Tax Manager, HSBC Innovation Banking UK

HSBC Innovation Banking is the power behind the UK’s forward-thinkers, future-makers, and leap-takers, helping them ignite the bold ideas that reshape our world. We offer flexible banking solutions for start-ups, scale-ups, growth businesses, investors and those working towards IPO typically within the technology and life science sectors. Whether it’s comprehensive banking, managing cashflow, plans for buyouts or Strategic Fund Solutions, we power ideas at every stage of their journey.

Responsibilities:

• Managing compliance responsibilities (including reviewing) across direct tax (including Statutory accounts, tax provisioning, tax returns) performed by the tax member at COE based in India.
• Providing tax technical guidance for direct tax reporting and tax returns compliance.
• Monitoring tax administration compliance and ensuring tasks are timely and accurately carried out (e.g. ensuring timely tax payments for EMEA locations).
• Supporting the tax team in carrying out risk steward function in client tax governance, staff mobility governance and employment tax.
• Responding to any tax form requests from business or from corporate functions.
• Assisting the tax team in performing post implementation check and ongoing monitoring of tax initiatives or tax compliance (e.g. transfer pricing, staff mobility).
• Assisting the tax team in tax controversies, enquiries, statutory accounts audit and any tax initiatives.
• Supporting Senior Tax Manager in tax governance by enforcing effective tax control process, reviewing and reporting deficiency, executing tax risk management controls and reports, influencing cross functions for data quality improvement.
• Supporting Senior Tax Manager in discharging HINV’s accountability to the HSBC group in Senior Accounting Officer (“SAO”) certification process of HSBC Group.

Qualifications:

• ACA/CTA/ACCA qualification.
• UK corporate tax experience gained from a practice firm or within the financial services industry preferred.
• Experience of VAT tax in financial services would be a plus.
• Self-starter, pro-active, eagerness to learn and a team player with ability to adjust to change and the desire to take on responsibility and ownership of allocated work.

Location: Our home office in Finsbury Square, London. Hybrid working to our employees, with a current requirement to be in the office 2 days per week.

Accessibility and Inclusion: Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces – no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best.