Senior Manager of Corporate Tax Strategy

Requirements

• A chartered accountancy qualification including CIMA, ACA and/or a tax qualification (latter preferred)
• Experience working in Big 4 or top 10 as a Senior Manager or an experienced Manager, or in a similar environment
• Deep understanding of UK and global tax principles and awareness of recent updates (OECD, EU, US and other jurisdictions)
• A desire to work in a fast-paced environment and to take responsibility and ownership of allocated work
• Varied experience giving rise to a proven career development path to be the next tax leads at Liberty Global or the Federation (Operating Companies)
• An agile individual with the ability to work independently and to drive a project forward as a self-starter
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Entrepreneurial mentality
• Strong communicator and team player
• Proactive, pragmatic business partner and problem solver
• Ambitious, flexible and highly motivated
• Taking responsibility and ownership of projects/workstreams

What the job involves

We are seeking a highly skilled Tax professional to join our in-house Tax Advisory Corporate team. This role encompasses UK and international tax issues, including cross-border planning, structuring and compliance. You will have the opportunity to work in a diverse team supporting the Tax Directors and coaching more junior members, to deliver high quality advice to the Liberty Global group companies and to senior management.

• Provide technical advice on complex UK matters (e.g. Leases, CFC, CIR, SBCE etc) and be responsible for ensuring Tax Technical Memos are prepared for quarterly reporting purposes
• Contribute to the management of the UK tax position including safeguarding CFC and Hybrid mismatches exposures in the UK, mitigating FX tax exposures from I/C loans, and reviewing the IMOC / WHT / CIR / DPT supporting documentation preparation and assessments, as allocated to your portfolio
• Cash tax Forecasting
• Project manage the tax forecasting across the various LG Group entities and Operating Companies’ submissions and liaise with Capital Allocation / Treasury / Transfer Pricing teams on key tax inputs on each update cycle
• Lead the preparation of the UK tax forecasting and the relevant assumptions to aid UK scenario planning
• Provide tax technical advice across a wide range of projects spanning multiple jurisdictions
• Work on multiple projects analysed internally and support Finance & M&A teams with tax modelling, structuring and key tax issues during project evaluation
• Prepare and oversee (in different projects) tax due diligence reports and identify tax risks and opportunities
• Support the business across all stages of the transaction lifecycle and provide clear tax recommendations to the key stakeholders of the acquiring group company
• Build strong relationships with Treasury, Legal, Accounting and M&A teams through innovative, smart and value driven solutions which are flexible and sustainable
• Research & review complex tax concepts and provide key input to relevant stakeholders in the context of various business initiatives
• Tax Modelling in the context of projects and assessment of any interaction with current and future tax positions per jurisdiction and with Pillar 2 Transfer Pricing
• Work with advisors to update benchmark studies etc and ensure current TP models remain fit for purpose
• Review Local and Masterfile prepared by Liberty Blume shared service centre
• Take strategic lead on TP projects such as (B)APAs and impact from M&A work
• Support training and development of junior team members

Working Relationships:

Internal: Accounting, Legal, Treasury, Senior management, Operations, Compliance, Business Development and Liberty Blume Shared Service Centre Tax Compliance Team

External: Accounting, Legal, Treasury, Senior management, Operations, Compliance, Business Development and Liberty Blume Shared Service Centre Tax Compliance Team