Job Title: Indirect Tax Analyst
Location: Wigmore Street, London + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Shape financial integrity in a role that protects critical national operations
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Indirect Tax Analyst at Wigmore Street or Portsmouth, near London or Portsmouth.
The role
As an Indirect Tax Analyst, you’ll play a key role in ensuring Babcock meets its indirect tax and compliance obligations across a complex, global organisation. Supporting the Indirect Tax Manager and Head of Indirect Tax, you’ll help drive accuracy, consistency, and continuous improvement in tax processes that underpin vital defence, aerospace, and engineering programmes.
This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career in a high-impact finance and tax environment, where your expertise contributes directly to responsible business operations and compliance at scale.
Day-to-day, you’ll gain exposure to a wide range of tax matters while working collaboratively across finance, procurement, and operational teams.
1. Preparing and reviewing value added tax, construction industry scheme, and PAYE settlement agreement returns
2. Ensuring all tax returns are completed and submitted accurately and on time across the business
3. Supporting the development and standardisation of tax processes, procedures, and documentation
4. Building relationships across the organisation to embed strong tax compliance and awareness
5. Identifying and implementing improvements to systems, controls, and tax reporting processes
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with the requirement to go into the office once a month or as projects determine.
Essential experience of the Indirect Tax Analyst
6. Demonstrating experience within an indirect tax or tax compliance role
7. Applying knowledge of cross-border indirect tax rules for goods and services
8. Understanding core financial and accounting principles
9. Analysing data and interpreting tax regulations to provide clear insights
10. Managing multiple priorities and solving problems in a fast-paced environment
Qualifications for the Indirect Tax Analyst
11. Either hold or working towards/willing to work towards a relevant professional qualification - ACA, ACCA, CTA, AAT.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
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