Job Title: Group Tax Reporting Senior Manager
Location: Remote, with occasional travel to Paddington
Contract: Until end of March 2027
Rates: £80,000-90,000 p/a
Job Description
SRG are looking for a Group Tax Reporting Senior Manger for a leading medical products and technology company based in London. As Group Tax Reporting Manager, you will be responsible for direct tax reporting for the group, comprising businesses located in over 100 countries. Working alongside a global team of established in-house tax professionals, the role will lead the group tax reporting process, supported by their central business services teams.
The role will further take oversight for reviewing the UK tax position, from a strategic and operational perspective. The successful candidate will gain valuable experience of running a well-established future focussed tax reporting operation, while developing insights into worldwide tax matters in a FTSE 100 HQ environment.
There will be further opportunities to support ad-hoc projects within the company's business units and supporting the wider tax and finance function.
The role sits within the group tax function which is responsible for managing strategic tax matters, operational business partnering and tax reporting and compliance.
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Managing the group tax reporting process which is run three times a year, Interim, Hard Close and Year End; This will involve liaising with finance stakeholders, preparing instructions for tax submissions, running the Longview tax reporting consolidation, delivering quality schedules to review the groups' current, deferred and cash tax position.
2. Reviewing country tax positions and providing explanations to external auditors.
3. Preparing consolidated tax notes for inclusion in the group plc position.
4. Supporting the forecasting of ETR and cash taxes.
5. Supporting and monitoring the in-sourced UK compliance processes for direct and indirect tax.
6. Providing advice and support for UK RDEC and patent box claims.
7. Providing input in continual process improvement opportunities and support in the implementation of new processes and tools for tax reporting and tax forecasting. The purpose will be to deliver efficiencies and simplification of the tax reporting and compliance processes following the principles of "simplify, standardise and automate."
8. Working across the business, you will stay up to date on tax laws, rules, and regulations and accounting pronouncements which may impact the Group and the UK.
Experience and Qualifications
Required:
9. Tax reporting experience
10. Longview tax reporting software experience
11. UK tax technical knowledge
Desirable:
12. Experience of working in an in-house tax close process in a listed multinational or FTSE100/Fortune 500 or similar environment.
13. Motivated by delivering change and excited to develop a board skillset across the tax life cycle.
We will be looking for the following skills, qualifications, and experience:
14. ACA / ACCA / CTA qualified or equivalent
15. Experience of working within an in-house tax team of a MNE.
16. Excellent interpersonal skills and cultural awareness to build working relationships with local finance teams, advisers, authorities and the rest of the Global Tax team
17. Technical IFRS tax accounting experience.
18. UK direct tax technical knowledge.
19. Strong accountancy background
20. Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
21. SAP experience helpful (Group Reporting Module, ECC S4H)
Core competencies include
22. Ability to multitask and prioritise effectively to meet deadlines
23. Ability to think strategically and consider future implications when preparing/reviewing work
24. Able to deal with ambiguity, imprecise or incomplete data, and other people's time constraints in requesting information and delivering practical advice
25. Ability to both manage and work with external advisors
26. Able to make recommendations and decisions
27. Willingness to take a hands-on approach