The Role
Manage the group’s tax affairs across multiple jurisdictions, covering corporation tax, VAT, and employment taxes. Ensure accurate and timely compliance, provide tax advice on business activities and projects, manage external advisors, and support tax-related projects. The role also involves improving tax processes, controls, efficiencies, and automation while partnering closely with finance and business stakeholders.
Summary Generated by Built In
Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? We are looking for a Tax Manager to join our finance team in York. If you have a genuine interest in tax and are looking to build your career in this area, this is an excellent opportunity to join the tax team, gain hands-on experience, and develop into the role.
Reporting to the Head of Tax, this is a broad and varied role offering excellent exposure across tax compliance, advisory, risk management and process improvement within a growing international group.
Role Details:
• Annual salary up to £50,000 dependent on skills and experience. Potential annual-on-target bonus of up to 10% subject to business performance
• Role based: York, YO32 9PT
• Eligible to join private medical
• Contract type: Permanent
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.
Reporting to the Head of Tax, this is a broad and varied role offering excellent exposure across tax compliance, advisory, risk management and process improvement within a growing international group.
Role Details:
• Annual salary up to £50,000 dependent on skills and experience. Potential annual-on-target bonus of up to 10% subject to business performance
• Role based: York, YO32 9PT
• Eligible to join private medical
• Contract type: Permanent
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.
In this role as Tax Manager, you will be required to:
• Work closely with the Head of Tax to manage the Group’s tax affairs across multiple jurisdictions.
• Take responsibility for a broad range of taxes, including corporation tax, VAT and employment taxes, ensuring deadlines and obligations are met accurately and on time.
• Work with the wider finance team and key stakeholders across the business to provide practical and responsive tax support.
• Provide tax input and advice on business activities and projects, developing your commercial understanding of the Group.
• Manage relationships with external advisors and coordinate delivery of tax-related projects.
• Identify and support improvements to tax processes, controls and efficiencies, including opportunities to streamline and automate processes.
• Take responsibility for a broad range of taxes, including corporation tax, VAT and employment taxes, ensuring deadlines and obligations are met accurately and on time.
• Work with the wider finance team and key stakeholders across the business to provide practical and responsive tax support.
• Provide tax input and advice on business activities and projects, developing your commercial understanding of the Group.
• Manage relationships with external advisors and coordinate delivery of tax-related projects.
• Identify and support improvements to tax processes, controls and efficiencies, including opportunities to streamline and automate processes.
Benefits & Opportunities as Tax Manager
• Contributory pension including life insurance benefit
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day
Our Ideal Candidate as Tax Manager
• A relevant tax qualification (e.g. CTA/ATT).
• Qualified to degree level or equivalent combined education and work experience.
• Experience across one or more areas of corporation tax, VAT and employment taxes.
• Experience of working in practice, industry or a combination of both.
• Good technical tax knowledge with a willingness to broaden your expertise across a range of taxes.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with good attention to detail.
• A positive attitude, strong work ethic and ability to build good working relationships with finance and business colleagues.
Even if you do not match all of our ‘ideal’ criteria we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.
NOTE: If we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled.
• Qualified to degree level or equivalent combined education and work experience.
• Experience across one or more areas of corporation tax, VAT and employment taxes.
• Experience of working in practice, industry or a combination of both.
• Good technical tax knowledge with a willingness to broaden your expertise across a range of taxes.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with good attention to detail.
• A positive attitude, strong work ethic and ability to build good working relationships with finance and business colleagues.
Even if you do not match all of our ‘ideal’ criteria we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.
NOTE: If we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled.
About
At Portakabin, we design and deliver high-quality modular buildings for organisations of all sizes, in various sectors including manufacturing, education, health, transport, utilities and construction. Delivering our products sustainably, and safely to our customers is of utmost importance.Portakabin now employs more than 2,200 people across the UK and Europe. Our people are at the heart of business and the reason for our success. We offer career progression, support and development opportunities giving our employees space to grow.Portakabin is a Disability Confident Committed and equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and to the fair and consistent treatment of all current and prospective colleagues.We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and value the contribution that diverse experiences bring to our teams.Reasonable adjustments will be made throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes where required. If you need any additional support or experience any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on [email protected]
Skills Required
- Relevant tax qualification, such as CTA or ATT
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent combination of education and work experience
- Experience in one or more of corporation tax, VAT, and employment taxes
- Experience working in practice, industry, or a combination of both
- Good technical tax knowledge and willingness to broaden expertise
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to build effective working relationships with finance and business colleagues
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The Company
What We Do
Portakabin is a market-leading manufacturer specializing in modular and portable building solutions, offering a range of buildings for hire and sale across sectors like education, healthcare, and commercial. They provide services including planning, design, and project management.
