developments.
* Team player with an open, collaborative, and proactive approach, eager to test new ideas and embrace change, and to simplify processes.
* Proficiency in MS Office applications, especially document creation and editing.
* Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
What you’ll get:
We are committed to investing in our colleagues. Benefits include:
* Competitive salary based on location, skills, experience, and qualifications.
* Bonus opportunity of 12% of annual salary, depending on performance.
* Generous pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution.
* 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, with options to buy or sell up to 5 days.
* Up to 40% discount on Aviva products and other retailer discounts.
* Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares annually through our Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme.
* Supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave.
* Flexible benefits, including sustainability options like cycle to work.
* Opportunities to make a difference through our Aviva Communities and paid volunteering days.
* Focus on wellbeing with various support tools.
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Our inclusive approach:
We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you’re excited but don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. Job sharing applicants should apply as a pair. We offer flexible locations, hours, and working patterns, with most employees spending around 50% of their time in the office to balance flexibility and collaboration.
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