Department: Finance
Location: Coventry
Description
As a Group Tax Accountant you will be part of the Tax and Customs Team responsible for Mountain Warehouse's day to day global tax compliance. The team collectively ensures that Mountain Warehouse meets its global tax compliance requirements, which includes corporation tax, indirect tax, customs and duty and payroll taxes.
Key Responsibilities
Be responsible for the initial preparation of the more complex VAT and sales tax returns globally for the Mountain Warehouse organisation.
Review the simpler global VAT and sales tax returns.
Prepare and submit other compliance obligations such as Digital Platform Reporting, Intrastat, EC sales lists, etc.
Assist with the response to any local tax authority enquiries.
Taking responsibility for researching, providing technical analysis of and resolving queries as they arise.
Take ownership of certain processes and systems, including understanding the current process and proactively leading the continuous improvement of them.
Act as a point of contact for other finance teams such as Accounts Payable, Revenue Operations and Customs as well as understanding the impact that their processes may have on tax processes.
Provide tax training to the business and colleagues in the team, with support from the Senior Tax Manager.
Work closely with other members of the Group Tax Team on ad-hoc projects such as implementation of a tax engine, maintaining transfer pricing documentation and systems process developments.
Assist with the corporation tax compliance process, including capital allowances and transfer pricing analysis.
Be responsible for the reconciliation of tax accounts and preparing and posting journals as part of the month end process.
Support the preparation of year-end group tax provisioning and disclosures.
We Would Like To Meet Someone Who Is
3-5 years of tax experience.
Understanding of accounting principles.
Preferred experience: newly or part-qualified (with 1-2 exams remaining) accounting or tax technician.
Track record of delivering tax compliance effectively and efficiently.
A pragmatic problem-solving approach.
Some experience in a fast-paced or commercial environment.
Willingness to roll up sleeves and get into and question the detail.
Proficiency in utilising Excel to manage, analyse and reconcile data.
Benefits
Preferred experience with an ERP.
* Competitive salary and benefits package
* Hybrid working, 3 days in London based office & 2 working from home
* Holiday allowance
* 50% staff discount & 25% for family and friends
* Pension scheme