EMEA Tax Manager

This role is for an EMEA Tax Manager in a US listed global real estate leader. You will be Big 4 qualified with strong expertise in corporate tax and international tax issues. The role will broadly be a 50% split between planning and compliance and will require a detailed working understanding of accounting for current and deferred tax.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation of calculations of current and deferred tax provisions for US GAAP
• Ensuring tax provisions and prior year adjustments are prepared timely and booked accurately
• Ensuring SOX processes are followed
• Managing/reviewing of returns for the EMEA region. Where outsourcing is in place, working closely with the accounting team to ensure all relevant information is provided timely
• Dealing with day-to-day VAT and withholding tax queries from the business
• Opportunity to be involved with assessing tax impacts of reorganisations, acquisitions, disposals
• Opportunity to also be involved in ad hoc planning projects as required

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Big 4 qualified Chartered accountant
• Experience in a US multi-national corporate tax environment preferred but not essential

Knowledge, Skills And Competences

• Fluent in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in accounting provisions, accounting principles, audit and disclosure requirements of financial statements
• Awareness Understanding of tax reporting under US GAAP helpful but not essential
• Team player who is confident in communicating with others
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to meet deadlines, work under pressure
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations
• Very good technical knowledge of UK corporation tax and a good understanding of international tax issues (EMEA)