Tax Manager

Portakabin; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life insurance

Health services

Cycle to Work

Employee discounts

Learning & development

Career progression

Volunteer day

Job summary

Portakabin is seeking a Tax Manager to join the finance team at our York head office. You will oversee corporate tax, VAT, and employment taxes, reporting to the Head of Tax, and work with stakeholders across the group to ensure compliant, timely tax delivery.

The role offers exposure to advisory work, risk management, and process improvements within a growing international group, with a salary up to £50,000 and a potential bonus up to 10% based on performance.

Qualifications

• CTA/ATT qualification is required or equivalent.
• Degree level or equivalent plus relevant experience.
• Experience across corporation tax, VAT, and employment taxes.

Responsibilities

• Manage Group tax affairs across jurisdictions.
• Ensure deadlines and obligations for taxes are met.
• Provide tax input on business activities and projects.
• Coordinate with external advisors on tax-related projects.
• Identify improvements to tax processes and controls.

Skills

Tax knowledge

Tax compliance

VAT

Employment taxes

Education

CTA/ATT

Degree or equivalent

Job description

Tax Manager

Application Deadline: 25 September 2026

Department: Tax and Insurance

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Head Office

Reporting To: Jade Clarke

Compensation: £43,000 - £50,000 / year

Description

Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? We are looking for a Tax Manager to join our finance team in York. If you have a genuine interest in tax and are looking to build your career in this area, this is an excellent opportunity to join the tax team, gain hands‑on experience, and develop into the role.

Reporting to the Head of Tax, this is a broad and varied role offering excellent exposure across tax compliance, advisory, risk management and process improvement within a growing international group.

Role Details:

• Annual salary up to £50,000 dependent on skills and experience. Potential annual-on-target bonus of up to 10% subject to business performance
• Role based: York, YO32 9PT
• Eligible to join private medical
• Contract type: Permanent
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.

In this role as Tax Manager, you will be required to:

• Work closely with the Head of Tax to manage the Group’s tax affairs across multiple jurisdictions.
• Take responsibility for a broad range of taxes, including corporation tax, VAT and employment taxes, ensuring deadlines and obligations are met accurately and on time.
• Work with the wider finance team and key stakeholders across the business to provide practical and responsive tax support.
• Provide tax input and advice on business activities and projects, developing your commercial understanding of the Group.
• Manage relationships with external advisors and coordinate delivery of tax-related projects.
• Identify and support improvements to tax processes, controls and efficiencies, including opportunities to streamline and automate processes.

Benefits & Opportunities as Tax Manager

• Contributory pension including life insurance benefit
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day

Our Ideal Candidate as Tax Manager

• A relevant tax qualification (e.g. CTA/ATT).
• Qualified to degree level or equivalent combined education and work experience.
• Experience across one or more areas of corporation tax, VAT and employment taxes.
• Experience of working in practice, industry or a combination of both.
• Good technical tax knowledge with a willingness to broaden your expertise across a range of taxes.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with good attention to detail.
• A positive attitude, strong work ethic and ability to build good working relationships with finance and business colleagues.

NOTE: If we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled.