52 Tax Consultant jobs in the United Kingdom

TPF Recruitment is delighted to represent a leading Top 20 firm of Chartered Accountants based in the vibrant city of Brighton. Our client is a well-established and rapidly growing firm with a reputation for providing exceptional service to a diverse clientele, including owner-managed businesses, UK businesses with international aspects, high net worth individuals, and trusts. They are currently seeking a skilled and experienced Mixed Tax Consultant to join their dynamic team in Brighton.

Job Description:This is an exceptional opportunity for a CTA-qualified tax professional with a minimum of two years post-qualification experience. The ideal candidate will already be working in a mixed tax role, with a solid understanding of both corporate and private client tax elements. You will have the opportunity to build on your existing experience in a varied role that includes compliance, consultancy, and advisory work.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide expert tax advice and support across a diverse client portfolio, including owner-managed businesses, UK businesses with overseas elements, high net worth individuals, and trusts.Manage both corporate and private client tax work, ensuring compliance with all relevant UK tax legislation.Prepare and review tax returns for individuals, partnerships, and corporate entities.Participate in tax planning and advisory projects, identifying opportunities for tax savings and efficiencies.Build and maintain strong client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor on all tax-related matters.Collaborate with colleagues in the tax team and other departments to deliver a seamless service to clients.Stay up-to-date with the latest tax developments and legislation to ensure clients receive accurate and relevant advice.Requirements

Qualifications and Experience:

CTA qualified with a minimum of two years of post-qualification experience.Proven experience working in a mixed tax capacity, with a strong understanding of both corporate and private client tax.Excellent technical knowledge of UK tax legislation and compliance requirements.Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to provide clear and practical tax advice.Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong client relationships.Self-motivated, with the ability to manage your own workload and work to deadlines.BenefitsCompetitive salary ranging from £35,000 - £5,000 per annum.A supportive and collaborative working environment.Opportunities for professional development and career progression.The chance to work with a diverse and rapidly growing client base in a dynamic city.Refer a friend.We’re keen to remain the leading provider of the best accountancy talent in the South-East. We are continually exploring ways to expand our network and we know that great candidates like you can introduce us to other equally brilliant people. We’re looking to work with the best accountancy practice and tax staff in the South-East so if your friends, family or colleagues are considering a new opportunity and can demonstrate relevant experience, we'd love to speak to them.For every candidate you refer and we subsequently place into a permanent position, we will give you £200 Love2Shop vouchers. (Terms & Conditions apply).

Were working with a specialist tax consultancy to find an experienced professional to join their Tax Consultancy team.

This role is ideal for someone who has worked at HMRC and is now looking to use that knowledge in a client advisory role. Youll be helping accountants, business owners and individuals understand and respond to HMRC enquiries, disclosures and disputes.

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Our client is a long established Tax and Advisory business, helping clients manage their Isle of Man, UK and International tax requirements, along with business and financial structures, estate and trust planning. Their highly qualified team of advisers are either Chartered Tax Advisors and/or Chartered Accountants and now require a Tax Compliance Officer to join and support the team as the practice enjoys a period of continued growth.

As a Tax Compliance Officer you will:

• Conduct regular reviews of tax filings to ensure accuracy and compliance
• Analyse financial data to identify potential tax liabilities or risks
• Prepare and submit IOM and UK tax returns and related documentation
• Assist the Tax Manager in the development and implementation of tax planning strategies
• Collaborate with internal teams to gather necessary financial information for tax reporting
• Respond to tax inquiries and requests from government agencies
• Stay up to date with knowledge of tax compliance and general taxation for both IOM and UK jurisdictions

The ideal candidate for the role of Tax Compliance Officer will have:

• A formal Accounting qualification
• Has a minimum of 3 years' experience in tax compliance or a similar role
• In-depth knowledge of IOM and UK tax regulations and laws
• Strong analytical thinking ability with a focus on detail
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Desirable:

• Hold ATT qualification or is willing to study toward qualification

Our client is a long established Tax and Advisory business, helping clients manage their Isle of Man, UK and International tax requirements, along with business and financial structures, estate and trust planning. Their highly qualified team of advisers are either Chartered Tax Advisors and/or Chartered Accountants and now require a Tax Compliance Officer to join and support the team as the practice enjoys a period of continued growth.

As a Tax Compliance Officer you will:

• Conduct regular reviews of tax filings to ensure accuracy and compliance
• Analyse financial data to identify potential tax liabilities or risks
• Prepare and submit IOM and UK tax returns and related documentation
• Assist the Tax Manager in the development and implementation of tax planning strategies
• Collaborate with internal teams to gather necessary financial information for tax reporting
• Respond to tax inquiries and requests from government agencies
• Stay up to date with knowledge of tax compliance and general taxation for both IOM and UK jurisdictions

The ideal candidate for the role of Tax Compliance Officer will have:

• A formal Accounting qualification
• Has a minimum of 3 years' experience in tax compliance or a similar role
• In-depth knowledge of IOM and UK tax regulations and laws
• Strong analytical thinking ability with a focus on detail
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Desirable:

• Hold ATT qualification or is willing to study toward qualification

**A2R & Tax Compliance Manager**
+ _Location: UK,_ _Reading_
**About the job**
At Sanofi we chase miracles of science to improve people's lives. We are dedicated to making positive impact on the lives of the patients and families we serve, and we accomplish our goals through world-class research and with the compassion and commitment for our employees.
As we continue to transform the practice of medicine, to facilitate this transformation, Global Finance Services within Business Operations organisation, is organised to drive to the next chapter of Sanofi's strategy in centralising our fragmented activities, modernizing our operations and focusing on performance & value delivery. A2R is an end-to-end process organization that consolidates the following activities: Fixed assets, Intercompany Accounting, Bank Accounting, General Ledger Accounting and closing, Cost Accounting, Tax accounting, Financial and Statutory Reporting, Master Data.
Senior A2R & Tax Compliance Expert will have the overall accountability of the end-to-end tax compliance operations and support accounting topics for UK and Ireland to ensure sustainable processes as per Core Model guidelines ( this role will be 60% tax compliance - 40% Accounting).
This role is located in UK Reading offices and part of the A2R organisation within the Global Finance Services (GFS) organisation.
**Main responsibilities:**
1. Ensure timely and accurate quarterly reporting of tax balance and risks to the Sanofi group (IFRS), and to assist other team members in UK and IE as required.
2. Completion of MyTax package for all UK entities and reconciliation to the Magnitude Financial Consolidation package while transition is not completed and support effective transitions to Hubs on activities in this regards.
3. Maintain the Taxrisk database and SOX controls and communicate all issues to the UKIE Head of Tax and complete the quarterly TaxRisk reporting in the SAP FC.
4. Statutory Reporting:
+ Manage and co-ordinate the preparation of the statutory accounts for all UKIE companies with the Thomson Reuters solution.
+ Review and provide feedback on corrections /amendments to do to the Hub (adjustments, new legal requirements,).
+ Review last version pre-tax and share with auditors to collect their feedback and come back to Hubs.
+ Ensure timely preparation of the tax figures for inclusion in the UK statutory accounts and UK corporation tax returns and produce adequate back up of all tax adjustments.
5. Prepare and submit local CIR (Corporate Interest Restriction) returns and local tax returns to HMRC, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
6. Prepare and submit local Group Loss Allocation Statements (GLAS) to HMRC, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
7. Calculate PSA (PAYE Settlement Agreement), gather and analyse data, submit to HMRC, and coordinate tax payments, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
8. Prepare and submit STBV (Short Term Business Visitors) EP Appendix 4 information to HMRC, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
9. Demonstrate understanding of VAT implications of both domestic and cross-border goods flows, with a strong track record of ensuring accurate and timely preparation, review, and submission of VAT returns for the UK and Ireland.
10. Ensure timely and accurate delivery and submission of various returns such as Plastic Packaging Tax, Payroll Settlement Agreement and Withholding Tax (CT61).
11. Respond promptly to Corporate and Auditors enquiries.
12. Maintain and improve required SOX controls for tax and transfer pricing issues, ensuring they are up to date with changes in the operating business.
13. Accurately and punctually prepare UK group tax computations for submission to HMRC, including analysis of tax-sensitive accounts, capital allowance reviews, and R&D claims and work with the UKIE Head of Tax to investigate and analyse responses to any HMRC enquiries and on any projects as required.
14. Prepare and submit share scheme filings to HMRC, including data gathering, manipulation, and upload, as well as application for certificates of residence as required.
15 Preparation of local statutory Tax disclosures under IAS 12 for inclusion in audited UK statutory accounts for all UK companies.
16. Calculation of true ups to current and deferred tax balances following submission of CIT returns to tax authorities, including true up and settlement of group relief balances.
17. Initiation and processing of tax payments on account for UK
18. Liaise with the Central Transfer Pricing team to ensure UK transfer prices align with group policy and maintain appropriate records to meet Inland Revenue guidelines, preparing TP documentation for timely delivery to authorities.
19. Support transfer pricing calculations, including data reconciliations to final statutory accounts for the local transfer pricing file.
20. Preparation of CBCR (country by country reporting) reconciliations to the Group Tax Department (when applicable).
21. Support A2R team on the closing activities:
+ Perform MJE booking and approvals.
+ Perform reconciliations and data checks.
+ Perform analytical review of balance Sheet (Assets, Equity and Liabilities) and Profit & Losses accounts. to understand main risk areas, impacts and prevent failures.
+ Leverage on PBI Dashboard to analyse trends.
+ Understand and apply IFRS/IAS rules (mainly IAS36, IAS16, IAS19 and IFRS15, IFRS16 and IFRS5).
+ Monitoring Open Items for any BS account with different stakeholders and lease with different stakeholders to have their closure.
22. Support on the preparation for Delivery reviews presentations , accounts committees or any other presentations for top management.
**About you**
**Education:**
+ Professional qualification in tax (ATT or CTA) or accounting qualification.
+ Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent experience (ACCA certification is a plus).
**Skills and Knowledge:**
+ Good understanding of relevant Finance process including IFRS (ie IAS 12).
+ Good knowledge of the UK tax legislation including Corporate tax, WHT, VAT.
+ Problem solving and ability to exercise good business judgment in a fast-paced working environment with prioritising capacity (complex tax matters).
+ Very good communicator with an ability to discuss on executive level within Sanofi and externally.
+ Fluency in English mandatory.
+ Excellent IT skills (Excel including VLookups, Pivot Tables etc) or SAP.
+ Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
+ Positive thinking and an exceptional team player with agile and proactive mindset.
+ Flexible in order to move forward.
+ SAP knowledge.
+ Good PBI usage.
+ Experience of AlphaTax (Desirable).
**Experience**
+ Significant post qualification in-house experience in tax.
+ >5 years Finance experience.
+ International background with exposure to multicultural environment.
+ Experience of working within a HUB / BPO model.
+ Experience of working with professional team of tax professionals and accountants.
+ Track record of having effectively managed large efficiency improvement programs with a multitude of individual projects and managed transformation with change management.
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+ Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
+ Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it's through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
+ Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
+ Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks' gender-neutral parental leave.
+ Join us in shaping the future of respiratory care and making a difference in the lives of patients across the NHS.
Visas for those who do not already have the right to work in the UK will be considered on a case by case basis according to business needs and resources.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to offering interviews to candidates who request consideration under the Scheme and meet the minimum requirements for this role.
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Deputy Director Large Business Tax Compliance - Belfast About the job

Job summary

As senior leaders in Large Business, Deputy Director Compliance (DDC) play a key role in leadership within the region. DDCs are peer led by the Regional Deputy Director, the successful candidate will provide technical, strategic and corporate leadership across the region, Large Business as a whole and the wider HMRC.

The role also involves effectively delivering the Large Business customer strategy by leading HMRC's relationship with some of the UK's largest and most sophisticated business customers who are prominent, household names. This responsibility spans across all taxes and duties ensuring that the right amount is paid at the right time. Our DDCs lead all aspects of the department's interaction with these customers significant UK operations, their very large tax/duties payments, large multi-national aspects, frequent politically sensitive issues and frequent large-scale mergers and acquisitions. As well as working with individual businesses, our DDCs are also responsible for leading significant national projects that cover a large number of customers across multi-layered customer groups, or specific risk themes.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of customers and their business drivers, including attitudes to risk and compliance, influencing their thinking and approach to tax.
• Discuss, explore and resolve conceptual tax/tax planning issues; identifying and resolving any differences of the risk view between the business and HMRC, encouraging a 'low risk' approach.
• Carefully lead complex, sensitive and potentially challenging reputational issues. Lead large scale national projects across customer groups, sectors or risk themes to deliver great compliance outcomes.
• Ringmaster communications and interventions, including appropriately involving HMRC's specialists, ensuring successful delivery of outcomes.
• Active membership of the regional senior leadership team supporting performance delivery and creation of an inclusive, diverse and professional culture.
• Role model Our Commitments and live HMRC's values to make Large Business a great place to work and feel confident we're doing the best for our customers.
• Ensure CPD is up to date and share expertise with HMRC colleagues.

Person specification

The successful candidate will have recent experience of complex tax compliance or working in a complex compliance-based environment.

Essential Criteria:

• Experience of providing visible leadership to support long term strategies, with a proven ability to develop a motivated, engaged and robust workforce and a dedication to diversity and inclusion.
• Experience of formulating, leading and implementing strategies, policies and programmes which cross service or professional boundaries.
• Able to handle effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders at senior level, strong collaboration and influencing skills to build an effective network of key partners quickly.
• Strong customer service ethos and focus on delivery with the ability to respond quickly to changing circumstances and tight timescales as priorities evolve and advance.

Essential Qualifications:

• Core Professional Training or be 'Fully Trained' Inspectors or Chartered Tax Adviser, AIIT (Including Paper 4*) or CCAB or a Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies membership qualification e.g. Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales (ICAEW), Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland (ICAS), Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI) Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountancy (CIPFA) or, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• Tax professional learning and CPD - ensuring up to date and share expertise with HMRC colleagues

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £81,000, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £23,465 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Pension

Your Civil Service pension is a valuable part of your total reward and is one of your biggest benefits.

When you join the Civil Service, you get access to the alpha pension with a generous employer contribution of 28.97% and some of the lowest member contributions in the public sector.

Please visit Civil Service Pension Scheme for more information.

Annual Leave and Bank Holiday Allowance

25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service (allowance pro-rata for part-time colleagues).

This is complemented by one days paid privilege leave to mark the King's Birthday and is in addition to your public holidays.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

The Civil Service values and supports all its employees.

At HMRC we want to create great places to work that are welcoming to all - where there is a strong sense of belonging and community.

Our HMRC equality objectives 2024-2028 describe how we are working to become a more inclusive and representative organisation reflective of our values.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Shortlist

The panel will assess the evidence provided in your CV. Candidates whose applications best meet the essential criteria will be selected for interview.

HMRC is a Disability Confident leader and guarantees to interview candidates applying under the Disability Confidence Scheme who successfully meet the minimum selection criteria outlined in the person specification.

Interview

You will attend a panel interview for a more in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence. This will include a 5-minute verbal presentation (further information will be issued in advance).

Interviews are expected to take place virtually via Microsoft Teams.

All Criminal Record Checks applications are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).