UK Direct Tax Compliance Leader

Parker Hannifin; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

1 day WFH

Pension plan

Life Assurance

Private medical cover

Employee assistance

Share scheme

Holiday entitlement

On-site facilities

Job summary

Parker Meggitt UK is seeking a Direct Tax Compliance Leader to manage and control corporation tax procedures across UK entities from the Ansty site. The role requires excellent tax technical ability, strong project management, and a proactive attitude.

You will lead the preparation and submission of UK tax returns, coordinate group payments, and support HMRC risk assessments. This is a high-impact finance leadership position within a global engineering business.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA/ACCA and/or CTA with UK corporate tax expertise.
• Experience delivering UK corporation tax compliance for large groups.
• Strong governance, controls and relationship management with HMRC and finance teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation, review and submission of UK entity tax returns.
• Administer group payment arrangements and liaise with HMRC.
• Support HMRC risk assessments and enquiries as required.
• Provide input on R&D and Patent Box areas and tax disclosures for statutory accounts.
• Drive robust tax governance and continuous improvement across UK direct tax processes.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CTA qualified

Corporation Tax expertise

Big 4/major corporate tax experience

Tax governance and risk management

Excellent verbal/written communication

Project management

Tax technology

Alphatax software

Education

ACA/ACCA/CTA

Tools

Alphatax

Job description

Position Overview

As UK Direct Tax Compliance Leader at Parker Meggitt’s Ansty site, you will play a key role in managing and controlling corporation tax procedures, compliance, and tax disclosures across all UK entities. This is a varied and high-impact role requiring excellent tax technical ability, strong project management skills, and a proactive “can do” attitude.

Responsibilities

You will lead the preparation, review, and submission of UK corporate tax returns, ensuring all compliance requirements are delivered accurately and on time. You will also be responsible for administering group payment arrangements, liaising with HMRC on UK group Corporation Tax compliance matters, and supporting HMRC risk assessments and enquiries as required. Working closely with internal finance teams and external consultants, you will provide input on specialist areas including R&D and Patent Box, while helping to maintain robust tax governance and continuous improvement across UK direct tax processes. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled tax professional to take ownership of critical compliance activities within a global engineering business.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage collection, interrogation and consolidation of detailed tax packages and related information from site teams
• Manage preparation and submission of UK entity tax computations and returns
• 1st review of UK entity tax computations and returns
• Preparation of group CIR calculations
• Managing group relief allocation
• Monitoring of group loss positions and allocations
• Review of tax disclosures for the statutory accounts of the UK entities

Essential skills and experience you’ll need to be considered for this position

• ACA/ACCA and/or CTA qualified
• In depth technical knowledge and experience of Corporation Tax
• Relevant tax experience in Big 4/leading Mid-Tier and/or large corporate; solid relevant and current tax experience
• Good awareness of all taxes
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills with the ability to convey complex issues to senior management as appropriate
• Self-starter and ability to constructively challenge
• Experience with corporate tax accounting
• Broad experience of finance and tax technology
• Great project management skills

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience with Alphatax software

What We Offer

Parker Meggitt is proud to offer a competitive total rewards framework designed with our colleagues' health, wealth, and well-being in mind to help our employees balance a successful career. Our competitive package will include:

• 1 day working from home
• Funded membership of a professional body
• Focused career development planning with opportunities to progress
• Pension scheme with up to 10% matching company contribution
• Income protection scheme
• Life Assurance x4 basic salary
• Share buying scheme
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy and sell up to 5 days
• Service-related holiday (3 years = 1 day and increase up to max 5 days)
• Cash Plan or Private Medical Cover
• Employee Assistance Program for Health & Wellbeing
• Free on-site car parking
• Employee Referral Scheme
• An on-site restaurant and Starbucks offering subsidised food
• Employee Perks – offering our employees discounts on a huge variety of goods and services

EMEA Business Descr

Parker Hannifin EMEA Sàrl (“PHEMEA”), based in Etoy, Switzerland, is the Principal Operating Company for Parker in the EMEA region. It is supported by a network of Parker Manufacturing Divisions and Sales Company Entities. The Aerospace Group EMEA is a strategic business Group within PHEMEA. Hydraulic Systems Division EMEA (HSDE) is a key service provider to PHEMEA.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parker is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on grounds of age, race, religion, ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation or disability in relation to recruitment and employment.