Job Title: Tax Manager
Location: Preston; Lancashire or Frimley; Surrey. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: £80,000 plus executive benefits
What You'll Be Doing
Deliver best-in-class tax business partnering by developing a deep understanding of the business and its activities
Provide governance-led, commercially focused tax advice, communicating clearly and effectively with stakeholders
Build and maintain solid relationships with senior stakeholders across the business and, where required, with external parties
Proactively monitor developments in the external legislative and regulatory environment, assessing the impact on BAE Systems
Clearly articulate the effective tax rate and tax accounting implications of tax advice provided
Review, project manage and deliver key aspects of UK and international tax compliance filings and associated payment obligations
Drive process improvement initiatives and actively promote the increased use of tax technology, including generative AI tools and robotic process automation
Deliver ad hoc projects in support of wider team objectives
Coach and support more junior members of the team, without direct line management responsibility
Your Skills And Experiences
Demonstrable technical experience in UK and international corporate tax
Experience of corporation tax compliance filings and associated payment requirements
Practical experience using tax technology to optimise and automate tax processes
ACA and/or CTA qualified, with experience gained in an in-house tax team or in a professional tax services firm, including the Big 4
Exposure to transfer pricing advantageous
Benefits
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Group Tax Team
This role sits in Group Tax within Head Office, reporting to the Senior Tax Advisor. You will provide commercially focused tax business partnering across the business, applying your UK corporate and international tax expertise. You will review UK and international tax returns and associated filings, drive process improvements through innovative use of tax technology, and deliver a variety of ad hoc projects. This is an excellent opportunity to work on high-impact initiatives in a collaborative and forward-looking environment.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 25th February 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.