Tax Senior Analyst, Assistant Vice President

Citigroup Inc.; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services organization in the City of Westminster is seeking a Tax Senior Analyst to assist with corporate tax efforts and compliance. This role involves preparing tax computations, managing tax balances, and collaborating with teams in the UK and New York. Candidates should have a UK tax qualification or equivalent experience and will enjoy a hybrid working model with excellent benefits, including generous holidays and health insurance.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays

Discretionary annual performance-related bonus

Private medical insurance packages

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special discounts for employees

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• UK Accounting or tax qualification required or related business experience.
• Experience in preparing and reviewing tax computations.
• Ability to manage tax balances with revenue authorities.

Responsibilities

• Work in a team on corporation tax related matters.
• Assist with preparation and review of corporate tax computations.
• Support compliance areas including bank levy and R&D claims.
• Calculate tax accruals and manage tax balances.
• Liaise with the UK Financial Control team and New York tax department.

Skills

UK Accounting or UK tax qualification

Experience in corporate tax

Knowledge of US Tax Packages

Fluent in communicating with financial teams

Job description

The Tax Senior Analyst is a seasoned professional role that applies in-depth disciplinary knowledge, contributing to the development of new techniques and the improvement of processes and work‑flow for the area or function. The role will integrate subject‑matter and industry expertise within a defined area. Requires in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub‑function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the function and overall business. Evaluates moderately complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact, where development of an approach/taking of an action involves weighing various alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting situations using multiple sources of information.

What you’ll do

• Working in a team dealing with corporation tax related matters.
• Assist with preparation and review of corporate tax computations.
• Support on wider compliance areas to potentially include bank levy, CATA, R&D claims, SAO, CFCs and any other relevant areas.
• Monthly tax provisioning including calculating the tax accruals, as well as the management and reconciliation of the tax balances on the ledger & effective rate analysis.
• Working with advisors on the preparation and review of tax numbers and disclosure for statutory accounts.
• Calculation of tax payments as well as the management of tax balances with the revenue.
• Collating YTD and forecast P&L information and calculating estimated taxable income positions.
• Completion of on‑line US Tax Packages which contain attributes for our UK companies.
• Ad‑hoc research in relation to issues arising during the course of undertaking the above responsibilities.
• Preparation of responses to HMRC queries regarding tax issues.
• Liaising with the UK Financial Control team & New York tax department as required.
• Supporting the UK Head of tax with tax legislative developments and planning where necessary.
• Working with the EMEA Tax team in Poland who support the UK team with some of the above.
• Ad‑hoc including WHT / Certificate of residence issues.

What we’ll need from you

UK Accounting or UK tax qualification required or related business experience.

Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact. By joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
• A discretionary annual performance‑related bonus
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energised to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.