Tax Manager

Connect Recruitment Consultants Ltd; Slough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Connect Recruitment Consultants Ltd is seeking a senior tax professional to lead multi-company compliance across three UK entities within an auto finance group. You will work autonomously, applying broad corporate, indirect, and employment tax expertise, with external advisers reviewing complex advisory work.

The role covers corporate tax returns, VAT, payroll taxes, and tax risk management, with close collaboration to HMRC and treasury.

Qualifications

• Autonomous, technically confident professional with broad tax expertise across corporate, indirect and employment taxes.
• Pragmatic and proactive, independently manages multi‑company compliance and risk.
• Communicates with HMRC, external advisers and internal stakeholders to implement tax opportunities and mitigate risk.

Responsibilities

• Prepare annual corporate tax returns using tax software.
• Manage monthly tax accounting for all group companies and prepare tax journals.
• True up tax calculations after finalising tax computations.
• Prepare quarterly corporate tax payment calculations.
• Calculate thin capitalisation ratios for UK group.
• Coordinate transfer pricing requirements with central team.
• Compute quarterly VAT returns and review Regulation 38 VAT adjustments.
• Liaise with treasury to ensure VAT payments are timely.
• Assist with PAYE Settlement Agreements and Tax Award Scheme calculations.
• Support Senior Accounting Officer requirements and advise on tax process improvements.

Job description

PURPOSE SUMMARY:

As a senior tax professional, you will take ownership of the varied tax requirements across all three UK companies within our auto finance group. Operating with strong autonomy and technical confidence, this role suits an individual with broad, mixed tax expertise. You will work independently while partnering with external tax consultants who provide expert review across compliance and advisory projects.

Compliance:

Preparation of annual corporate tax returns using tax software.

Monthly tax accounting for all companies and preparation of tax journals

True up tax calculations following finalisation of tax computations

Preparation of calculations for quarterly corporate tax payments

Calculation of thin capitalisation ratios for UK group

Liaison with central team to ensure transfer pricing requirements are met

Quarterly calculations of withholding tax payments and completion of CT61 forms

Review of double tax treaty passport process and liaison with treasury as required

Support to central team on Corporate Interest Restriction requirements

Support to central team with bank levy requirements

Preparation of quarterly VAT returns

Review of Regulation 38 VAT adjustments

Liaison with treasury to ensure timely VAT payments

Completion of partial exemption calculations and ensuring annual adjustments are made

VAT accounting entries on a quarterly basis following submission of VAT returns

Preparation of PAYE Settlement Agreements calculations

Preparation of Tax Award Scheme calculations

Supporting with Senior Accounting Officer requirements Advisory

Continually looking for improvements to the tax processes and consideration of tax risk assessment

Working with external advisers as required on tax opportunities and risk areas identified.

To provide business leaders updates on changes in tax statute or case law Working with HMRC

Direct liaison with HMRC specialists in areas of corporate tax, VAT, and employment duties.

Dealing with HMRC enquiries as they arise on a timely basis

Candidate Profile Specification:

The ideal Tax Manager is an autonomous, technically confident professional with broad UK mixed-tax expertise across corporate, indirect, and employment taxes. Pragmatic and proactive, they independently manage multi-company compliance, mitigate risk through process improvement, and collaborate smoothly with HMRC, external advisers, and internal stakeholders.