Senior Tax Manager

Liberty Blume Business Solutions Ltd; Bradford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave + 5

Matched pension up to 10%

Wellbeing benefits

Learning platform access

Job summary

Liberty Blume, a Liberty Global company, seeks a Senior Manager to lead UK Corporate Tax across Bradford or Leeds. You will guide UK tax returns, assess provisioning, and coordinate Pillar 2 and complex transactions while developing automation to drive client value.

You’ll mentor teams, interact with stakeholders, and contribute to training on UK tax topics to raise overall team awareness. This role combines tax technical excellence with strategic process improvements.

Qualifications

• Master or Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or tax.
• ACA and/or CTA qualifications.
• 8+ years in a tax or tax-related role.
• Experience with SAP/Oracle/Hyperion.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage relationships with a portfolio of compliance customers.
• Ensure technical accuracy of UK tax returns.
• Document and communicate tax technical matters to teams.
• Support quarter and year-end provisioning activities.
• Improve and automate tax processes.
• Involve in Pillar 2 reporting for UK and other jurisdictions.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Advanced Excel

AI in processes

English fluency

Education

Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or tax

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Hyperion

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Manager - UK Corporate Tax to join us in Bradford or Leeds. The Senior Manager - UK Corporate Tax will be responsible for assisting various aspects of the Tax team in delivering high quality solutions, accurately and on time, towards our Blume Tax customers.

Input will be provided on technical Tax and Tax Accounting matters towards teams involved in UK Corporate Tax returns, Tax provisioning under UK GAAP, IFRS and US GAAP and other specialist projects such as Pillar 2, SAO, transfer pricing and substantial transactions.

What will you be doing?

• Lead and manage the relationship in relation to a portfolio of compliance customers.
• Work with the UK Corporate Tax returns team to ensure the technical accuracy of positions taken in the UK tax returns of our customers.
• Work with our customers to ensure that technical matters falling within the remit of our solutions delivery are fully understood and/or documented.
• Work with the UK Corporate Tax team to ensure that tax technical matters are fully understood before provisioning activity commences at quarter and year ends.
• Work with the UK Corporate Tax team to improve and automate processes to add value to our customers.
• Assist with US GAAP quarterly provisioning activities for international customers.
• Responsible for assisting in the review of the Pillar 2 reporting for the UK and certain other jurisdictions requiring some overall project support.
• Maintaining strong relationships with our customers and other key stakeholders to ensure that we are delivering on our KPIs.
• Project management of certain specific tasks given, taking into account often strict deadlines and communication of relevant developments towards management in a timely fashion.
• Opportunity to be involved in understanding and implementing complex transactions within wider customer group.
• Provides training on UK Tax technical topics relevant teams/departments and contribute towards the overall awareness of the Tax team and Tax topics within Liberty Blume.

We tend to look for people with:

• Master or Bachelor's degree with a major in accounting or finance or tax from an accredited college/university.
• Career qualifications ACA and/or CTA (or equivalents).
• 8+ years of experience in a Tax or Tax-related role.
• Good experience of using financial systems such as SAP/Oracle and/or Hyperion.
• Extensive experience of interpreting and applying UK tax law and Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (ASC740 and IAS 12 knowledge preferred).
• Advanced excel skills.
• Practical experience of considering and/or applying technology (e.g. AI) into processes and solutions.
• Fluent in English.

Skills & Abilities

• Strong managerial skills, team player, ability to lead.
• Strong communicator and ability to take decisions.
• Takes responsibility and ownership of project, tasks, issues.
• Problem solver with a 'can do' mentality, highly motivated and proactive.
• Respect for peers and colleagues.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more.
• Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance.
• Matched pension contribution up to 10%.
• Access to our online learning platform to continue to develop and grow your career with us.
• The chance to join an innovative, fast-paced and passionate team.

Who we are:

Liberty Blume, a Liberty Global company, is a rapidly growing business services provider, specialising in tech-enabled back-office solutions. Our mission is to deliver efficiency, scale and value to our customers through Business, Procurement and Financial Solutions. If you're curious, customer centric and enjoy being one step ahead, join us on our scale up journey and unlock your freedom to grow! Liberty Blume is an equal opportunity employer, committed to an inclusive environment and accommodating all candidates.

We're eager to hear from you, no matter your background. Our growth is creating great opportunities! Our team is expanding, and we want to hire the most talented people we can. Continued success depends on it!

We're on a mission to redefine global business services with our tech-enabled solutions, that deliver efficiency, scale and value for our customers. With over 20 years of experience, our team of passionate specialists have perfected an approach that deals with the demands of today and the markets of the future, so our customers stay one step ahead and unlock the freedom to grow. We leverage technology expertise and global perspective, to challenge conventional thinking, transform operational efficiency, and eliminate administrative complexity.

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