Senior Tax Manager in Leeds

We’re looking for a Senior Manager - UK Corporate Tax to join us in Bradford or Leeds. The Senior Manager – UK Corporate Tax will be responsible for assisting various aspects of the Tax team in delivering high quality solutions, accurately and on time, towards our Blume Tax customers. Input will be provided on technical Tax and Tax Accounting matters towards teams involved in UK Corporate Tax returns, Tax provisioning under UK GAAP, IFRS and US GAAP and other specialist projects such as Pillar 2, SAO, transfer pricing and substantial transactions.

What will you be doing?

• Lead and manage the relationship in relation to a portfolio of compliance customers.
• Work with the UK Corporate Tax returns team to ensure the technical accuracy of positions taken in the UK tax returns of our customers.
• Work with our customers to ensure that technical matters falling within the remit of our solutions delivery are fully understood and/or documented.
• Work with the UK Corporate Tax team to ensure that tax technical matters are fully understood before provisioning activity commences at quarter and year ends.
• Work with the UK Corporate Tax team to improve and automate processes to add value to our customers.
• Assist with US GAAP quarterly provisioning activities for international customers.
• Responsible for assisting in the review of the Pillar 2 reporting for the UK and certain other jurisdictions requiring some overall project support.
• Maintaining strong relationships with our customers and other key stakeholders to ensure that we are delivering on our KPIs.
• Project management of certain specific tasks given, taking into account often strict deadlines and communication of relevant developments towards management in a timely fashion.
• Opportunity to be involved in understanding and implementing complex transactions within wider customer group.
• Provides training on UK Tax technical topics relevant teams/departments and contribute towards the overall awareness of the Tax team and Tax topics within Liberty Blume.

We tend to look for people with:

• Master or Bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting or finance or tax from an accredited college/university.
• Career qualifications ACA and/or CTA (or equivalents).
• 8+ years of experience in a Tax or Tax-related role.
• Good experience of using financial systems such as SAP/Oracle and/or Hyperion.
• Extensive experience of interpreting and applying UK tax law and Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (ASC740 and IAS 12 knowledge preferred).
• Advanced excel skills.
• Practical experience of considering and/or applying technology (e.g. AI) into processes and solutions.
• Fluent in English.

Skills & Abilities

• Strong managerial skills, team player, ability to lead.
• Strong communicator and ability to take decisions.
• Takes responsibility and ownership of project, tasks, issues.
• Problem solver with a ‘can do’ mentality, highly motivated and proactive.
• Respect for peers and colleagues.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary.
• 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more.
• Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance.
• Matched pension contribution up to 10%.
• Access to our online learning platform to continue to develop and grow your career with us.
• The chance to join an innovative, fast-paced and passionate team.

Who we are:

Liberty Blume, a Liberty Global company, is a rapidly growing business services provider, specialising in tech-enabled back-office solutions. Our mission is to deliver efficiency, scale and value to our customers through Business, Procurement and Financial Solutions. If you’re curious, customer centric and enjoy being one step ahead, join us on our scale up journey and unlock your freedom to grow!