Head of Tax Compliance and Reporting

Rolls-Royce; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of Tax Compliance and Reporting at a forward-thinking company. This role involves leading a team to manage the Group’s tax reporting and compliance obligations, ensuring effective management of tax affairs. You will collaborate with global tax specialists and auditors while driving improvements in systems and controls. If you have extensive experience in UK corporate tax and a passion for mentoring others, this is the perfect opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Development opportunities

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in UK corporate tax compliance and reporting.
• Degree and tax qualifications are essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Group's external year-end and interim reporting process.
• Manage UK tax compliance and maintain relationships with HMRC.

Skills

UK corporate tax compliance

Reporting and forecasting

Team leadership

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

Degree level qualification

Tax qualifications or equivalent

Tools

Alpha Tax

OneSource

Financial consolidation tools

Job description

Job Description

Head of Tax Compliance and Reporting

Full Time

Derby/Hybrid

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head Tax Compliance and Reporting is sought to deliver the Group’s tax reporting and forecasting requirements and UK tax compliance obligations. The Rolls-Royce tax department is responsible for managing the Group’s worldwide tax affairs.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting, and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer:

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

What you will be doing:

Reporting to the SVP International Tax, the successful candidate will lead a small team of tax professionals and collaborate with tax specialists and other professionals within the global organisation as well as the Group’s auditors and external advisor network.

Responsibilities include:

• Delivering an overarching Group strategy for tax reporting and forecasting to support effective management and delivery of Group requirements.
• Leading the Group’s external year end and interim reporting and related audit process and being the primary interface with the Group auditors.
• Leading the Group’s internal forecasting process and being the primary contact with relevant stakeholders.
• Leading the management of the Group’s UK tax compliance affairs and maintaining the on-going relationship with HMRC. This includes co-ordinating Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) requirements across the taxes and oversight of the RDEC claim process.
• Working with a global team to deliver the Group’s Pillar 2 reporting and compliance obligations.
• Ensuring the Group complies with the public country by country reporting and other external tax disclosure requirements in the relevant jurisdictions.
• Developing risk management and control processes to manage compliance, forecasting and reporting risks and deliver requirements in the most efficient and effective manner.
• Driving the systems and IT strategy for areas in scope. Streamline and improve existing systems and controls where appropriate and drive continuous improvement.
• Supporting and advising the businesses and being the primary contact for UK corporate tax matters.
• Partnering with the businesses and functions on projects and other initiatives as required.
• Developing and mentoring more junior members of the team and proactively contributing to tax team events, initiatives and other matters.

Who we’re looking for

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. For this role you will need to demonstrate understanding of the appliable health and safety standards and we are looking for someone who is/has:

• Extensive experience of UK corporate tax compliance, reporting and forecasting for large corporate groups.
• Experience of Alpha Tax or OneSource and financial consolidation and reportingtools.
• Degree level qualification and tax qualifications or equivalent.
• A team player with ability to liaise across multiple jurisdictions, business and functions.
• Experience leading and developing tax professionals and managers.
• Strong organisational skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Good business acumen.
• Achievement oriented and enthusiastic.
• Proven communication skills including ability to explain complex tax issues to non-tax specialists and non-native English speakers.
• Desire to learn and develop expertise.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

Job Category Finance Posting Date 09 May 2025; 00:05 Posting End Date 23 May 2025