Tax Manager

Argent LLP; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading real estate development firm in London seeks an experienced Tax Manager to oversee corporate tax compliance and reporting. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in real estate tax and be capable of managing external advisors, ensuring compliance with complex regulations. Candidates should be proactive self-starters and excellent communicators, ready to support a commercial and solution-focused team.

Qualifications

• Expertise in managing corporate tax compliance and reporting.
• Ability to oversee tax matters and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Experience in handling complex tax queries.

Responsibilities

• Oversee outsourced corporate tax compliance process.
• Manage external advisors for timely tax provisions and returns.
• Ensure compliance with international tax measures.

Skills

Extensive Real Estate tax experience

Strong awareness of international tax

Proficient in MS Excel

Proficient in PowerPoint

Solution focused thinker

Highly organised

Strong communication skills

Proactive self-starter

Job description

Related Argent is looking for an experienced Tax Manager who will play a crucial role within the tax and finance team, overseeing the outsourced corporate tax compliance process; maintaining and improving internal controls; and providing technical support to finance colleagues (VAT and CIS).

About the role

You will partner with colleagues across the business (development management, asset management and corporate) to ensure that:

• Tax matters are addressed in a solution focussed, commercial and pragmatic manner; and
• Colleagues are kept up to date with relevant changes in tax practice and legislation

You will support the tax team at all stages in an investment lifecycle including:

• Set-up of corporate structures;
• Land/asset acquisitions;
• Joint venture investments;
• Debt financing transactions;
• Tax forecast modelling; and
• Exit strategies

What you will deliver

Corporate/income tax compliance and reporting:

• Manage external advisors to ensure tax provisions and returns are delivered by in line with stakeholder deadlines;
• Review returns and ensuring any tax liabilities are flagged to stakeholders in a timely manner; and
• Prepare effective communications on key highlights to relevant stakeholders (internal leadership and investor tax teams).

International tax:

• Ensure compliance with relevant BEPs measures - Corporate Interest Restriction, UK/US Anti-Hybrids and Transfer Pricing.
• Prepare and maintain tax forecast models based on latest business plans, ensuring that future tax liabilities are accurately signposted to leadership and stakeholders.

Tax processes and governance:

• Ensure the Group can demonstrate a gold standard tax governance and control environment through:
• Review, improvement and maintenance of internal tax processes and control framework
• Management of a full and effective tax document management system.

Ad-hoc matters:

• Competently address ad-hoc queries in relation to VAT, SDLT, CIS, and employment taxes.

Skills and attributes you will bring

• Extensive Real Estate tax experience (accounting practice or within industry).
• Strong awareness of international tax, VAT, SDLT, CIS and employment taxes.
• Proficient in MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Solution focused, commercial and pragmatic thinker.
• Highly organised individual with an ability to manage multiple workstreams.
• Ability to work in a fast paced and ever changing environment.
• Confident communicator with an ability to explain complex tax matters to non-tax audiences in an understandable manner.
• Proactive self-starter with a willingness to identify and complete relevant workstreams.
• Willingness to live and breathe Related Argent's core values (see above).

Equal opportunities & our culture

Promoting and supporting diversity and inclusion is essential for our success as a growing business. As an equal opportunities employer, we do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. It's about valuing everyone in the organisation as an individual, attracting new talent, staying close to our occupiers and stakeholders and creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels able to participate and achieve their potential.

About us

We are in the business of making amazing places. If you've visited London's King's Cross, Brindleyplace in Birmingham or Hudson Yards in New York - this is our work.

It goes beyond bricks and mortar development. We specialise in the services, facilities and experiences that are so critically important to urban life - art & culture, events, schools, community programmes, and renewable energy networks. The ingredients that make places meaningful and memorable.

Our 200-strong team has an extraordinary diversity of skills. Their talent and absolute commitment to getting things right make our company what it is - and make these places what they are.

Currently, we have a £9Bn+ UK development pipeline with major Related Argent regeneration projects underway at Brent Cross and Tottenham Hale as well as a Build to Rent scheme at King's Cross. Argent is also the asset and development manager at the King's Cross Estate and St Pancras Hospital.

We continually push the boundaries of what's possible and are advancing our business and our projects towards a net zero carbon future. This underpins everything.

If you are looking for an exciting and challenging career with a company that's committed to improving urban life for everyone - every day, then get in touch.

If your application is successful and you need us to make adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know and we'll try our best to support you.