Group Tax Accountant Job in Hatfield, Hertfordshire

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Group Tax Accountant Job in Hatfield, Hertfordshire

Job Description
Group Tax Accountant – Hatfield – Listed Technology Company – Circa £50k-£60k plus benefits package

Robert Walters are hiring for a Group Tax Accountant for a leading technology and services business.

This is a permanent role paying circa £50k-£60k plus a great benefits package.

The position is based in the head office in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, but supports working from home 2 or 3 days per week.

Working closely with the Head of Tax and the Group Tax Manager, the Group Tax Accountant is responsible for a varied in-house tax position, comprising of a mix of corporation tax / direct tax, VAT / indirect tax and employment tax.

On top of the mix of tax work, this person will get involved in a varied role with a mix of tax compliance, tax advisory, tax business partnering and tax project work.

This is a role and a team that offer fantastic training, development and progression, and is ideal for someone looking to take the next step up in their tax career.

Responsibilities include:

UK Corporation tax, including R&D (Research and development) – managing external and internal stakeholders but no technical expertise required

UK VAT – compliance (liaising with external compliance advisors) and advisory (assessing issues received from the business and support them with tax advice)

Foreign VAT and statistical reporting in eight foreign tax jurisdictions – combination of in-house compliance and managing external advisors

Withholding tax reporting for a branch in Singapore

PAYE Settlement Agreement reporting, Appendix 4 (employment taxes)

Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) preparation – keeping the tax register up to date on an on-going basis

Tax accounting – review of UK balance sheet reconciliation of tax accounts

Support of Transfer Pricing documentation completion – CBCR (Country-by-country reporting), Master file, Local files Ad-hoc internal Transfer Pricing audits

Transfer Pricing compliance log – maintain a compliance log for TP documentation required across the Group

Group companies waivers – royalty, dividend, interest exemption certificates – review and management of their availability in a proactive manner

Group compliance overview – review and management of the tax compliance tool

The company are looking for someone with experience in either corporation tax / direct tax, or in VAT / Indirect tax – Experience in both is not needed as the team is willing to train this person on the other area.

Ideally you will be part-qualified or newly-qualified (ACA / ACCA / CTA / ICAS / ATT / AAT) and you will have strong communication skills given the need to partner with different areas of the business.

Crucially this person must be ambitious and keen to learn, as the plan is to train the Group Tax Accountant in many areas and upskill them so they can quickly progress to a Tax Manager role.

As such this position is a great opportunity for someone looking for an in-house tax role which offeres fantastic development and progression within a great business.

Apply now to find out more and to view the full job description.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Category: Accounting/Financial/Insurance
City: Stanborough
County: Hertfordshire
Country: United Kingdom
Salary: £50000 – £60000/annum
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