Senior Direct Tax Manager

Working in one of our corporate functions you’ll be supporting the business to deliver their priorities and objectives. Whether you’re in Enterprise IT, Finance, Governance & Legal Affairs, Human Resources or Strategy & Corporate Affairs, you’ll be contributing to Helping Britain Achieve Net Zero. We understand our business needs and provide specialist advice and knowledge to mitigate risk and maximise success. We are exemplar and act with integrity in a challenging but rewarding environment.

The role sits within the tax team of the Corporate Finance function, which supports EDF UK’s varied Business Units. The Tax team is responsible for delivering EDF UK’s tax strategy by managing relationships with government and regulators, ensuring compliance across the business, and acting as a trusted business partner to stakeholders. Working closely with other corporate functions, the team plays a key role in supporting EDF’s mission as Britain’s largest generator of zero‑carbon electricity. You’ll report to the Head of Direct Tax and will be responsible for managing 2 direct reports.

What You’ll Be Doing

• You’ll provide effective leadership to the Direct Tax team by setting clear direction, leading by example, and developing and motivating your team.
• You’ll build and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders, including the EDF SA Tax team, external advisors, HMRC, and key contacts across multiple Business Units.
• You’ll work with the Head of Direct Tax and the Tax Director to manage EDF UK’s day‑to‑day relationship with HMRC. This includes anticipating and responding to enquiries, negotiating tax computations, and constructively challenging HMRC’s interpretation of legislation where it adversely impacts EDF UK – always striving for the best possible tax outcomes.
• You’ll work closely with the wider family of EDF businesses providing tax support to existing tax functions within the business or providing those businesses with tax support. Specifically, you’ll provide transaction support to the business, liaising with advisers for delivery of due diligence and tax structuring on transactions.
• You’ll have responsibility with the Head of Direct tax for the reporting of cross‑group taxes across the EDF wider business – for example, CIR, Pillar 2, and Energy Generation Levy.
• You’ll deliver clear, commercially‑focused advice to the Head of Direct Tax, Corporate Finance, and Business Units on the impact of existing and new tax legislation, as well as on major investments, divestments, restructures, and other complex transactions – ensuring alignment with tax efficiency and business objectives.
• You’ll manage UK tax planning, budgeting, forecasting, and outturn reporting of all direct tax numbers for a business that globally generates 467.6 TWh of electricity.
• You’ll ensure the timely and accurate production of tax figures and information for statutory accounts, the submission of corporation tax computations.
• You’ll manage the tax compliance process, ensuring the timely and accurate preparation and submission of tax computations.
• You’ll drive the implementation of EDF UK’s bespoke tax reporting and compliance software to streamline and automate the compliance and reporting process.
• You’ll review and enhance corporate tax reporting processes, identifying opportunities for improvement and embedding effective procedures and internal controls.
• Alongside the Head of Direct Tax, you’ll manage and mitigate tax risk.

Who You Are

To be successful in this role, you’ll bring strong leadership, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to manage, motivate, and build relationships across the business. You’ll be a qualified Chartered Accountant or Tax Adviser, with significant post‑qualification experience in UK corporation tax, ideally gained in a large business or professional services firm, covering advisory, reporting, and compliance. You’re committed to health, safety, wellbeing and the environment, and carry out your role in a manner that enables us to be a sustainable business – financially, environmentally and socially.

Pay, Benefits And Culture

Location for this role is flexible with a minimum of two days per week in our new, modern London office near Victoria, plus travel to other UK sites. We offer a highly competitive and attractive reward package, designed to secure the right candidate. Excellent opportunities for career progression within a large and growing team in a dynamic business. This is a broad tax role offering experience across all aspects of tax advisory and policy work. You'll have the opportunity to contribute to shaping tax policy in collaboration with HMRC, work on complex transactions, and provide technical tax advice. While compliance and reporting responsibilities are included, they form just one part of a varied and strategic role. You’ll play a key role in building for the future of tax – contributing to innovation, driving process improvements, and helping the team stay ahead in a fast‑evolving landscape. Join a well‑established yet forward‑thinking tax team where your ideas and contributions are genuinely valued. This is a unique and interesting role where you’ll help shape the culture, support team development, and grow your own skills in an environment that’s collaborative, inclusive, and committed to continuous learning. EDF is a welcoming and inclusive place to work. We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive and bring their whole selves to work. We’re committed to making a real difference. At EDF, we’re leading the UK’s journey to Net Zero through diverse operations across nuclear, low carbon generation, and customer solutions. You’ll play a key role in the tax workstreams for some of the country’s most significant and complex infrastructure and engineering projects.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 25th January 2026. Join us and find your success at EDF! Success is Personal. It's your journey, powered by us. Join us and drive the transition towards an Electric Britain.