Direct Tax Accountant Leeds - Interim Contract In-House

Our client is the in-house tax team of a major FS business. They seek an interim hire - ideally a qualified corporate tax professional who can work as part of a team which deals with corporate tax compliance and reporting, advisory work and some employment tax work. This is a year interim contract with the potential to go permanent. Ideally the role will be worked on a hybrid basis with 2-3 days a week in the Leeds office. Will consider hires from industry or practice.
Day to day the role will include:
• Managing the process to deliver internal direct tax reporting including the preparation of direct tax provisions and supporting analysis for the annual statutory accounts, including full deferred tax calculations, and group reporting cycle.
• Finalisation of direct tax computations for submission to HMRC (using One Source Corporate Tax/Alphatax) and dealing with HMRC direct tax queries including preparing elections where required.
• Posting the legal entity monthly tax charge and producing the groups consolidated tax charge and proof of tax. Also ensuring direct tax balance sheet reconciliations are produced monthly, issues are monitored and resolved and reported appropriately.
• Liaison with the offshore and onshore Finance teams for Oracle GL data analysis, evaluating opportunities for automation and driving process improvement.
• Assist with forecasting the effective tax rate and calculating the Group’s Payments on Account.
• Understanding of tax procedures, risks and controls, with the requirement to notify any risks / failures in controls to the appropriate channel.
• Ensure that core systems are fit for purpose for direct tax reporting and compliance.
• Provide tax technical support and subject matter expert input into ad hoc finance and business projects.