Tax Manager - 12 month FTC

Berkeley Group builds homes and neighbourhoods across London, Birmingham and the South of England. We revive underused land, creating welcoming, sustainable and nature-rich places where communities thrive and where people of all ages and backgrounds enjoy a great quality of life. We specialise in long-term brownfield regeneration, focusing on challenging and complex sites that are beyond the scope of conventional homebuilders. We are highly collaborative, working with councils and communities to create a shared vision and to unlock a mix of social, environmental, economic and commercial value that benefits all our stakeholders. Our passion for quality and design underpins everything we do. All Berkeley homes are created with care, expertise and relentless attention to detail.

This role is responsible for supporting the Group Tax function in maintaining high standards of reporting and compliance for Berkeley Group. As a collaborative partner, you will translate technical tax complexities into pragmatic advice for finance, property, and commercial stakeholders. Serving as the primary point of contact for the department, you’ll stay at the forefront of legislative changes and best practice while actively identifying and driving opportunities for process improvement. To provide support and assurance to the Head of Tax that Berkeley Group is compliant with all relevant UK and overseas tax requirements and to assist with the implementation of the Group Tax Strategy. The role is required to ensure that Berkeley Group’s accounting systems, processes and controls would satisfy any internal or external audit or enquiry.

Develop and maintain good working relationships with finance colleagues, head office and HMRC and act as initial point of contact for the Group Tax function.

• Tax risk and governance
• Assist Head of Tax with risk and control analysis and monitoring for all taxes.
• Ongoing maintenance and review of tax risk register and tax testing.
• Manage Senior Accounting Officer sign-off process to include collation and review of information from divisions.
• Assist Head of Tax with risk assessment and communication of policies and procedures to meet with the requirements of the Failure to Prevent Facilitation of Tax Evasion offence.
• Lead VAT and CIS training on a groupwide basis.
• Prepare and maintain tax calendar with key filing and payment dates and reminders for all taxes.
• Work with Head of Tax to meet the Group transfer pricing obligations.
• Support Head of Tax on tax compliance matters and HMRC enquiries where applicable.
• Maintain Group Tax SharePoint site.

• VAT Compliance
• Support Group Tax function with operational tax queries from the business.
• Support Head of Tax and Group Tax Accountant with monthly VAT return preparation and queries.
• Support Group Tax Accountant with preparation and submission of options to tax and maintain central files.

• Employment taxes and global mobility
• Support business with Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) queries.
• Maintain central record of CIS registration status and record of intragroup transactions.
• Assist with raising awareness of employment tax issues across the business.
• Prepare PAYE Settlement Agreement calculation for Berkeley Group and review divisional submissions.

What you’ll bring:

• Recognised tax and/or accounting qualification essential.
• Relevant tax compliance, risk and governance experience gained in industry or practice.
• Organised and thorough in approach with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Able to work efficiently on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Pragmatic and solution driven.

Why join us?

• 25 days annual leave, increasing with service to 33 days.
• Health and wellbeing benefits including Private Medical Insurance.
• Lifestyle benefits including access to an online discount platform.
• Berkeley Foundation volunteer day.
• Private pension plan.
• Group life assurance.

The standard default full-time working hours in the office are 8am-5pm with core working hours 9am-4pm.