Tax Accountant

Allianz Insurance
Guildford, ENG Full Time
POSTED ON 8/20/2024 CLOSED ON 9/10/2024

Job Posting for Tax Accountant at Allianz Insurance

Location: Guildford (Hybrid)

Salary: dep on exp benefits

Who We Are

Allianz is a global insurance company serving across 70 different countries, but from the very first day you join our team you’ll know that your contributions are valued. We offer world class learning and career development opportunities, while we celebrate an inclusive culture.

Role Description

The purpose of this role is to contribute towards delivering a high performing central tax function for the Allianz UK Group. This involves ensuring that all tax compliance matters, including corporate, indirect and employment taxes, are sufficiently maintained, fulfilling all tax reporting requirements of Allianz SE and assisting with tax advisory and specific projects as required.

Key Responsibilities

  • Prepares, submits and obtains agreement (by HMRC) of all relevant corporate, indirect tax and employment tax returns and payments required
  • Maintains compliance records and documentation to ensure that all the required tax fillings and payments are made by statutory deadlines
  • Fulfils all tax reporting requirements of Allianz SE
  • Maintains tax accounts and balances for the Allianz Insurance UK Group
  • Provides support in respect of tax advisory matters or specific tax projects
  • Keeps up-to-date with tax technical matters and communicates relevant tax matters to the business as required
  • Builds and maintains relationships with internal stakeholders, advisors and tax authorities

Skills & Experience

  • Fully Qualified ATT/ACA/CTA Preferred
  • Education – A-level preferred
  • IT Literate including excellent Word and Excel Skills
  • Experience of tax specialist software such as OneSource or Alphatax
  • Experience of accounting systems such as SAP
  • The ability to interpret and clearly explain tax technical issues
  • The ability to conduct and accurately interpret research on tax technical matters
  • Highly organised and the ability to prioritise multiple tasks

Accessible Application for All

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we enable access to candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer and Interview Scheme. This supports people that meet the essential skills required for the position applied for. Please let us know if you would like to be part of the scheme during your application.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all, if you need the application form in an alternative format or require any other assistance such as (Larger Text, Hard Copy or Spoken Application).

We want all of our applicants to shine in the recruitment process.

Please contact our Recruitment or Resourcing team.

Hr-recruitment@allianz.co.uk

resourcingteam@allianz.co.uk

We can also answer all of your questions and queries on “How to Apply” and what we can do to assist you along the way including any adjustments you may need to support you in your Application, Interview and your Future Career with us.

Allianz achieved the Great Place to Work certification in 2024

Great Place to work is a worldwide certification given to organisations who are recognised as an employer of choice by their people.

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

  • Flexible buy/sell holiday options
  • Hybrid working.
  • Annual performance related bonus
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Development days
  • A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
  • Retail discounts

Our Ways of Working

Do you need some flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen.

Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Our Purpose and Values

We secure your future

Be Brave | With Heart | Everyone Counts | Inspiring Trust

Our purpose and values are more than just words on a website - they are the why and how of Allianz. They influence everything we do and guide us how to do it. Created by our people, for our people, they shape our culture, bring us together, and inspire us to be the best. Building an inclusive culture for us all to succeed.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Allianz, we value diversity and inclusion and back this up with our accreditations. Allianz is EDGE certified for gender inclusion, members of the Women in Finance Charter, a Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion members, signatories of Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter, and an Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.

We recognise the strength of neurodiversity in the workplace, and the far-reaching benefits of embracing a spectrum of thinking styles and innovative capabilities. We proudly welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, and can offer tailored adjustments to remove barriers and set you up for success in your career.

At Allianz, we encourage our people to advocate for what they need, we listen, and we act – this could include providing assistive technology, ergonomic specialist equipment, mentoring and coaching, or flexibility in the way you work, among a wide range other adjustments.

Join us - Let’s Care for Tomorrow.

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