Taxation Accountant

Ball; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job description

Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminium packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!

Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.

Position overview:

The Taxation Accountant will cover many complex aspects within the tax and broader finance sphere, including some international aspects and supporting, on an ad-hoc basis, both functional and cross functional teams.

The role will be responsible for preparing corporation tax computations for all UK group entities with the minimum of supervision, providing tax input and review within the preparation cycle for the UK GAAP and US GAAP statutory accounts, delivering the optimum tax position for all UK sub-group related issues, evaluating and advising on complex tax technical issues which can arise in large global groups and assisting with certain international compliance aspects.

Key responsibilities include:

• Holistically managing the UK tax compliance process from start to submission of the returns
• Identifying and implementing opportunities for continuous process improvements, for example through standardisation and leveraging available technology
• Drafting UK tax computations from SAP TBs and reviewing of relevant SAP ledgers for provisions and disallowable expenses
• Analysing of significant capex spend to optimise the UK sub-group's capital allowance claims
• Working with the broader regional finance team to prepare the tax provisions (current and deferred) for all UK GAAP statutory accounts
• Assisting in the year end and quarterly US GAAP group reporting (for the UK sub-group)
• Global coordination of "Country by Country (CBCR)" reporting and assistance with BEPS Pillar 2 compliance
• Assisting with the preparation of certain transfer pricing documentation, including the Group's OECD Master File and UK Local Files
• Reviewing of certain UK sub-group VAT returns (for finance/holding companies), prepared by the Group's GBS (Global Business Services function) and ad-hoc advice on VAT issues
• Assisting with ad-hoc projects such as cash repatriation/intercompany debt/entity rationalization and drafting the UK tax strategy

What are we looking for?

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Qualified accountant, ATT/CTA qualification desirable
• Knowledge of UK corporation tax
• Job related experience for 4+ years of post-qualified experience in multinational corporate
• Expertise with AlphaTax, Excel and SAP
• Fluent English

Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation.

When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups to aerosol bottles solutions that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.

Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.

No agencies please.

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• Bristol, Gloucestershire; Watford, Hertfordshire, UK
• Cambridge, London, Milton Keynes, Norwich, Watford
• Competitive salary and a broad range of employee benefits