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Europe Hub Tax Manager
August 10, 2022 | Comments Off on Europe Hub Tax Manager
Europe Hub Tax Manager
Our Business
With a heritage spanning over 150 years, Laing O'Rourke is an internationally focused engineering enterprise with world-class capabilities. We operate an integrated business model comprising the full range of engineering, construction and asset management services delivering single-source solutions for some of the world's most prestigious public and private organisations.
Committed to a sustainable future, Laing O'Rourke is re-thinking the way the built environment is designed, delivered and operates - collaborating with world-leading industry and academic partners, bringing innovative new solutions, ensuring the most efficient long-term engineering solutions.
Europe Hub Tax Manager, Hybrid Working
Role Overview:
- Laing O'Rourke is seeking to recruit a high calibre Group Tax Manager who will act as a tax leader throughout our business
- This role is an opportunity to join a progressive company and will offer the right candidate a range of career options. It will involve exposure to multiple construction business units, head office functions, commercial and operational staff across the business.
- Laing O'Rourke's commitment to both sustainability and re-thinking the way the built environment is designed and delivered is increasing our sphere of knowledge within Research and Development, Know-How and Intellectual Property - all of which presents exciting opportunities to explore and deliver on a variety of tax incentives.
- This is a permanent position which will be based in the Dartford Head Office although an element of home working is anticipated.
Key Deliverables and Accountabilities
Reporting directly to the Group Head of Tax, the key responsibilities for the role are:
- Lead the Corporate Tax planning, compliance and reporting considering the future strategy of the business, group policy and local regulations.
- Lead the UK Research and Development Expenditure Credit claim, with support from an external R&D specialist firm and the internal Finance and Commercial teams.
- Develop our thinking on tax incentives applicable to Know-How and Intellectual Property.
- Responsible for submission of Corporate Tax returns for the UK and reviewing transfer pricing across our overseas operations.
- Examine existing tax processes and develop automation solutions to reduce compliance processing and costs.
- Anticipate and assess industry developments and legislation changes and recommend efficient tax processes and best practice solutions.
- You will work alongside key stakeholders ensuring the business is compliant with its obligations (including audit, tax and ad-hoc project work).
What skills & experience are we looking for?
For this Europe Hub Tax Manager role, we are seeking candidates who have/are:
- Fully qualified as either an Accountant or as a Tax professional (ACA, ACCA or CTA)
- Previous Corporate Tax knowledge and experience (from a UK base accountancy firm or inhouse tax team)
- Technically up to date and aware of tax legislative changes.
- Strong working knowledge of RDEC, Patent Box and tax incentives is highly desirable, as will be any background in construction, engineering or sustainability.
- Comfortable with financial accounting standards and their practical application (IFRS / IAS) and the self-drive and motivation to develop knowledge further.
- Excellent communication skills with a high degree of both curiosity and conscientiousness.
Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.
About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it.
Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
Diversity & Sustainability:
We value and care about difference at Laing O'Rourke and believe a diverse team drives innovation.
We are a global multicultural business committed to the inclusion of all employees, enabling everyone to feel accepted, respected & valued for being themselves.
We have set out far-reaching global sustainability targets including a commitment to achieve equal numbers of men and women amongst our global staff by 2033.
Additional:
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, then please get in touch.