About the Role
This is a broad in-house leadership role spanning UK and international tax matters. It requires someone who is equally comfortable exercising technical judgement, delivering year-end requirements, managing HMRC and adviser relationships, leading and developing a team, strengthening governance and processes, and partnering with stakeholders across a complex retail group.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the Group tax framework and calendar, ensuring statutory obligations, payments, filings and key internal deliverables are completed accurately and on time.
- Establish and maintain robust, proportionate tax governance, controls and documentation, including Senior Accounting Officer, Corporate Criminal Offence, Tax Strategy and Business Risk Review requirements.
- Identify emerging tax risks and legislative changes, assess their implications for Harrods and ensure appropriate actions are implemented.
- Own the relationship with HMRC, building an open and credible dialogue while leading responses to enquiries, reviews and other tax authority interactions.
About You
You will be ACA and/or CTA qualified (or hold an equivalent professional qualification), with substantial post-qualification experience commensurate with the breadth and seniority of this role. You will have broad UK tax experience gained within a complex group environment, ideally combining in-house experience with a strong grounding in a major professional services or tax advisory firm. You will bring a strong technical foundation in UK corporation tax and tax accounting, together with sufficient breadth across indirect tax, governance and international tax matters to lead the overall Group agenda and identify when specialist input is required.
You will also have:
- Proven experience of owning tax reporting, compliance and audit deliverables, while operating effectively with senior finance stakeholders, auditors, tax authorities and external advisers.
- Experience leading and developing teams, with the confidence to review roles, responsibilities and team structures when the operating model needs to evolve.
- A track record of improving tax processes, controls and ways of working, including reducing unnecessary manual effort and increasing internal capability.
- Strong commercial judgement and the confidence to constructively challenge established approaches, external adviser recommendations and associated spend.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex tax matters to both finance and non-finance audiences.
- An independent, organised and proactive approach, with the ability to balance strategic priorities and technical detail, manage multiple deadlines and take ownership without requiring direction.
About Us
Harrods is one of the world's leading luxury department stores, and we continue to be a destination for top designers and the most sought-after brands from around the globe. Our shared mission is to make every visit to our iconic Knightsbridge store one of the world's most inspiring shopping experiences. Our Promise to You Help us make the impossible possible for our customers, and we’ll do something remarkable for you. Alongside a welcoming environment that inspires you to do your best work, we offer abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the many specialisms within our business.
Unikely You While our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills and experience for a role, we believe strongly in the potential for growth and value the unique strengths each individual brings. If you can demonstrate most of the skills and experience needed to succeed in this role, we’d love to hear from you. At Harrods, we believe the personality and authenticity of our people set us apart.
We celebrate and welcome applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes and experiences, and we’re proud of a culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive.
What makes you unique is what makes us exceptional. If you’d like to learn more about life at Harrods, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn or follow us on Instagram @togetherharrods.
Additional Information
Time Type: Permanent Department: Finance Management (Karin Gibson) As one of the world’s most prestigious brands, and a highly sought-after employer within luxury retail, we aim to provide a working environment in which we can exceed both our customers’ expectations and the expectations of each other. To maintain our high standards, we invest as heavily in our people as we do in our products and store. As well as offering an unforgettable experience for our customers, we offer an exciting, challenging and motivating environment for our employees.
- We demonstrate how we value our team through an extensive pay and benefits package, as well as through a number of programmes that reward and recognise employees for exceptional performance.
Our employees can also accelerate their careers through opportunities to work with talented people, development training, and chances to raise their profile in the luxury retail sector.
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Group Tax Lead employer: Harrods
At Harrods, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the heart of Knightsbridge. Our commitment to employee growth is reflected in our supportive culture, where collaboration and innovation are encouraged, and opportunities for career advancement abound. With a hybrid working policy that promotes work-life balance and a focus on diversity and inclusion, we ensure that every team member can thrive while delivering world-class service to our customers.
