Tax Specialist UK&I

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate the Compliance Lifecycle: take a lead role in the end‑to‑end direct and indirect tax processes (Corporation Tax, VAT, Plastic Packaging Tax, PAYE Settlement Agreement), bridging the gap between our in‑house team, shared services, and external partners to ensure absolute accuracy.
• Drive Reporting Integrity: oversee the tax elements of monthly group reporting and annual statutory accounts, ensuring our tax accounting is a reliable "source of truth" for the wider finance organization and external stakeholders.
• Manage Technical Responses: act as a key technical resource in managing queries and engagement with tax authorities, helping to articulate our tax position with clarity and precision.
• Enable Business Decisions: act as a proactive point of contact, providing clear and practical tax guidance to help our business partners navigate their day‑to‑day challenges.
• Data Insight & Visualization: transform raw compliance data into clear, actionable insights using visualization tools (e.g., Power BI or Tableau), helping non‑tax stakeholders understand the story behind the numbers.
• Champion Tax Governance: support high‑impact projects and transactions, ensuring our tax governance frameworks remain robust and adaptable to business changes.
• Operationalise Global Strategy: help translate global tax policies, including Transfer Pricing, into local action, ensuring our cross‑border operations are fully aligned with Roche’s standards.
• Drive Tax Transformation: lead the adaptation of our tax processes to an evolving landscape, proactively managing the impact of legislative shifts (like Pillar Two) and partnering on ERP and tax‑tech enhancements to automate workflows and elevate our analytical capabilities.
• Business Partnership: leverage your unique proximity to financial data and business operations to forecast tax impacts, preparing the organisation for legislative shifts and identifying opportunities to integrate tax‑efficient processes directly into the commercial workflow, enabling long‑term strategic decision making.

Essential qualities

• Tax Technical Expertise – professional qualification (CTA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent) with a robust understanding of the UK tax landscape; Irish tax experience is a distinct advantage.
• Multinational Perspective – experience within a complex corporate environment or a leading professional services firm, with a proven ability to navigate both direct and indirect tax workstreams.
• Analytical Curiosity – a mindset that naturally looks beyond the "what" to the "why", with the ability to translate dense financial data into clear, strategic narratives.
• Boldness – a desire to question the status‑quo and look for opportunities to change for the better.
• Digital Fluency – advanced proficiency in ERP systems (SAP preferred) and Excel; a forward‑thinking approach to tax technology, with an interest in leveraging tools like Power BI, Tableau, or Alteryx to drive efficiency.
• Commercial Acumen – the ability to quickly grasp Roche’s business model and supply chain, allowing you to identify tax risks and opportunities within a commercial context.
• Impactful Communication – a skilled "tax translator" who can build strong networks across the business, shared services, and global teams, communicating technical concepts with clarity to non‑tax stakeholders.
• Adaptive Ownership – highly organised and able to work independently, with the agility to pivot between high‑volume compliance cycles and complex, long‑term strategic projects.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of Roche Products Ltd.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability or age. We recognise the importance of flexible working and will review all applicants’ requests with care. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work.