Senior Group Corporate Tax Manager (Fixed Term Contract)

We are looking for an experienced corporate tax professional to join our Group Tax Function on a fixed-term basis as the Senior Group Corporate Tax Manager. The role will manage OUP’s Group corporate tax affairs to create, protect and optimise value in the context of OUP’s global objectives. You will manage tax related risks (including reputational) from carrying on business; and ensure global compliance with tax laws and reporting requirements. Reporting to the Group Tax Director, the role will be allocated a portfolio of jurisdictions, projects and UK/Group tax responsibilities.

Duties of the role will include:

• Provide practical, technical advice (covering all applicable taxes) to divisional finance teams and overseas branches/subsidiaries on how to structure business initiatives (both in UK and overseas), including sales arrangements and appropriate corporate structures that enable business to be carried out.
• Work with other specialists (legal, HR, VAT, external advisers) as necessary.
• As required, provide tax input to acquisitions, disposals, or restructuring of group businesses.
• Take lead for group transfer pricing matters including commissioning benchmarking studies, maintaining the group transfer pricing framework, advising on intercompany pricing arrangements, supporting transfer pricing documentation and managing adviser and tax authority interactions as required.
• Manage the preparation of corporation tax returns for UK entities and oversee non‑resident corporation tax returns for overseas branches and representative offices and foreign subsidiaries, working with local finance teams and external advisers.
• Manage correspondence with tax authorities and resolve resulting queries.
• Ensure that all group businesses comply with local tax requirements, including utilising an online tracking tool where relevant, and act in a way that is consistent with protecting the name and reputation of OUP.
• Collate global data on a bottom-up basis to prepare and submit CbCR annually.
• Monitor and respond to Pillar Two enquiries from overseas tax authorities, including assessing whether foreign branches or subsidiaries are required to register locally.
• Manage the group’s monthly and annual tax reporting cycle and report to Tax Director on effective tax rates, variances and development of issues.
• Prepare the group tax proof and handle auditor queries as appropriate.
• Investigate and implement process improvements to automate tax proof.
• Assist with monitoring the key tax risks worldwide, along with proposals for their evaluation and mitigation and manage major tax issues in conjunction with local management, ensuring that any significant litigation or dialogue with tax authorities is managed to provide optimal outcomes.
• Assist with the management of significant tax issues arising in the UK and the Group, in conjunction with local Finance Directors, balancing legislative with commercial needs.
• Interact with UK/Group tax advisers and auditors to ensure that their needs are met and that their services are used in a cost‑effective way.
• Reporting to the Group Tax Director, implement the relevant elements of the agreed tax strategy.
• Input to tax reports for Group Audit Committee.

This is a 6-month fixed term contract, with the possibility of extension. We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have/be:

• UK tax qualified (preferably Chartered Institute of Taxation)
• A qualified accountant
• Subject matter expert in UK tax and strong awareness of international taxation (tax treaties, transfer pricing etc)
• Experience in the taxation of UK charities (desirable)
• Strong communication skills – able to communicate strong financial concepts to non-financial people
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Resilience - able to stand ground whilst maintaining working relationships.
• Strong business understanding and commercial awareness.
• Able to utilise effectively internal and external resources to achieve objectives.

We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies. We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts. We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.

Up to £85,000 dependent on skills and experience.