Indirect Tax Manager

Centrica Plc; Windsor; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job description

Join us, be part of more.

We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We're energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that's energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion, and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer. We do energy differently - we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it, and mend it.

About your team:

You’ll be working centrally within our mission control room, aka Centrica’s group functions. From Finance and Data Science, to our Wellbeing and People teams - this is the engine of our energy system, where our various Centres of Excellence power up each of our brilliant businesses, ensuring they have all the support, technologies, and capabilities they need to get our customers to Net Zero by 2050.

We are recruiting for an Indirect Tax Manager to conduct research and analyses of existing and upcoming tax legislation (domestic and/or international); supporting the organization's planning and strategy. It is a key role advising management of the tax implications resulting from projected organizational actions. A strong technical and advisory background is needed along with a commercial mindset.

Location - UK based with flexible home working

Key Accountabilities

• Provide commercially focused indirect tax advice and partnering services to the Centrica group, supporting the UK based business units, primarily on UK indirect taxes with some international aspects.
• Manage tax controversy liaising with internal and external stakeholders to prepare and submit responses to audit queries, largely in the UK but with some international aspects.
• Oversee indirect tax compliance outside of the UK in conjunction with the Denmark and Ireland tax managers, ensuring the timely and accurate submission of returns by outsourced service providers.
• Contribute to the management of the UK indirect tax compliance process working closely with the VAT compliance team.
• Develop and maintain a strong technical knowledge of indirect taxes including VAT, Climate Change Levy and Insurance Premium Tax.
• Ensure a robust control framework is established and maintained.
• Work with the Tax transformation project to help deliver the transformation strategy for indirect taxes.

Experience and Qualifications

• Degree level; Tax qualification and tax work experience in practice or in-house also required. By exception, an accounting qualification and/or relevant tax technical or reporting experience can be considered.
• Must have experience and strong technical knowledge of VAT, great if this extends to Climate Change Levy and Insurance Premium Tax but not essential.
• Experience of dealing with HMRC and ideally of indirect taxes in Europe and beyond.
• Ability to research tax technical issues with minimum direction.
• Ability to work independently and provide commercially focused, technical accurate tax advice, taking ownership of delivery.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills enabling efficient interaction with senior Finance and other stakeholders (internal and external) and effective relationship building.

Why should you apply?

We’re not a perfect place – but we’re a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. Life is about so much more than work. We get it. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too.

If you're full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non-negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority.

Help us, help you. We would love for you to share any information about yourself throughout our recruitment process so that we can better understand you and help shape your journey.