Group Tax Manager - 6 month FTC

Goodman Masson; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodman Masson in London seeks a qualified tax professional to own end-to-end Group tax across European jurisdictions. You will partner with Finance, HR, Legal and Treasury to drive compliance, planning and governance in a hybrid London role.

Key tasks include corporate tax returns, VAT, transfer pricing, budgeting, and improving tax processes with a focus on automation. You will mentor a junior member and help build a high-performing tax function.

Qualifications

• Qualified tax/accounting professional with in-house or practice background.
• Experience preparing group-level corporation tax returns and audit provisions.
• Breadth across corporation tax, VAT and employment taxes across multiple jurisdictions.

Responsibilities

• Own tax compliance across European entities, including corporation tax and VAT.
• Manage end-to-end tax accounting: statutory disclosures, group audit tax provisions, and posting entries.
• Refine budgeting/forecasting for tax, instalments, and cash tax planning.

Skills

Tax accounting

Group tax

Corporation tax

VAT

Transfer pricing

Tax governance

Education

ACA/CTA/ACCA

Tools

Tax software

Job description

A large, publicly listed technology-led consumer business with international scale, operating across the UK and several European markets. The organisation is investing heavily in building out an internal finance and tax capability as it moves away from historic reliance on outsourced providers.

The Opportunity

You’ll report to the Head of Group Tax and take end-to-end ownership of the Group’s tax position across several European jurisdictions, partnering closely with Finance, HR, Legal and Treasury.

What you'll be doing

• Owning tax compliance across multiple European entities, corporation tax, VAT.
• Running tax accounting from end to end: statutory account disclosures, group audit tax provisions, and posting tax entries through the group's finance systems
• Building and refining the corporation tax budgeting/forecasting cycle, including instalment payments and cash tax planning, working alongside Finance and Treasury
• Overseeing UK and EU VAT filings (digital tax-compliant software) and managing transfer pricing operations, including intercompany agreements and invoicing
• Driving process improvement and automation across the tax function, and upskilling the wider team
• Owning tax governance and risk documentation, keeping the function audit-ready
• Mentoring a junior tax team member as part of their professional development

What we're looking for

• A qualified tax/accounting professional (ACA, CTA, ACCA or equivalent), with solid breadth across in-house and/or practice-based tax work
• Track record preparing corporation tax returns and audit provisions at a group level
• Multi-jurisdiction compliance experience spanning corporation tax, VAT and employment taxes

Location/Working Pattern:

Hybrid, 2-3 days a week in the London office