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Title: Assistant Tax Manager
Location: National - Any GT Office Location
Contract Type: Permanent or Part-Time - minimum 4 days.
We are looking to appoint an Assistant Tax Manager (Mixed Taxes) to join our Group Tax team within Group Finance. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified tax or accounting professional to develop a broad, commercially focused tax skillset within a FTSE 250, Tier 1 construction and infrastructure group.
Working as part of a small, high-impact central tax team, the role has a strong focus on VAT and CIS, while also providing exposure to Employment Taxes, Corporation Tax, SDLT, Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) and the Corporate Criminal Offence (CCO) regime. It is ideally suited to someone who aspires to progress into a senior tax leadership role in the future.
You will work closely with colleagues across Group Finance, the Shared Services Centre (SSC), operational teams and external advisers, supporting tax compliance, governance and risk management across the Group.
What You Will Be Doing:
* Support the management of the Group's VAT position, with particular focus on the construction sector, including standard-rated, zero-rated and reverse-charge supplies.
* Review VAT returns prepared by the Shared Services Centre, ensuring accuracy, completeness and appropriate treatment of complex transactions, ensuring MTD (Making Tax Digital) compliance.
* Review imports of goods and services on a monthly basis and ensure that the relevant reverse charge values are included in the VAT returns for foreign services, and postponed VAT accounting is correctly processed for foreign goods.
* Carry out regular checks to ensure compliance with the Corporate Criminal Offence (CCO) legislation regarding non-VAT registered suppliers.
* Review the sales data and ensure that End User statements have been completed by customers when required.
* Supporting Head of Tax in managing VAT treatment of complex construction transactions, including domestic reverse charge and land and property rules.
* Supporting Head of Tax in providing internal advisory support on VAT issues across tenders, procurement, and commercial contracts.
* Monitor changes in VAT law affecting the construction sector and support implementation across the business.
* Manage VAT inspections, audits, and HMRC correspondence.
* Maintain Tax team mailbox for VAT queries, answer queries, escalate to Head of Tax as necessary.
* Review and submit monthly CIS submissions for all construction-related activities and ensure compliance with HMRC rules.
* Provide guidance when required on subcontractor verifications, CIS deduction processing including payments to HMRC and the issuing of payment and deduction statements.
* Work with commercial and project teams to ensure proper CIS setup and classification of suppliers.
* Maintain robust controls and documentation around CIS to reduce risk of penalties.
* Assist with CIS queries from the business, providing clear and pragmatic guidance
* Maintain Tax team mailbox for CIS queries, answer queries, escalate to Head of Tax as necessary.
* Manage and respond to HMRC correspondence regarding CIS.
* Work with the Director of Property to ensure SDLT compliance across the group and that the required payments of tax have been made.
* Support compliance and advisory work across employment taxes, including PAYE, NICs and benefits.
* Assist with Corporation Tax matters, including data gathering, review and liaison with advisers.
* Support the Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) certification process, including controls testing and documentation.
* Assist with maintaining and embedding the Group's Corporate Criminal Offence (CCO) prevention framework.
* Work closely with the Shared Services Centre to support continuous improvement in tax processes and controls.
* Build effective relationships with finance and operational stakeholders across the business. Work with project finance teams to provide clear guidance on VAT and CIS treatment of project activities.
* Support responses to HMRC enquiries and audits, working alongside external advisers where required.
* Contribute to the development and maintenance of tax policies, procedures and internal guidance.
* Contribute to improvements in systems and processes relating to VAT and CIS.
* Assist in external audit queries and support the wider finance function as needed.
About You:
* Fully qualified CTA / ACA / ACCA or equivalent experience.
* Minimum 3–5 years of relevant tax experience.
* Good working knowledge of UK VAT and the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS).
* Experience in managing VAT compliance and advisory in a high-volume transactional construction environment or dealing with client queries and compliance .
* Working knowledge of accounting and ERP systems (e.g., Oracle).
* Excellent Excel and data-handling skills.
What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we're poised for further growth and success, so if you're committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.
We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.
We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.
Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.
Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.
Our benefits:
We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.
* Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
* A wide range of corporate discounts
* Cycle to Work schemes
* Comprehensive pension plan
* Competitive family leave policy
* Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
* Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees, and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
* Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role
About us:
Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading construction groups with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.
Our purpose is to improve people's lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.
We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.
Galliford Try is a leading UK Construction group. The business is split into four distinct divisions,
Infrastructure, Building, Environment and Specialist Services, covering a range of specialist work in water, highways, telecoms, security, commercial, custodial, education, health, interiors, and leisure, across both public and private sectors. Listed on the London Stock Exchange and a member of the FTSE 250. Our vision is to be leaders in the construction of a sustainable future.
For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our business please contact Skyemarie Bree –
Additional Information:
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.
We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.
Don't meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview."
A full job description for this role is available upon request.
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