Senior Tax Manager (London)

Are you a qualified Chartered Accountant or Tax Advisor with proven post-qualification experience in UK corporation tax with advisory, reporting, and compliance experience? Do you have strong people and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders, manage others, and build relationships across the business? If so, we may have the perfect opportunity for you here at EDF as a Senior Tax Manager within our Corporate Functions Team!

Working in one of our Corporate functions you will be supporting the business to deliver their priorities and objectives. Whether you are in Enterprise IT, Finance, Governance & Legal Affairs, Human Resources or Strategy & Corporate Affairs, you will be contributing to Helping Britain Achieve Net Zero.

Alongside a competitive starting salary and the potential to earn 10% bonus, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.

At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone’s working needs are different. Whether you are in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated. Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We are on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We would like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility. We are a disability confident employer and we will do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments.

We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That is why we support you to pursue a career that is unique to you. Because success is personal.

What you will be doing:

• Stakeholder Management: Provide strong leadership to the Direct Tax team, setting direction, leading by example, and supporting colleague development and motivation. Build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders, including the EDF S.A tax team, external advisors, and contacts across multiple Business Units. Support the Head of Direct Tax and Tax Director in managing HMRC relations, pre-empting and responding to enquiries, negotiating tax computations, and challenging legislation interpretations to secure optimal tax outcomes for EDF UK.
• Advisory: Deliver clear tax advice to the Head of Direct Tax, Corporate Finance, and Business Units on the impact of legislation, major investments, divestments, restructures, and complex transactions, ensuring tax efficiency and alignment with business goals. Provide support on a range of ad-hoc direct tax issues and projects as needed.
• Compliance and Reporting: Manage UK tax planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for a business generating 467.6 TWh globally. Oversee the accurate and timely production of tax figures for statutory accounts and the submission of tax computations. Lead the implementation of bespoke tax reporting and compliance software to streamline processes. Review corporate tax reporting to identify improvements and establish effective procedures and internal controls. Support the Head of Direct Tax in managing and mitigating tax risk.

Who you are: To succeed in this role, you will need to bring strong people and communication skills, with the confidence to influence stakeholders, manage teams effectively, and build trusted relationships across the business. As a qualified Chartered Accountant or Tax Advisor with solid post-qualification experience in UK corporation tax, you will have a well-rounded background in advisory, reporting, and compliance, ideally gained in a large corporate environment or leading accounting practice.

Closing date for applications: Friday 11th July 2025

Location: We encourage our teams to work as flexibly as possible. With that being said we do like our teams to come into our London office, Nova North on a weekly basis to collaborate, share ideas and work inclusively.

Success is personal. It is your journey, powered by us. Join us and we will help Britain achieve Net Zero together.