Senior Tax Accountant

We are looking for a Financial reporting/ Tax Accountant to work for a global trading business based in Canary Wharf.

• Assist in preparing the UK and Ireland working papers for quarterly reporting with review by the Manager Tax and/or Director Tax.
• Support the Tax team in the preparation of SOX and SAO testing.
• Assist the team to prepare Country by Country and Controlled Foreign Companies reporting for the UK and Ireland.
• Preparing the UK GAAP tax disclosures for the statutory accounts and the annual corporate tax returns for UK and Ireland companies.
• Assist in the review and reconciliation of the external transfer pricing report.
• Assist with the workings for the UK and Ireland tax payments.
• Engage in Tax advisory work with the team to provide the Europe business with direct tax advice as required.
• Communications with various internal and external personnel required to obtain the information needed to ensure complete, accurate and timely indirect tax reporting.
• Supporting the Direct Tax team by assisting with Ad Hoc projects or tasks when required.
• Maintaining an accurate tax calendar for the direct tax team.
• Performing Tax research and staying abreast of forthcoming changes.

Skills/Competencies/Qualifications

• Ideally you will be fully qualified in Accounting or Tax (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CTA) but our client will consider candidates working towards full qualification and support will be provided for accounting and tax qualifications.
• Ideally you'll have a minimum of three years relevant work experience
• Advance skill using Microsoft Office programs particularly must be competent in using Excel including look-ups, pivot tables etc.
• SAP experience preferred.