Tax Accountant Aberdeen PERM - Hybrid working
Location
Woking, Surrey | United Kingdom
Job description
Tax Accountant Aberdeen (hybrid working, 3 days office, 2 remote working)
Staff position - Salary neg
Please advise availability an an indication of the salary you seek.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Reporting
- Preparation of AS UK companies tax returns on AlphaTax, ensuring consistent high quality delivery of corporation tax computations
- Preparation of divisional tax reporting on TRCS and accounting and statutory accounts tax disclosures
- Preparation of VAT return (on job training will be provided if no practical VAT experience)
- Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Overview of compliance in non UK jurisdictions (assurance)
- Adhere to Group Tax strategy and policy
- Ensure SAO compliance including audits and preparation of documentation
- Preparation of PSA calculations and ensure returns compliant and minimising costs to the business
- Approve relocation expenditure in accordance with HMRC guidance and collate for inclusion in P11D/PSA submissions
Advisory
- Support Tax Team with ensuring AS comply with global transfer pricing policies and supply requested information
- Research and Development – work with Senior Tax Accountant to optimise AS’s R&D position, assisting with the collation of information from operations and finance
- Advise the business on the correct treatment of VAT for both sales and purchases
- Ensure VAT Control schedules are completed for all material contracts
- Assist with employment tax queries from the business, liaising with Group Tax based in London to provide advice to AS entities ensuring the accuracy and completeness of all taxes
- Keep the business up to date with developments in tax legislation and government initiatives
- Liaison with tax advisors as appropriate
Business Support
- Act as central point of review and control for any systems changes impacting tax
- Continuous review of processes to identify opportunities for improvements
- Build relationships with operations, Commercial and HR to ensure they seek tax advice where required
- Support compliance with Facilitation of Tax Evasion legislation, working with the business to operate practical controls
- Ensure compliance with IR35 guidelines, reviewing assessments completed by contractors
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS: - Professional qualification in accounting or tax, ICAS/ACCA/CTA/ATT
- Good general UK tax knowledge
- Good working knowledge of VAT preferable however on the job training will be provided
- Strong organisational capabilities
- Good judgement and decision making skills
- Strong communication skills and a strong team player
- Ability to work under pressure
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to meet deadlines through planning, organisation and persistence
- Responsible for the design and implementation of new processes to ensure effective and consistent controls are in place, using Oracle as a platform to improve our tax information systems
- High level of computer literacy particularly with Excel
- At least 1 year post-qualifying experience within the profession or industry (UK and international)
- Preference for oil services corporate experience
- Financial reporting accounting experience
- Experience in preparing corporation tax computations
- Tax compliance for part of a UK listed group (FTSE 250)
- Covers AS West related entities and UK entities with an annual turnover of circa $500M and total employees of 3,800.
- Geographically covers companies in UK, Holland, USA and Algeria as well as consultancy companies in Middle East and Asia Pacific. Branches in Australia, New Zealand, Canada ,Poland, Mexico and Greece.
- A self starter who is able to initiate and drive projects and change in the organisation.
- Ability to conduct research on own into tax compliance on other countries and provide guidance to the business on how to conduct and structure business activities abroad.
- As part of a large complex group the tax requirements are challenging and extensive
- There are a number of cross group projects which have complex VAT requirements
- The matrix structure of legal entity and business unit reporting adds an additional dimension to regular tax reporting
- The large headcount gives rise to a number of employment tax matters with associated reporting requirements
- Tax compliance is a major focus of the Petrofac group and the company faces extremely complex tax issues as part of a large international group in the oil and gas industry.
- Understanding the internal processes across HR, procurement, commercial and how to adapt these to capture information for tax purposes, or how to ensure compliance with tax legislation
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