About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Tax Manager to lead tax reporting for the Group, ensuring accurate and timely compliance with local regulations. This role involves identifying operational efficiencies, tax relief opportunities, and mitigating tax risks while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions. It offers the chance to deepen technical expertise and shape best practices.
Responsibilities
- Lead direct and indirect tax reporting for UK and overseas entities, ensuring accurate and timely compliance.
- Manage key tax workstreams, including tax provisions, transfer pricing, R&D, capital allowances, CIR and anti-hybrid matters.
- Maintain tax governance, controls and risk management processes, escalating key matters as required.
- Monitor tax legislative changes and assess the impact on the Group’s operations, reporting and projects.
- Improve tax processes through technology, automation and more efficient ways of working.
- Coordinate tax audits and manage relationships with external advisers, service providers and tax authorities.
- Partner with internal and external stakeholders to provide clear, solution-focused tax advice.
Requirements
- Qualified tax professional with demonstratable experience in a Tax Manager role gained in practice and/or industry.
- Broad technical tax knowledge across direct tax, indirect tax, employment tax, SDLT, transfer pricing, R&D, capital allowances, CIR, cross-border, real estate and international tax matters.
- Experience using ERP systems, tax technology and data analysis software to support process improvement, implementation and automation.
- Ability to balance technical tax considerations with practical, commercially aware advice for the business.
- Ability to manage a wide range of stakeholders.
- Critical and independent thinker with good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Organised and collaborative with a methodical approach and the ability to manage multiple workstreams.
- Must have the right to work in the UK; visa sponsorship is not provided.
Skills
- Tax reporting
- Tax compliance
- Tax governance
- Risk management
- Tax legislative analysis
- Process improvement
- Technology adoption
- Automation
- Stakeholder management
- ERP systems
- Tax technology
- Data analysis
- Direct tax
- Indirect tax
- Employment tax
- SDLT
- Transfer pricing
- R&D
- Capital allowances
- CIR
- Cross-border tax
- Real estate tax
- International tax
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- Qualified tax professional
Benefits
- 26 days holiday plus your birthday off (with option to buy a further 5 days)
- Discretionary Bonus
- Bupa Health Check & Private Healthcare for you and your family
- Contributory Pension
- Cycle scheme
- Season Ticket Loan
- Pluxee for commercial discounts and perks
- 3 additional days for volunteering
- Annual credit towards short notice childcare, eldercare and pet care via ‘Bubble’
About the Company
- Low Carbon creates large-scale renewable energy to fight climate change.
- We are building a renewable energy company that will protect the planet for future generations.
- We are a long-standing certified B-Corporation and recognised as gold standard for our environmental impact.
- We develop, build, and operate utility-scale solar, onshore wind, and battery storage projects across the UK and Europe.
- CVC DIF, the infrastructure strategy of leading global private markets manager CVC, is the majority shareholder in Low Carbon.
- CVC DIF will enable Low Carbon to significantly expand its installed capacity and drive the next stage of growth as a diversified, leading next-generation IPP.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to building an inclusive team and welcome applications from people with different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.
- If you do not meet every requirement listed but believe you can succeed in the role, we encourage you to apply.
- We are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process.
