About the Role
Manage the European component of GXO's global US GAAP income tax reporting, partnering with colleagues across Finance, Treasury, Legal and Tax functions worldwide. This is a highly visible role where you can collaborate with senior stakeholders across the UK, Europe and the US.
Responsibilities
- Lead the European US GAAP income tax reporting process, ensuring compliance with ASC 740, IAS 12 and local statutory reporting requirements.
- Manage key tax accounting areas including deferred tax, valuation allowances, FIN48 positions, Pillar 2 reporting and Country-by-Country Reporting.
- Own consolidated cash tax forecasting and reporting activities, providing timely and accurate information to US stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with SOX controls and support internal and external audit requirements across the tax function.
- Partner with Finance, Treasury, Legal and international tax teams to identify opportunities to simplify, enhance and improve tax processes.
Requirements
- Significant experience in US GAAP tax reporting and tax provisioning within a Big 4 and/or multinational in-house tax environment.
- Strong technical expertise in ASC 740, IAS 12, deferred tax accounting, cash tax forecasting and tax compliance processes.
- Experience working within a US-parented or US multinational organisation, collaborating across international teams and stakeholders.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to influence at all levels across the business.
- A proactive, detail-focused and commercially minded approach, with the ability to prioritise effectively and deliver under pressure.
Skills
- US GAAP tax reporting
- Tax provisioning
- ASC 740
- IAS 12
- Deferred tax accounting
- Cash tax forecasting
- Tax compliance processes
- SOX controls
- Communication
- Relationship-building
- Influencing
Location
- London
- Northampton
Work Type
- Full-time
- Permanent
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- Up to £114,000
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Company car
- Bonus scheme
- Company-sponsored pension scheme
- Private medical & dental insurance
- 24/7 online GP service
- Life assurance
- Employee assistance programme
- MyBenefits platform (high street discounts, cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, saving scheme)
About the Company
- GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world.
- We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services.
- Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work.
Equal Opportunity
- GXO is an equal opportunity employer.
- We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
- We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
- We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.
