Reporting to the overall Director of Tax for the parent group to ensure that the business tax function operates effectively and efficiently to achieve the following key deliverables:
- Timely and accurate production of tax charges and balances for Management Information, Planning and Quarterly Forecasting as required by both the local finance function and Group Centre tax function, particularly as part of the Half Year and Full Year reporting cycles;
- Preparation and filing of corporate tax returns for circa 50 legal entities, including 3 major insurance companies, a plc and the UK group's main employment- and pension provider;
- Dealing with all direct tax compliance for the above, including HMRC correspondence, branch returns, CT61 and commission returns as required;
- Supporting the UK-wide indirect tax function based in Norwich in the preparation of all statutory VAT requirements for the group, ~ 30 VAT returns each quarter, and the IPT/OPT compliance for the group's UK general insurance business ~ 10 IPT returns each quarter and ~300 OPT return per annum;
- Ensuring that other Finance Heads of and Directors within the client function are kept aware of relevant changes in tax law and practice as they affect the UK GI function;
- Tax analysis and advice in relation to proposed transactions of the UKGI companies;
- Regular risk assessments in conjunction with Regional risk team and Group Centre tax function, to assess compliance with the Aviva group tax Policy and, working with appropriate areas of the UKGI business, take action as required to
ensure compliance with that policy;
- Contribute to wider Tax team, supporting the in-house tax training programme and coaching junior staff as required;
- Line manager responsibilities for tax senior managers as agreed Director of Tax.
Qualifications Required
Either
- Taxation qualification - ATII/CTA
- Accountancy qualification e.g. ACA/ACCA
- Inspector of Taxes
Skills/Knowledge
- Corporate Tax legislation and HMRC practice.
- Awareness of indirect tax legislation and HMRC practice.
- Firm grasp of accountancy principles and an appreciation of basic Regulatory principles an interest in new developments to the extent that they may have a potential tax impact.
- Ability to understand impact of new Tax developments and communicate these, both verbally and in writing, effectively to tax professional and non-tax specialists.
- Ability to give tax advice within a commercial context, finding pragmatic solutions in partnership with other finance professionals.
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