Senior Tax Reporting Specialist (12-month FTC)

Fantastic opportunity to join a FTSE organisation as a Senior Tax Reporting Specialist for a 12-month FTC (covering leave). You'll play a crucial role in managing the day-to-day operations related to tax accounting and reporting. Your role will involve collaborating across the organisation, providing specialist tax accounting expertise and support.

What You'll Do:

* Lead Tax Provisioning & Reporting: Oversee the end-to-end tax provisioning and reporting process, including external tax disclosures, ensuring proper documentation to support positions.
* Ensure Compliance: Implement and execute necessary internal controls in the tax accounting area, ensuring compliance with relevant requirements.
* Budget & Forecast: Manage the budgeting and forecasting of taxes, including cash tax.
* Collaborate & Assess: Work with tax leads to assess, measure, and document the impact of identified tax risks and opportunities.
* Provide Expertise: Offer tax accounting technical expertise and training as needed.
* Drive Improvements: Lead continuous improvements and manage the integration of acquired businesses into the tax accounting processes.
* Engage in Leadership: Act as a key member of the tax leadership team, actively sharing information and contributing to projects such as mergers & acquisitions, dividend repatriation, financing, restructures, and other tax initiatives.
* Develop & Lead: Lead, participate, and contribute to the training and development of direct reports and the tax team's capabilities, fostering a collaborative working environment.
* Build Partnerships: Broker and maintain partnerships with key stakeholders.
* Stay Informed: Maintain knowledge of existing and proposed tax laws and regulations through continuous learning and development, and regular communication with internal and external stakeholders.
* Implement Technology: Contribute to the implementation of relevant tax technology tools and procedures to improve efficiency and consistency within the organisation.

Qualifications:

* Qualified Accountant and/or Chartered Tax Advisor.
* Strong tax accounting knowledge with particular emphasis on IFRS standards
* Proven experience in managing the tax accounting and reporting of multinational groups.
* Detail-oriented, proactive, self-motivated individual who takes ownership of projects, with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Strong leadership and people management skills.
* Effective communicator, fostering strong internal and external client relationships, ensuring clear and timely communication.