Tax Accountant

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Tax Accountant

12 Months Fixed Term Contract

Full Time Or Part Time

Up to 48k + Bonus + Pension + BUPA + ShareSave + 6.6 weeks holiday + Hybrid Working

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 a Tax Accountant and you’ll be a big part of this.

The role

As a Tax Accountant you will be working as an integral part of the in-house tax team based in B&Q’s Store Support Office (SSO) principally covering Corporation tax and VAT compliance for an allocation of companies within the Kingfisher UK Group. In addition, providing assistance to the business with tax related matters and supporting team projects.

Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities:

• Preparation of VAT returns
• Preparation of UK and offshore corporation tax computations including budgets and forecasts and other corporate tax compliance
• Responsible for financial reporting relating to tax balances including deferred tax
• Responsible for maintaining balance sheet controls and compliance with internal controls for tax
• Providing tax advice to other areas of the business.
• Identifying potential opportunities for improvements to the tax compliance and reporting processes, considering impacts across the business and supporting the implementation of change.
• Assess industry developments and legislation changes and advise the business accordingly
• Reviewing integrity and reliability of systems and reporting for tax compliance purposes to identify any weaknesses or areas of risk.

What we need?

Essential skills:

• Detailed tax knowledge, with expertise in Corporation tax and/or VAT
• Strong accounting skills
• Good communication skills
• Conscientious with an eye for detail

Knowledge and experience:

• SAP and Excel experience
• Experience of processing large amounts of data in an organised way
• Strong judgment planning and prioritisation skills
• Previous experience of following issues through to ultimate conclusion
• Thrives when working in a fast paced environment
• Technically up to date and aware of industry and legislative changes
• Experience in relation to Transfer Pricing desired

Essential Technical / Professional Qualifications:

• Accounting and/or Tax qualification (e.g. ACA/ACCA or ATT/CTA)
• At least three years tax/accounting experience

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.