Your new company
This top tier client is a large and complex business, UK-centric, but with a global reach. This organisation is a premier establishment and would be a fabulous experience for any tax professional. The role is in an initial 6-month FTC, either day rate or salaried, with the opportunity to be considered for a permanent position if so desired. This Head of Tax role will be advisory-based, focussed on leadership of an established team, providing technical support across different areas of tax, with a strong expertise in indirect tax and partial exemptions.

Your new role

• Lead and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability, motivating staff and encouraging them to maximise their potential whilst maintaining team morale.
• Ensure that the tax function stays abreast of tax developments within the sector, and develops relationships and contacts
• Ensure that the tax strategy covering the tax affairs of the parent and its subsidiaries remains appropriate and is agreed by the Finance Committee
• Undertake early-stage tax planning on a range of projects initiated across the University, providing input and advice to senior managers on tax, risk and compliance issues
• Initiate new proposals as needed to optimise the tax liabilities, or to reduce tax risk, wherever possible; manage the all-tax risk register
• Advise on the setting up of new joint ventures and new legal entities, both in the UK and overseas
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with tax laws and regulations in the UK and internationally; promoting compliance internally and identifying areas of weakness, proposing solutions to strengthen controls and implementing them; developing a bespoke training programme for departments; advising on international employment taxes
• Work closely with the Chief Financial Officer and subsidiary boards, ensuring tax compliance and supporting the completion of the Senior Accounting Officer return.
• Proactively engage with HMRC to ensure the Group is compliant, own the relationship with HMRC and any other relevant tax authorities; Develop good working relationships with HMRC to ensure there is a smooth, effective and productive relationship.
• Responsibility for VAT returns (including partial exemption calculations, Capital Goods Scheme calculations, Intrastat, EC Sales Listings);
• Oversee the completion of the Groups’ Corporation tax returns, and other tax returns
• Oversee the administration of international payrolls
• Engage with departments to ensure internal controls are adequate and promote tax compliance across all business processes and systems, including liaising with departments to collate data for the submission of the EU and rest of the world VAT returns.
• Strengthen tax reporting to monitor tax liabilities, compliance and risk, and to ensure that executive management is kept informed
• Promote awareness and understanding of tax issues across senior management and their representatives, creating close and collaborative relationships to ensure significant issues or opportunities are identified and acted on at the inception of a research, building or overseas development.
• Develop a wide network across the multiple professional disciplines to understand and enable early interventions into projects, proposals and business plans where there are tax implications.
• Develop and deliver training, training materials, and communications to promote awareness of tax issues at all levels across the Group

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a tax professional, ACA, CTA or ATT qualified. Demonstrable indirect tax experience with in-depth knowledge of partial exemptions will be required. You will have the ability to work in complex business models, build relationships across the Group's divisions and subsidiaries and advise on a variety of tax issues. You will have previous experience of managing a high-performing team.

What you'll get in return
You will receive a salary dependent on experience up to £100,000 PAYE or £650 per day. Benefits include 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and a pension of close to 30%. Hybrid working is available, 3 days in the office, flexibility as needed. Access to modern offices, staff canteen, on-site gym and other amenities included

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to james.clark2@hays.com, or call me now on 01256633150

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