Corporate Tax Strategy - Senior Manager

Virgin Media Business Ireland; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + bonus

25 days annual leave

Wellbeing and mental health benefits

Matched pension contribution

Volunteer time off

Discounted gym memberships

Car benefit scheme

Online learning platform access

Job summary

Virgin Media Business Ireland is seeking a Senior Manager, Corporate Tax Strategy to optimize tax positions and provide technical advice on UK and international tax matters. This role involves project management across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring compliance and offering strategic insights.

The ideal candidate will have a chartered accountancy qualification and experience in a similar role within a top accounting firm. Benefits include competitive salary, bonus options, and generous leave policies.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Big4 or top10 accounting firm as a Senior Manager or equivalent.
• Deep understanding of UK and global tax principles.
• Proven career path towards a tax lead role.

Responsibilities

• Optimize LG’s consolidated UK tax position.
• Provide technical advice on complex UK tax matters.
• Lead tax forecasting and project management.

Skills

Analytical skills

Strong communication

Team player

Problem solving

Proactive

Education

Chartered accountancy qualification (CIMA, ACA)

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Manager, Corporate Tax Strategy to join us in Chelsea, London. We are seeking a highly skilled Tax professional to join our in‑house Tax Advisory Corporate team. This role encompasses UK and international tax issues, including cross‑border planning, structuring and compliance.

What will you be doing?

• Optimize LG’s consolidated UK tax position.
• Provide technical advice on complex UK matters (e.g., Leases, CFC, CIR, SBCE, etc.) and be responsible for ensuring Tax Technical Memos are prepared for quarterly reporting purposes.
• Contribute to the management of the UK tax position, including safeguarding CFC and Hybrid mismatches exposures, mitigating FX tax exposures from inter‑company loans, and reviewing the IMOC/WHT/CIR/DPT supporting documentation preparation and assessments, as allocated to your portfolio.
• Lead the preparation of the UK tax forecasting and the relevant assumptions to aid UK scenario planning.
• Project manage the tax forecasting across the various LG Group entities and operating companies’ submissions and liaise with Capital Allocation, Treasury and Transfer Pricing teams on key tax inputs on each update cycle.
• Provide tax technical advice across a wide range of projects spanning multiple jurisdictions.
• Work on multiple projects analysed internally and support Finance & M&A teams with tax modelling, structuring and key tax issues during project evaluation.
• Prepare and oversee, in different projects, tax due diligence reports, identify tax risks and opportunities, and provide clear tax recommendations to key stakeholders of the acquiring group company.
• Build strong relationships with Treasury, Legal, Accounting and M&A teams through innovative, smart and value‑driven solutions that are flexible and sustainable.
• Research and review complex tax concepts and provide key input to relevant stakeholders in the context of various business initiatives.
• Tax modelling in the context of projects and assessment of interactions with current and future tax positions per jurisdiction and with Pillar2.
• Transfer Pricing: work with advisors to update benchmark studies, ensure current TP models remain fit for purpose, review Local and Masterfile prepared by Liberty Blume shared service centre, and take strategic lead on TP projects such as (B)APAs and impact from M&A work.
• Support training and development of junior team members.

Qualifications and experience

• Chartered accountancy qualification including CIMA, ACA and/or a tax qualification (latter preferred).
• Experience working in Big4 or top10 as a Senior Manager or an experienced Manager, or in a similar environment.
• Deep understanding of UK and global tax principles and awareness of recent updates (OECD, EU, US and other jurisdictions).
• Desire to work in a fast‑paced environment and take responsibility and ownership of allocated work.
• Varied experience giving rise to a proven career development path to be the next tax lead at Liberty Global or the Federation (Operating Companies).
• Agile, independent, self‑starter who can drive projects forward.

Key Measures / Required skills

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Entrepreneurial mentality.
• Strong communicator and team player.
• Proactive, pragmatic business partner and problem solver.
• Ambitious, flexible and highly motivated.
• Taking responsibility and ownership of projects/workstreams.

Working relationships

• Internal: Accounting, Legal, Treasury, Senior management, Operations, Compliance, Business Development and Liberty Blume Shared Service Centre Tax Compliance Team.
• External: Advisors, tax authorities, accountants and auditors.

What’s in it for you? Benefits

• Competitive salary + bonus (where applicable).
• 25 days annual leave with option to purchase five more.
• Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance.
• Matched pension contribution up to 10%.
• 24 hours of paid volunteer time off.
• Discounted gym and wellness memberships.
• Access to our car benefit scheme.
• Access to our online learning platform to continue to develop and grow your career.

Liberty Global is an equal‑opportunity employer, committed to an inclusive environment and accommodates all candidates regardless of background.