Tax Manager

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BAM UK & I are looking for a Tax Manager to join us from our London or Farnborough office. Reporting to the Head of Tax (UK&I Division), you will have responsibility for tax reporting and tax compliance for BAM. You should have extensive tax compliance experience in corporate taxes and some experience in other tax areas.

You will work closely with other areas of the business to further develop tax reporting and tax compliance processes at BAM to improve efficiency and manage tax risk. This may involve projects and business initiatives to evolve our processes, providing guidance to ensure that tax requirements are understood and well-managed. As part of the wider group tax team, you will support tax advisory projects and contribute to the overall success of the team.

• Preparation of corporate tax returns for BAM UK’s entities within the scope of local and international laws and requirements.
• Preparation of tax disclosures for UK financial statements.
• Prepare tax accounting disclosures, forecasting, and reporting of BAM’s UK entities for group reporting purposes.
• Manage the UK group payment arrangements, sharing of losses and quarterly tax payments for the UK entities.
• Work with third party auditors to ensure the smooth running of all BAM’s UK taxation audits.
• Support UK tax advisory initiatives including R&D tax relief claims, capital allowances and other available reliefs, working with external advisers where appropriate.
• Advise on the UK tax impact of business transactions involving multiple jurisdictions (for example, cross border issues, double taxation treaties, transfer pricing, withholding taxes, VAT).
• Maintain and implement BAM Group’s transfer pricing policies for BAM’s UK entities.
• Closely monitor and respond appropriately to material UK Government policy and legislative developments, ensuring implications are fully understood by stakeholders.
• Play an active role as a member of the global tax team in matters such as group structure, transfer pricing, implementation of new projects/programs in BAM’s UK entities.
• Partner with UK&I FP&A, business finance, legal, treasury, accounting, and other functions to communicate, execute, protect, and fund various initiatives which aim to ultimately maximize cash for the Division and Group.
• Provide tax related technical accounting guidance to the Finance and Business teams and ensure guidance is being consistently applied across Segments.
• Maintain and enhance the UK tax control framework, ensuring tax risks are identified, assessed and managed appropriately.

Your team will be based from our London or Farnborough office.

In addition to an attractive salary, we offer a significant benefits package which could include:

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family friendly policies
• 8% matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development
• Flexible benefit pot

We are looking for an experienced and motivated tax professional with a track record of advising on tax matters in a multinational and UK business environment. You are experienced, energized, capable, analytically, numerically strong individual and will ideally have some or all of the following:

• ACA or CTA (or equivalent) qualified, with strong UK corporate tax knowledge.
• Minimum 4 years’ post-qualification UK tax experience, preferably within a multinational business.
• Big 4 background advantageous though not essential.
• Systems orientated and strong excel skills.
• A good understanding of the current UK tax landscape and able to support on general tax matters.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), able to quickly build relationships and deliver clarity to non-tax personnel.
• Research and Development Tax Credits (desirable).
• “Hands-on” problem solver with the capacity to develop and learn in the role.

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.