Description:
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an ambitious tax accountant to join a forward-thinking tax and trade compliance team. There is a broad remit with this role in addition to close working relationships across all areas of the business, in particular support to the finance, logistics and sales functions. Whilst the role involves tax and trade compliance advisory and reporting work there is scope for the role to include tax transformation and project work.
The company continues through a period of rapid growth resulting in a need for this position. The tax and trade compliance team continues to expand to meet the demands and scale for future growth. It's a fast pasted, exciting and highly rewarding opportunity for the right individual looking to advance their career.
Key Responsibilities:
The role will be broad and will contain a mix of advisory and compliance activity, as outlined below:
- Support the tax and trade compliance function with client/retailer tax management advice.
- Assist retailers with pre-sales and onboarding tax and trade compliance support within the group's expanding international business.
- Assist with maintaining internal and external tax content management.
- Assist with the implementation of duty and tax calculators that are provided to our international retail clients.
- Support retailers with tax and trade compliance support post onboarding.
- Assist with the monthly, quarterly and year reporting in respect of trade compliance input to financial reporting and key margin reports.
- Liaising with 3rd parties in respect of multi-jurisdictional advice/support. Requirement to coordinate 3rd party support and provide summary advice internally and externally to clients/retailers.
- Support the current tax transformation project in driving positive change from within the trade compliance function, to include process improvement initiatives and implementation of best practices to ensure continued development and growth within the tax and trade compliance function.
- Requirement to work individually and as part of a team to support the overall objectives of the trade compliance function.
- Dealing with ad-hoc requests as required.
Essential Qualifications & Experience:
- Degree in law, accounting, or economics and post-graduate in tax or similar is ideal.
- Tax Accountant Qualified (AITI).
- Prior indirect tax and supply chain experience an advantage.
- Good communication is key to this role. An ability to effectively communicate within the tax and trade compliance team, finance team and across other departments and management.
- Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
- Experience in diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues. Capable of providing. recommendations and implementing solutions.
- Ability to prioritize work and identify areas of focus.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines.
What's on offer?
- Flexible/Hybrid Working Model
- Career growth – tailored learning & development, tuition assistance and professional certification.
- Health & Wellbeing – dental & health insurance, reduced corporate gym membership.
- Work Life Balance – 25 days annual leave, flexible working, sports & social club.
- Family – paid maternity & paternity leave, life assurance, income disability cover.
- Financial – competitive salary, pension, bike to work, travel TaxSaver, relocation assistance.