Group Tax Manager - Fast Growth Fintech

Our client is a leading global embedded financing platform, partnering with some of the world's most renowned e-commerce sites, tech companies and payment services providers. They are currently seeking a Group Tax Manager to join their team in London.

Group Tax Manager

Salary: Competitive and based on experience

Location: London

Keywords: Tax Compliance, Tax Reporting, Advisory, Tax Planning, Liaising with HMRC, Support on Audits, Process Improvement, Team Support

Our client is a leading global embedded financing platform, partnering with some of the world's most renowned e-commerce sites, tech companies and payment services providers. They are currently seeking a Group Tax Manager to join their team in London. This role offers an exciting opportunity to take responsibility for ensuring the organisation's tax compliance, managing tax reporting and optimising tax efficiency. The successful candidate will have strong technical knowledge of Tax law and accounting.

• Work with a globally recognised company
• Take responsibility for ensuring tax compliance
• Opportunity to optimise tax efficiency

What you'll do:

As a Group Tax Manager, you will play a crucial role in ensuring our client's compliance with all relevant UK tax laws. Your responsibilities will include preparing and submitting corporate tax returns, VAT returns, and other statutory filings. You will also be tasked with preparing accurate tax provisions for financial statements in accordance with both UK and international accounting standards. In addition to these duties, you will advise internal stakeholders on the potential tax implications of various business decisions, transactions, and projects. Furthermore, you will assist in planning initiatives aimed at minimising the company's overall tax liabilities.

• Ensure the company complies with UK tax laws, including the preparation and submission of corporate tax returns, VAT returns, and other statutory tax filings.
• Prepare accurate tax provisions for financial statements in line with UK and international accounting standards.
• Advise internal stakeholders on the tax implications of various business decisions, transactions, and projects.
• Assist in tax planning initiatives to minimise the company's tax liabilities within legal frameworks.
• Manage interactions with HMRC on tax audits, inquiries, or other tax-related matters.
• Work with external auditors to ensure that the tax components of audits are accurate and compliant.
• Help improve and streamline tax processes and systems within the organisation.

What you bring:

The ideal candidate for this Group Tax Manager position will bring strong technical knowledge of both Tax law and accounting principles. You should possess analytical skills that allow you to identify both risks and opportunities related to taxation. Excellent communication skills are essential as you will need to explain complex tax matters to non-specialists within the organisation. The ability to work under tight deadlines is also crucial. You should hold a professional qualification in either Tax or Accounting (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CTA) and have between 5-8 years of experience in a similar role. A solid understanding of UK corporate tax, VAT, and tax reporting requirements is required.

• Strong technical knowledge of tax law and accounting principles.
• Analytical skills for identifying tax risks and opportunities.
• Excellent communication skills to explain complex tax matters to non-specialists.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Professional tax or accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CTA).
• 5-8 years of experience in a similar role.
• Solid understanding of UK corporate tax, VAT, and tax reporting requirements.

What sets this company apart:

Our client is a globally recognised embedded financing platform that partners with some of the world's most renowned e-commerce sites, tech companies and payment services providers. They operate in over 9 geographies across the UK, EU and the US. They believe that the future of financial services will be delivered by customer-oriented tech companies that embed financing in their customer journeys, and they are building the solutions that will power that future.

What's next:

If you're ready to take on an exciting new challenge as a Group Tax Manager, don't hesitate!

Apply today by clicking on the link!

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