Description
International Tax Manager - Contract 9 months £250 per day (Circa)
An excellent opportunity has arisen to join a global financial for a 9 month assignment.
Role of the International Tax Manager
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Reporting - to assist, prepare and improve the quarterly FAS109 tax rate accounting process
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Indirect Tax - Assist the business on indirect tax issues under the supervision of the Senior Director
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UK Financial Statements & UK Tax returns - prepare the tax notes and collect the data for the UK tax returns
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Provide ad-hoc tax advice to the business
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Assist, prepare and improve the quarterly FAS109 tax provisioning process in estimating the group's effective tax rate.
Develop the knowledge of the FAS109 process to estimate and monitor key tax attributes:
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Losses
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Cash tax estimation
Compute any UK payments due under the quarterly instalment process
Direct Tax
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Compile the information needed for the UK tax returns
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Consider feasibility of moving the process in-house
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Assist with compiling the tax notes for the International Accounts and the UK company financial statements
Indirect Tax
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Assist with new sales opportunities - documenting and researching the information
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Liasing with external advisors as necessary
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Transfer Pricing
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Assist with transfer pricing projects as required.
Requirements of the International Tax Manager
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Degree Educated
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Qualified or good part qualified accountant with a great interest in tax; or
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A qualification under the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
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Tax accounting
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Tax return preparation
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Tax software experience (eg Alphatax/Abacus) would be useful for background
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Good Excel skills and familiarity and working knowledge of Microsoft Products
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Behaviour/Aptitude (eg self-reliant, creative )
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An interest in International Taxation
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Self-starter, sceptical, communicator, attention to detail