Howdens Joinery
London, UK
Full-time
On-site
20 days ago
Join Howdens as an Assistant Tax Manager at our Wigmore Street office in Central London and build your career within an industry leading FTS…
Join Howdens as an Assistant Tax Manager at our Wigmore Street office in Central London and build your career within an industry leading FTSE 100 organisation.
This role offers an excellent opportunity for growth, reporting directly to the Head of Tax. You’ll take ownership of key tax responsibilities while continuing to develop your tax expertise within a large, complex organisation.
This is a full-time, permanent role, working on-site with the team four days a week and one day from home.
Leading the preparation of the group’s consolidated full year and half year corporation tax reporting, including: capital allowances; patent box; transfer pricing adjustments; share based payments
Working with internal finance teams and our external tax compliance providers to prepare the UK corporation tax computations for all UK entities.
Undertaking capital allowances analysis and work with UK finance teams to improve efficiency of processes
Calculating transfer pricing adjustments, work with internal finance teams and external advisors to ensure compliance with OECD principles
Working with internal finance teams and external advisors to ensure compliance in overseas jurisdictions
Partnering with our internal finance teams to forecast the corporation tax charge, cash tax and effective tax rate and preparing and submitting the UK and overseas VAT returns.
Preparing the consolidated and individual entity financial statement tax disclosures
Liaising with auditors to explain our position, provide relevant support and rationale for any judgements or assumptions made
Working with the business (including IT, HR, credit control, etc) to ensure processes and controls are appropriate and documented for SAO purposes
Maintaining the calendar of tax compliance, ensuring returns and payments are on time
Work with the finance teams to prepare the PSA and various teams to prepare the plastic tax return
Analysing expenses and working with HR and payroll to prepare P11Ds
ACA / ACCA / CTA qualified (or equivalent) with strong UK corporate tax experience
Proven experience in an Assistant Tax Manager or Tax role, ideally inhouse within a large or multi-site organisation
Strong technical knowledge of UK tax legislation and compliance requirements including VAT
Ability to translate complex tax matters into clear, commercial advice
Confident stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships across Finance and the wider business
Strong attention to detail and a proactive, solutions-focused mindset
Experience working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Previous experience using Onesource VAT MTD or SAP would be desirable
Competitive salary and car allowance
Company performance related annual bonus
Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
Private Healthcare for you
25 days holiday plus bank holidays. Holiday entitlement increases with service
Generous staff discounts on Howdens products
Cycle to Work Scheme
Share save scheme.
Virtual GP access and wellbeing support for you and your family
Exceptional reward and recognition events
About Howdens: Howdens Joinery is a highly successful FTSE 100 business, with more than 900 depots nationwide and more than 11,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa 2.3bn, and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. There is a strong entrepreneurial ethos and the opportunity to develop within a fast-paced and commercial environment. That, along with a competitive salary, development opportunities, and exciting rewards, are among the reasons why our people enjoy working for Howdens – and why we have been named one of the 10 Best Big Companies to Work For.
Howdens is founded on the principle of being Worthwhile for ALL concerned. We’re working hard to ensure we provide an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome. We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please email with the job title and location, and we will be happy to help you.
Please note that candidates applying for this role must have a valid right to work in the UK, we do not offer sponsorship of employment for any depot positions at this time. We appreciate your understanding.
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Join Howdens as an Assistant Tax Manager at our Wigmore Street office in Central London and build your career within an industry leading FTS…