Tax Manager
Based in Reading, Berkshire
Hybrid: 3 days/week in the office
About the Opportunity
An opportunity has arisen to join the finance team as a Tax Manager. This is a key role to ensure timely and accurate preparation of quarterly reporting of tax calculations and risks to the Sanofi Group, as well as supporting the wider UK & Ireland team for tax related queries.
The Tax Manager will play an integral part in the simplification of the UK legal structure and provide support to the Head of Tax and Head of A2R. More broadly, there will be some responsibility for preparing statutory accounts and ensuring all round compliance.
About Growing with us
In this role you will:
1. Deliver quarterly tax figures for inclusion in the IFRS group reporting
2. Maintain the Taxrisk database and SOX controls, reporting any issues to the UKIE Head of Tax
3. Prepare accurate and punctual UK group tax computations for submission to HMRC, as well as local CIR return
4. Ensure timely and accurate delivery and submission of various returns such as Plastic Packaging Tax, Payroll Settlement Agreement, Withholding Tax (CT61), Share Scheme Reporting and Short-term Business Visitor
5. Prepare local statutory disclosures under IAS 12 for inclusion in audited UK statutory accounts
6. Initiate and process tax payments for UK
7. Prepare CBCR (country by country reporting) reconciliations to the Group Tax Department for applicable UK entities
8. Liaise with the shared service center to ensure UK VAT reporting is accurate
About You
To excel in this role, you will need to have:
9. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent experience
10. Professional qualification in Tax (ATT or CTA) or Accounting qualification
11. Significant post qualification in-house experience in tax
12. Working within a global/complex company structure
13. Understanding of IFRS (in particular IAS 12)
14. UK VAT knowledge and UK tax legislation
15. Excellent IT skills (VLookups, pivot tables etc)
16. Good SAP knowledge
17. Experience of AlphaTax
18. Positive decision-making capability
19. Proactive and agile mindset
20. Team player
21. Organisation and handling of high pressure deadlines/volumes
Inspire your Journey: what Sanofi can offer you:
22. An international work environment, in which you can develop your talent and realize ideas and innovations within a competent team
23. An attractive, market-oriented salary aligned with your qualifications and including social benefits above average (e.g. company pension plans, health management)
24. An individual and well-structured introduction and training when you onboard
25. You can create your own career path within Sanofi. Your professional and personal development will be supported purposefully
26. As a globally successful and constantly growing company, Sanofi provides international career paths as well
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Visas for those who do not already have the right to work in the UK will be considered on a case by case basis according to business needs and resources.
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