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At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.
What You’ll Do
The Group UK Tax team is responsible for delivering the full annual cycle of UK tax compliance and reporting for the Group’s head office, treasury, and shared services entities. This includes corporation tax compliance, statutory tax accounting and disclosures, Group reporting, and broader obligations such as group relief, quarterly instalments, CFC reporting, CIR returns, and withholding taxes.
This role offers exposure to a highly visible area within Group Tax, working at the intersection of tax, finance, and systems in a complex multinational environment.
With support from the Senior Tax Manager and Head of UK Tax Compliance, you will:
- Lead and coordinate key aspects of UK tax compliance and reporting, working closely with the shared service centre
- Act as a key contact for UK tax compliance and statutory reporting
- Apply strong technical expertise in tax, accounting, and reporting
- Work with tax and finance systems (e.g. AlphaTax, Longview or similar)
You will also act as a trusted business partner, building strong relationships across Group Tax, Finance, shared services, external advisers, and auditors, ensuring accurate, timely, and well-controlled processes.
Skills And Experience
We are looking for someone organised, proactive, and comfortable taking ownership in a collaborative team environment. You will manage a broad range of responsibilities across the reporting cycle.
You will bring:
- Strong experience in UK tax compliance and reporting within large multinational environments, including deferred tax
- Ability to deliver high-quality outputs while coordinating across teams
- Experience with tax/financial systems and strong Excel skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience in process improvement, including the use of automation and emerging technologies
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead delivery of significant aspects of UK corporation tax compliance, tax accounting, and reporting, including statutory disclosures, returns, group relief, and instalment payments
- Perform technical tax research and provide high-quality advice
- Support interactions with HMRC
- Drive automation and process improvements
- Ensure strong controls and SOX compliance
- Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders
This role offers strong development opportunities within a forward-looking tax function, with exposure to senior stakeholders and complex international tax matters.
Who You Are
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- ACA, ACCA or CTA qualified, or equivalent
- Experience of Alphatax CT, Longview, SAP and HFM preferred but not essential;
- Strong financial and tax accounting capability, with 1–3 years’ post-qualified experience in an advisory firm or large corporate environment, and experience of or a clear interest in UK corporation tax
- Proven experience preparing and/or reviewing UK corporation tax returns, computations, group relief claims, group payment returns, tax accounting calculations and statutory account tax disclosures
- Strong working knowledge of core UK corporation tax technical areas, with the ability to identify issues, research, apply judgement and escalate appropriately
- Able to build effective relationships with Group Finance, Tax, the shared service centre and external adviser stakeholders, including senior colleagues
- Comfortable working across multiple teams in a complex organisation, managing priorities and delivering accurately to deadlines
Not a perfect fit?
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.
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What's In It For You
- Yearly bonus: 10%
- Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/carry over 5 days/year
- Charity days: 5 days/year
- Maternity leave: 52 weeks: the first 13 weeks are fully paid, followed by 26 weeks of half pay
- Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%
- Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
- Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan
Who We Are
We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.
Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.
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