JOB TITLE – Senior Corporation Tax Manager, EMEA
DEPARTMENT – Tax & Treasury, Finance
LOCATION – Delta Park, UK
WORKING HOURS – Mon-Fri, 37.5 hours per week (hybrid working)
A brighter future awaits you
At CooperVision, we create brighter futures for our customers and employees alike, striving to make a difference and go further.
You’ll be welcomed into a growing global business with a presence in over 40 countries. This establishes an incredible opportunity for you to get involved in international collaborations across Europe, as well as the chance to report into experienced industry leaders, furthering your expertise and creating a positive impact on both our business and your career.
What is important to us
Recruiting, retaining, and promoting a diverse mix of employees is core to our success. It helps bring different perspectives, diverse conversations, and new ideas to the table, all of which are incredibly valuable.
At CooperVision we celebrate, not only our company success, but we celebrate who we all are individually, and we embrace diversity. We support and we encourage you to bring your full self and not just part of you. We are committed to each individual and we look forward to a Brighter Future together.
What will you be doing:
As EMEA Senior Corporation Tax Manager, reporting to the Director of Tax & Treasury EMEA, you’ll be supporting both CooperVision (EMEA) and CooperSurgical (all countries outside of the US) entities and be responsible for a broad remit of tax related requirements.
You’ll be liaising with external tax advisors, tax authorities and work closely with the US tax team in Cooper Headquarters, CooperVision International IP Committee, R&D departments and many other internal stakeholders.
Essential Functions & Accountabilities:
1. Responsible for corporate tax compliance within the region to ensure accurate and timely submissions are made
2. Manage both a direct and indirect team on all corporate tax matters
3. Regular liaison with Financial Controllers within the region to ensure appropriate tax support is given
4. Review of annual tax computations and return to provisions for those countries within the region including providing technical guidance on the complex items
5. To ensure compliance with current corporate tax legislation for all countries within the region
6. Ensuring transfer pricing compliance within the region with a key focus on CVIL as the hub entity. Review level of true ups on regular basis and advise on price changes as needed.
7. Ensuring that appropriate documentation is in place to support the annual senior accounting officer requirements in relation to corporate tax
8. Responsible for ensuring all aspects of tax governance in relation to Corporate Tax are managed, to include, tax risk registers, uncertain tax position filing, and controls and processes
9. Managing the process for claims for R&D tax credits including establishing and maintaining an R&D claim for CVIL with more complex matters
10. For CVIL establish and maintain a process to ensure we maximise our Patent Box claim whilst remaining compliant with legislation. Liaise with multiple stakeholders to get information needed for claims
11. Responsible for preparing long term forecasting models for CVIL to aide with planning. Summarise key information in accessible manner to senior stakeholders
12. Be involved in strategic planning from a corporate tax perspective suggesting and reviewing proposals for tax efficient plans for the group
13. Provide support to the CVIL IP committee including preparation of agendas, minutes from meetings, reports for board of CVIL etc. Present on topics at IP workshops to highlight key tax matters to assist with planning
14. For the UK entities manage day-to-day relationship with our HMRC CRM and the wider HMRC team from a Corporate Tax perspective
15. Present to HMRC on key topics such as patent box, R&D
16. Lead corporate tax aspects of transitions of work to UK
17. Drive process improvement changes in relation to corporate tax processes to ensure efficiencies and improved controls. Share learnings with wider team
18. Provide technical support for quarterly tax reporting under US GAAP
19. Provide support and technical guidance on the corporation tax impact of mergers and acquisitions within the region
20. Be the subject matter expert on technical corporate tax areas including items such as MDR, CBCR, Interest restrictions etc. Provide regular technical updates to the team.
21. Continuously strategically assess the best model for corporate taxes to achieve compliance in the most efficient manner
What skills and experience should you have?
You’ll be qualified (ACA, ACCA, ATT, CTA or equivalent) with extensive corporate tax experience whether that be working in practise or inhouse, and has worked within a multicultural, international environment previously.
This position requires someone who has dealt with technical corporate tax related issues and has a great understanding when it comes to global trading structures and intra-group trading practises.
CooperVision values
Our four values define and underpin our unique culture; we are dedicated, we are inventive, we are friendly, and we are partners. Becoming part of the CooperVision family means joining a friendly team that’s open, flexible, and respectful of each other’s differences, working together to achieve something great!
What we offer
You’ll receive competitive compensation and a fantastic benefits package including 25 days holiday, bonus, car allowance, pension scheme, healthcare cover, life assurance, access to our Wellness Platform to support you in mental health and wellbeing, a discounted contact lens scheme and much more!