Senior Tax Manager

For a global organisation working in over 100 countries, we're recruiting a Senior Tax Manager. Reporting to the Director of Group Tax and Status, this role will support the team on all business projects and transactions across the UK and overseas including due diligence, analysing and advising tax implications on cross-border transactions, exploring tax risk mitigation and tax efficiency strategy, supporting business change.

The Senior Tax Manager will suit someone who has dealt with multiple tax jurisdictions and regions, covering both direct and indirect taxes, and coordinating with multiple internal and external stakeholders from different business units, regions and countries. Experience from implications arising from business restructuring, and divestments (including disposal of real estate assets) is key. This role can be based UK-wide with occasional office attendance (London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast).

• Provide technical and tax advisory support across all tax disciplines and to all areas of the organisation, supporting group tax team.
• Support due diligence reviews, business restructuring projects, acquisition and divestments, impact analysis of operating model change, and introduction of new business areas and closure of entities.
• Collaborate with internal and external advisors for cross-border projects/transactions, consulting with regional specialists to ensure tax compliance requirements are met.
• Collaborate with professional advisors in delivering technical advisory support across countries.
• Support the Group Tax Manager in technical consulting across taxation aspects (local direct tax, withholding tax and sales taxes) including interpreting advice with country finance, legal and governance colleagues.
• Partner with Director of Group Tax, and International Tax manager to manage UK and overseas tax risks resulting from business projects and transactions.

• Qualified CTA, ADIT, ATT or a CCAB Accountant.
• Substantial international tax experience, ideally MENA and APAC from large commercial organisations or as a Tax specialist at senior manager level in a professional services firm.
• Solid experience of coordinating and sharing tax best practice with Regions.
• Direct Tax experience and exposure to transfer pricing, permanent establishment, double tax agreements, and withholding taxes.
• Experience handling complex negotiations with tax authorities.
• International Tax planning, Tax assessments in business set-up and global growth.
• Tax compliance and risk management.

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