Assistant Tax Manager

About the role:

As our Assistant Tax Manager, you will work closely with our Senior Tax Managers to manage our internal compliance function. The role will primarily focus on corporation tax but also cover VAT and employment taxes on a regular basis. You will also assist with a healthy amount of project work, under the guidance of our Senior Tax Managers, and support the wider business with any tax related queries as and when required. If you currently working within a consultancy environment and keen to start an in-house career, then this could be the role for you.

What will you be doing?

• Preparing tax computations for thirteen UK tax resident companies, within two UK tax groups.
• Ensuring tax compliance for our recent joint venture. This will include VAT returns and computation submissions for a further seven entities.
• Overseeing tax compliance for overseas entities, including reviewing any outsourced work.
• Preparing and submitting PAYE Settlement Agreements and other employment taxes.
• Assisting with tax reporting and modelling as part of our management accounts.
• Assisting with monthly, quarterly and year end work as well as liaising with auditors.
• Working with the Senior Tax Managers to ensure tax compliance for all our current and upcoming diversification projects.

What do we need from you?

• ATT qualified.
• CTA part/newly qualified (we are also happy to consider applicants from an ACA background with suitable equivalent experience.
• A solid understanding of UK corporation tax and VAT compliance.
• Experience within a Top 20 external tax consultancy or equivalent experience in-house already.
• Excellent MS Excel skills and ideally experience using Alphatax computation software.

Why choose us?

As an employer we ask that all our employees follow and showcase five simple values; that we are:

• People People
• Future Forward
• Always Accountable
• Better Together
• Problem Solvers

Alongside these values we also believe our role as an employer is to empower our workforce to make self-sufficient, informed choices, giving them new experiences and helping to develop their careers.

We recognise that our people are our greatest asset at Angel trains, and this is why we invest significantly in both their professional and personal development. We have been accredited with Investors in People & Wellbeing Platinum Awards and we’ve tailored our competitive benefits offering to include:

• Generous holiday allowance and employer pension contributions.
• Health Insurance.
• A range of discounted offers and benefits e.g. season ticket loans to cycle to work schemes.
• Perkbox – our discounted online shopping site.
• A salary sacrifice Electric Vehicle benefit scheme.
• Family-friendly and flexible working policies.

Your physical and mental wellbeing matters to us and to support you during your career we also offer an Employee Assistance Programme, and a dedicated team of volunteer Mental Health First Aiders.

It’s a great place to work with a modern offices in London & Derby (but with hybrid working), hugely engaged colleagues, and external recognition as a “World Class Workplace”.