Junior Tax Analyst in Oxford

Junior Tax Analyst

Location

Oxford Science Park, Oxford

Working Arrangements

Hybrid (3 days in the office) The Role

We have an opportunity for a motivated, inquisitive and detail-oriented Junior Tax Analyst to join our tax team.

As a Junior Tax Analyst, you will support the tax team across a broad range of UK and international tax matters, with a primary focus on tax reporting, compliance, data analysis and operational tax processes, alongside opportunities to support advisory and project work.

The role is hands-on and deadline-driven, reflecting statutory reporting and tax requirements.

Whilst predominantly direct tax focused, you will also support indirect tax matters, enabling you to build a broad, well-rounded and commercially relevant tax skillset.

The role is ideal for an early-career tax professional looking to develop their tax technical expertise and experience across tax disciplines.

Working closely with experienced tax professionals across the team, you will work in a collaborative team environment and benefit from regular guidance, mentoring and support.

Our tax function is evolving to meet the challenges of a fast-paced, dynamic and growing international business whilst strengthening capabilities in response to increasing governance, compliance and control requirements.

As a result, this role offers an exciting opportunity to develop alongside the business, gaining greater exposure to increasingly complex tax matters and taking on greater responsibility as your career progresses.

Key

Responsibilities

• Direct Tax
• Assist with gathering and preparing data required for global corporate tax returns and other direct tax filings (such as withholding tax returns), liaising with the finance team.
• Maintain the global compliance calendar to ensure all filing, payment and other regulatory obligations are met on time.
• Assist with the preparation of the UK R&D tax credit claim, including extracting and analysing data from finance systems.
• Support the roll forward, preparation and standardisation of interim and year-end tax reporting calculations.
• Assist with Transfer Pricing compliance, such as documentation and quarterly calculation reviews.
• Indirect Tax
• Assist with the preparation of periodic indirect tax returns, both UK and international.
• Produce, analyse and validate data to support the monthly US sales tax returns and other indirect tax compliance, including the EU EC Sales List, One Stop Shop and Intrastat filings.
• Verify and maintain customer sales tax exemption certificates.
• General Tax Team Support
• Prepare tax-related forms and apply for HMRC Certificates of Residence and Certificates of Compliance.
• Assist with tax authority correspondence, including drafting responses, preparing supporting information and liaising with tax authorities where required.
• Ensure timely processing of tax payments and refunds, liaising with the Treasury and Finance teams.
• Prepare draft tax journals and tax-related balance sheet reconciliations.
• Perform quarterly reviews of US state tax portals, ensuring consistency with tax-related balance sheet reconciliations.
• Raise and monitor purchase requisitions and purchase orders.
• Maintain tax fee trackers, monitoring invoices against agreed budgets and approved purchase orders to ensure accurate cost control and timely processing.
• Monitor the tax team’s shared email inbox and physical post, responding to or redirecting correspondence as appropriate.
• Maintain organised and up-to-date tax records.
• Contribute ideas to reduce manual work and improve tax processes and efficiency, including the use of technology.
• Assist with ad-hoc tax, treasury and finance projects as required.

What We're Looking For

Qualifications

Essential
• GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English.

Desirable
• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax or a related discipline.

• Part-qualified, or actively studying towards a professional qualification (ATT/ACA/CTA or equivalent).

Experience

Essential
• Proven interest or experience in tax, either in practice, in-house or at HMRC.

• 1-2 years’ experience working within a finance team.

Desirable
• 2-3 years’ experience in a tax role, either in practice, in-house or at HMRC.

• Direct tax compliance experience.
• Indirect tax experience.
• Experience working with listed or multinational businesses.
• Experience preparing UK R&D tax credit claims.
• Experience of Transfer Pricing documentation or compliance.
• Exposure to tax accounting and reporting.
• Experience using tax compliance or ERP systems (e. g. One Source, D365).
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills.

• Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel and Power Point.
• Strong numeracy skills.
• Communicates effectively with colleagues.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.

Desirable
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to take, and document, a logical and methodical approach to tasks.