Tax Manager (FTC)

Tax Manager (FTC)

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Contract / Temp

Location: Remote, UK

Compensation: circa £50,000

Description

This is an opportunity for a tax professional to join a varied industry role for a 15 months FTC in an ambitious international business with a strong supportive and coaching culture. The individual will be responsible for overseeing the international tax affairs of Emerald and its subsidiaries, including corporate tax and VAT. An eye for detail, managing of deadlines and being able to communicate tax to non-tax specialists are key for success in this role.

This is the role for you if you:

- Enjoy a good variety of day to day tasks combined with the challenge of the new.
- Love taking the initiative, researching areas you’ve never seen before and discussing your findings.
- Are a self starter who thrives organising yourself and your workload.
- Work well with a wide variety of people from across the globe.
- Are happy working mostly remote, with monthly or weekly trips to our office in Leeds.

This may not be the role for you if you:

- Require detailed and thorough instructions on your tasks – sometimes you will have to create a process as needs develop.
- Do not have a love for numerical accuracy – there’s no materiality in tax!
- Do not enjoy discussing your interpretations and being open to challenge – its how we all learn.

Location: We perform at our best when we feel trusted and are able to choose an approach to working that suits us best, which is why we are a remote-first company. However, we also believe in face to face collaboration, and our UK colleagues meet once a month for team time and quarterly for company get togethers in our Leeds office, so we ask that you be within a commutable distance that you are comfortable with in order to attend the office on those occasions. 

Day to day we’ll trust you to:   

• Responsibility for global tax compliance for the Emerald Group, including US tax reporting for the US parent company.
• Monitoring overseas sales tax thresholds and filing the necessary returns.
• Monitoring and maintaining of deadlines for tax returns and tax payments worldwide
• Maintaining ongoing compliance with internal risk management policies and identify process improvements.
• Involvement in the Group’s active M&A programme from assistance with due diligence to integration
• Liaising with the People team on global employee benefits, including preparing PSAs.
• Reviewing UK and overseas tax returns prepared in and out of house.
• Preparing UK QIP calculations.
• Reviewing UK and overseas accounts prepared by overseas team members and out of house.
• Preparing and submitting the Group's ONS survey requirements. Leading projects with advisors. Key projects will include:

-International taxation of electronic products.
- R&D reclaim, implementing systems to identify reclaims going forwards and managing the relationship with our external tax advisors.

You’ll need to have:   

Qualifications and experience:

• Equivalent of ACA or CTA qualified.
• Post qualification tax experience of working with group companies with an international reach.
• Preference will be given to a candidate with a background in international tax or VAT.

Skills:

• Up to date technical knowledge of UK corporate tax and awareness of UK VAT rules.
• Knowledge of international tax environment, especially US rules.
• Ability to keep track of legislation changes and requirements.
• Curious & proactive ability to research new and unknown technical areas. Draw conclusions and recommendations from the research.
• Confident in managing external advisors.

Behaviours & attributes:

• A “hands on” individual who enjoys working at a variety of levels.
• Excellent organisation and planning skills, both in day to day tasks and project planning.
• Ability to support and develop other team members in the finance team.
• Ability to manage and work within tight deadlines.

What’s in it for you?

At Emerald, we value our people. Becoming a part of our team means you’ll join a trusting and flexible environment and we've been flexified so you can trust that we're a truly flexible workplace. All we ask is that you attend the office once a month to come together with work colleagues. You'll also have numerous opportunities to progress your career, as well as access to professional development and the opportunity to learn new skills.

You’ll receive a wide range of benefits, such as 38 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays, remote flexible working, a discretionary performance bonus, 6% pension contribution and various benefits aimed at supporting your wellbeing and work-life balance such as a working from home allowance. You can check out a full list of our benefits here.

Roles are advertised at a benchmarked market median rate. Offers will be made within a range of the median, depending on skills and experience.

Please note - Applicants must be authorized to work in the UK without restrictions or sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Emerald Group is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our applicants. If you would like to request any accommodations/adjustments from application through to interview stages, please complete the relevant section within the application or contact us at peopleteam@emerald.com and let us know. Apply