Communicate Recruitment Solutions
International Tax Lead
London
£100k – £115k/yr
Posted about 22 hours ago
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A global FMCG group is seeking an experienced International Tax Senior Manager to join its Group Tax function. The role will support tax compliance, tax reporting, risk management and international tax advisory matters across multiple jurisdictions, with a strong focus on UK direct tax.
The successful candidate will work closely with finance, legal, treasury, commercial teams, external advisers and local market tax teams to ensure robust tax governance, accurate reporting and effective management of tax risk across the group.
Key responsibilities
International tax compliance and governance
- Oversee direct tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring timely and accurate filing of corporate tax returns, payments, disclosures and supporting documentation.
- Lead or support the UK corporation tax compliance process, including preparation or review of tax computations, return positions, capital allowances, interest deductibility, group relief and other UK direct tax matters.
- Manage relationships with external advisers and local finance teams to ensure consistency, quality and control across global compliance processes.
- Maintain a strong tax governance framework, including review controls, documentation standards, process improvements and escalation of material tax risks.
- Support the group’s approach to tax authority audits, enquiries and correspondence, including HMRC matters.
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Tax provision and reporting
- Lead or oversee tax provisioning and reporting across multiple jurisdictions for group reporting purposes.
- Prepare and review current tax, deferred tax and effective tax rate calculations in accordance with relevant IFRS requirements.
- Support interim and year-end reporting, including tax disclosures, uncertain tax positions and tax balance sheet reconciliations.
- Work with finance teams to ensure accurate tax accounting entries, controls and audit support.
- Use and enhance OneSource Tax Provision processes, ensuring data integrity, appropriate mapping and consistency across jurisdictions.
- Provide technical input on tax-relevant IFRS standards, including IAS 12 Income Taxes, IFRIC 23 Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments, and other standards with tax implications such as IFRS 16, IAS 21 and IFRS 3 where relevant.
UK and international tax advisory
- Provide advice on UK direct tax matters, including corporate tax, anti-avoidance provisions, interest deductibility, group relief, loss utilisation and withholding tax considerations.
- Support the group’s compliance with the UK anti-hybrid regime, including analysis of cross-border arrangements, documentation of positions and interaction with overseas tax rules.
- Support Pillar 2 implementation and ongoing compliance, including data gathering, jurisdictional analysis, safe harbour assessments, reporting processes and stakeholder engagement.
- Advise on international tax matters relevant to a global FMCG group, including cross-border trading models, permanent establishment risk, withholding taxes, financing structures and supply chain changes.
- Support the group’s understanding of relevant US tax matters, including US tax reporting impacts, cross-border transactions, US withholding tax, federal and state tax considerations, and interaction with non-US tax rules.
- Partner with treasury, legal and commercial teams on transactions, restructurings, intercompany arrangements and business initiatives.
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Requirements
- Experience in a global FMCG, consumer goods, retail, manufacturing or supply chain-led multinational business.
- Experience overseeing tax compliance and tax reporting across multiple jurisdictions.
- Strong UK direct tax experience, including UK corporation tax compliance and advisory matters.
- ACA, CTA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent professional qualification.
- Exposure to tax transformation, tax technology or finance systems projects.
- Familiarity with transfer pricing documentation, country-by-country reporting and master file or local file processes.
- Experience managing external advisers across multiple territories.
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Skills
International Tax Compliance
Tax Reporting
Risk Management
Tax Advisory
UK Direct Tax
Corporate Tax
Tax Governance
Tax Provisioning
IFRS Standards
Transfer Pricing
Tax Technology
Stakeholder Engagement
Cross-Border Transactions
Intercompany Arrangements
Tax Audits
Tax Disclosures
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