Indirect Tax Manager

About the role

Permanent (Open to flexible working)

Up to £70,000 + Pension + BUPA + ShareSave + 6.6 weeks holiday + Hybrid Working (2 days per week in the office)

Southampton, Store Support Office

We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better. From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO) we equip our stores, our people, and our whole business with everything it takes to help our millions of customers create a home they'll love. Join us as an Indirect Tax Manager and you'll be a big part of this.

Role Purpose: To take a leading role in Kingfisher's Indirect Tax compliance obligations for the UK and Ireland businesses including effective business support and project advisory work. To support the Head of Tax with the effective management and minimisation of local indirect tax risks.

Key responsibilities

Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities:

• Oversee Kingfisher's Indirect tax compliance reporting operations and activity for the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands including ensuring the accurate and timely submission of returns.
• Management and supervision of Tax Accountants including provision of development support.
• Support the UK and Ireland banners with the Indirect tax implications of business decisions and act as a trusted business partner for the local accounting and finance teams.
• To identify and deliver improvements to VAT and indirect tax processes and systems.
• Work with Kingfisher IT Services teams to support integrity of underlying financial systems for VAT reporting.
• Identify and address potential areas of indirect tax risk.
• Management of any local indirect tax enquiries or audits.
• Anticipate and assess industry developments and legislation changes in Indirect tax and advise the business accordingly.

Required skills & experience

• Broad and comprehensive level of expertise in all areas of Indirect tax.
• Retail experience beneficial including Bespoke Retail Scheme Agreement knowledge.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles and the impacts on taxation matters.
• Strong IT skills with experience of SAP and MS Excel.
• Able to deal with complex reporting lines and operating models.
• Customer focused in all deliverables.
• Technically up to date and aware of industry and legislative changes.
• Drives change, works with others to improve control environment and compliance.
• Assesses tax risk and balances with commercial aspirations.
• Experience of managing relationships with external tax authorities.
• Strong project and task management skills.
• Self-starter and ability to work independently.
• Good influencing and communication skills.

What's in it for me?

As part of a great team, you'll be valued for who you are. We're committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities. You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business.

We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme, bonus, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more!

So we can support you during the application or interview process, please contact recruitment@b-and-q.co.uk for any recruitment adjustments.