Tax Manager

UK Tax Manager

The Finance Team at Tradebe is growing in response to the demands of a fast-growing business and increasingly demanding control and governance environment. Reporting to the UK Finance Director, the role sits alongside and works closely with Financial Control and other areas of Finance, Legal and Business Operations.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the tax function for the UK Group of companies, working with our external consultants, improving controls and compliance across the tax spectrum, providing valuable tax insight to the rest of the business.

As a Tax Manager, you'll be responsible for:

• Management of the UK corporation tax function, in coordination with our external consultants
• Build relationships with external UK and Group tax advisory teams
• Coordination with Group Tax Team
• Ensure Transfer Pricing Compliance
• Take ownership for the relationship with HMRC, handle and assess their enquires, coordination of the process, follow up and regular internal communication of the enquiry status
• Take the lead on straight forward UK tax accounting and reporting requirements
• Tax planning assessment and reporting
• Lead the groups annual assessment of qualifying expenditure for R&D tax credits
• Review and improve processes around the VAT return
• Support and improve responses to tax evasion risk across the organisation
• Monthly / quarterly submission CT preparation including documentation and review processes
• Provide technical tax and project management support on local and global projects: changes in group structure, property and M&A transactions etc. where required liaising with external Tax partners
• Support the wider finance and trade team with indirect tax queries for specific cases

What we need from you

• An accounting or tax qualification (ACCA/ACA/ICAS/CTA)
• Experience of working in either in-house in a B2B or manufacturing type environment or a substantial UK Tax practice
• An interest in systems and indirect taxes
• Strong written, verbal and communication skills
• Desire to work in a fast-paced environment
• A confident individual with good levels of judgement and pragmatism, comfortable working within a commercial environment with senior members of the business

Work in a way that works for you

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Hybrid working 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day

Salary and benefits

• A base salary of approx. £70k
• 25 days holiday
• A performance related bonus of up to 15-20% of salary
• Car allowance
• Contributory pension plan
• Life cover 4x salary
• Private health plan
• A range of discounts on goods and services