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Corporate Tax Manager
News UK
Peterborough, , United Kingdom
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Corporate Tax Manager
Role
The principal responsibilities include: leading the corporate tax compliance and reporting for two key business divisions; assistance on planning/project work; liaising with US tax team counterparts; and engaging with internal and external stakeholders in a positive manner in order to achieve results.
Responsibilities
• Lead the preparation of the UK Corporation Tax Returns for group companies within two key News UK divisions, meeting all compliance filing and payment deadlines.
• Management of outsourced tax compliance engagement.
• Prepare tax outlook, quarterly and annual reporting figures, and tax figures for inclusion in long-term cash flow forecasts. Liaise with external auditors as required.
• Pro-actively liaise with the US tax team to identify and explain UK tax issues and the impact on the group’s world-wide tax position.
• Preparation of tax disclosures for UK financial statements (including consolidated tax numbers, where required).
• International tax advice and project management for rapidly expanding business division, including entity setup, pricing strategies, liaising with UK and US businesses as required.
• Provide assistance and support with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• Periodic review of compliance and reporting processes and controls, with a view to continuous improvement. Assist with SAO sign-off process.
• Support the Head of Tax with project work and business integration work-plan.
• Support the Head of Tax with policy matters and interact as necessary with other corporate functions.
• Maintain and develop UK transfer pricing documentation.
• Working in London offices as required
Technical skill requirement
• Graduate qualified tax professional with a recognised accounting and/or tax qualification and at least 3-5 years’ post-qualified experience, either in a blue chip corporate or a leading tax advisory firm.
• Strong tax compliance, technical and accounting skills.
• Able to work on their own initiative with excellent interpersonal skills and commercial acumen.
• A high level of IT literacy in Microsoft Office packages; SAP and AlphaTax preferable but not essential.
Personal attributes required
• Impeccable personal integrity, values and professionalism.
• An ability to master the detail yet retain a strategic viewpoint.
• Excellent communication skills, able to converse with people at all levels and to present information clearly and concisely.
• Well-developed relationship building skills, both with colleagues and the broader team; able to gain support and respect for proposals across organisational boundaries.
• The ability to identify and seize opportunities for different and innovative approaches, challenges and solutions. Able to focus on the most important things and take actions to overcome obstacles and seek solutions.
• To actively seek input from internal and/or external stakeholders to better understand their needs; placing high value on stakeholder enthusiasm by exceeding their expectations.
• The ability to manage and develop individuals, whilst creating and inspiring commitment.
About Us,
News UK is a great company full of talented, dedicated and creative people. We are a company which has journalism at its very heart. Our newspapers and associated websites are some of the most powerful media brands in the English speaking world, reaching 30 million people each week. They are very different products with different values and different strengths, but all are united by a commitment to independent journalism that connects with our customers.
News UK is a company which thrives on pace. Our people stretch themselves on a daily basis, challenging the status quo to produce the best service possible to our readers and customers. We embrace creativity and initiative and we have some of the most talented people in the industry.
If you want to work for one of the world's most exciting, challenging and creative media organisations then News UK is the place to build your career.