Tax Accountant - Junior

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Your Role

Gensler’s Tax Team is currently seeking a Junior Tax Accountant with a successful track record to join our growing team in London. The ideal candidate for this role will be highly motivated to demonstrate their accounting knowledge and to develop a strong tax knowledge both in UK and the rest of the EMEA region, to add value to a fast-paced, rapidly changing, EMEA regions. In this position, you will collaborate and work closely with the EMEA Tax Manager to accomplish the following responsibilities:

What You Will Do

You will support the EMEA Tax Manager with the following responsibilities:

• Prepare monthly/quarterly VAT compliance workpapers for several countries including UK, Germany, France, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Spain, Greece and Luxemburg.

• Prepare monthly WHT working paper for Saudi Arabia and France

• Arrange for tax payments and process tax vendor invoices

• Monthly reconciliation of all EMEA tax balance sheet accounts

• Monthly booking of journal entries to clear tax accounts on a project basis

• Support with the preparation of tax provisions

• Support with requesting tax residency certificates and other ad hoc tax documentations.

• Support with the UK R&D process.

• Support EMEA tax audit requests and ad hoc tax projects

 Your Qualifications

• Must have 1 to 3 years of experience in General Ledger, Accounting and general financial reporting. Experience in Tax Compliance is preferable but not a must as training will be provided.

• BA in Accounting or Finance and working toward a professional qualification.

• Fluency in English

• Highly organized, detail oriented, with a high level of accuracy

• Proactive and able to work in a highly collaborative environment

• Able to work well under pressure with multiple tasks and deadlines

• Proficient with excel

• Able to respond to external and internal clients in a timely and professional manner

• Experience in Architecture or other service firm a plus

Life at Gensler

We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical and dental insurance, season ticket loans, pension, and twice annual bonus opportunities.

As part of the firm’s commitment to professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional qualifications and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programmes or classes. We view our professional development programmes as strategic investments in our future.

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