Tax Manager

Job Description

Job title: Tax Manager

Location: Frimley or Samlesbury. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £68,000 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Facilitate best in class adoption of tax technology including generative AI tools, GMT technology tools and robotic process automation
• Support on day to day tax compliance requirements across a range of taxes, with a focus on UK CT filings
• Assist the Head of Tax Reporting during the reporting cycle
• Develop an understanding of the business and Finance Operations function to ensure a collaborative approach to tax compliance
• Support on tax compliance process including Global Minimum Tax compliance
• Have a continuous improvement mindset to tax operations and operational processes particularly around Tax Technology and its relevance to BAE
• Review & monitor tax compliance filing and payment obligations
• Support on tax compliance process implementation and changes
• Ensure compliance with tax governance requirements
• Actively manage CPD, ensuring a good breadth of technical and power skills
• Support the Senior Accounting Officer certification across the taxes

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Required expertise in tax compliance across a range of taxes with knowledge of tax compliance filings and payment requirements
• Familiarity with using technology to optimise processes
• Background in tax reporting under IFRS
• Proficiency in liaising with tax authorities and senior stakeholders
• Experience working in an in-house tax team or in a professional tax services firm
• External tax network required as a means to stay up to date as a best-in-class advisor

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Head Office Tax team:

Reporting to a Senior Tax Manager, the role of the Tax Manager is pivotal to both the tax team and to the broader organisation. You will be working within the Tax Capability Centre as a tax generalist focusing on UK corporation tax but also to include international corporation tax management, RDEC, UK and overseas VAT and customs activity. You will gain involvement in the delivery of process improvements as part of a wider finance modernisation programme and significant changes in the tax landscape.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also 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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 16th August 2024

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.

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