Tax Manager

Headed by our Group Tax Director we have a team over 20 colleagues based in our UK head office we well as over 40 colleagues across our international markets.

Reporting to the Head of Group Tax Reporting & Risk you will be a key member of the tax team at Tesco based in our head office in Welwyn Garden City.

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
• Private medical insurance.
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing.

• Responsible for Pillar 2 compliance for the Group collating data and preparing calculations for the GloBE Information Return. Manage our outsourced provider to prepare registrations, notifications and returns across multiple countries.
• Performing the group’s Country-by-Country Reporting working with finance to ensure accurate data is extracted both from the finance system. Reviewing and analysing the data collected prior to preparing the report for filing with HMRC. Maintaining the CBCR notifications schedule and ensuring that all notifications are made on a timely basis.
• Prepare the public EU Country by Country report for publication on the Group’s website.
• Responsible for maintaining the qualifying company list and preparing HMRC notification for Senior Accounting Officer requirements
• collect accurate data in a timely manner. Reviewing the TTC deliverables and variance analysis to ensure numbers are understood and explained appropriately to interested stakeholders.
• Perform the annual Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) review for the group including collating the data, analysing reports in line with the most up to date CFC legislation and maintaining country by country files including analysis of the results.
• Management and oversight of all transfer pricing compliance within the Tesco Group, including maintenance of UK Masterfile and Local File and with the help of our local tax managers maintenance of the Group's International Local Files. Engaging our advisors for the production of contemporaneous benchmarking analysis in line with regulatory requirements. Advising on customer and vendor services agreements as well as assisting in the preparation of all intercompany service agreements in line with the Group’s operating model.

·Comprehensive knowledge of UK and international tax matters in the context of a large group environment.

·An understanding of or interest in Transfer Pricing

·Experience of working within a tax team of a large UK head quartered group or in an advisory role within the profession to FTSE100 clients.

·Qualified accountant and, or, Institute of Tax qualification.

·Good interpersonal skills and cultural awareness to build working relationships with finance teams, advisers, tax authorities and the rest of the tax team.

·Able to self-manage workload and work without constant supervision.

·Working knowledge of Hyperion Financial Management system (HFM) and Tax Reporting Cloud Services (TRCS) desirable.