Senior Tax Manager

Job title: Senior Tax Manager

Position: Full-time, permanent

Functional area: Finance, Tax & Treasury

Reporting to: General Manager -Finance, Tax, Treasury

Location: Chiswick (W4 5YA)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is one of the world’s leading industrial groups, providing a broad range of products and services across energy, logistics & infrastructure, industrial machinery, aerospace and defence sectors. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Japan(MHIJ) are a major global brand with operations across the UK and EMEA region

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Purpose of the Role:

Reporting to the General Manager of Finance, Treasury & Tax, the person will undertake tax analysis, compliance, reporting, and planning/advisory responsibilities, and help to provide a tax shared service for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) UK and EMEA group companies, including Netherlands, Germany, France, and other jurisdictions. The successful candidate will work with finance / tax colleagues of other UK and EMEA group entities to fulfil the shared service deliverables of MHI-EMEA.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Responsible for all aspects of corporate income tax and indirect tax compliance/advisory for certain MHI UK companies, MHI EMEA companies, and their overseas permanent establishments, liaising with tax / finance colleagues, and external tax advisors to ensure tax submissions are filed accurately and on time. This includes but is not limited to the following:

• UK corporation tax compliance for 8 Group entities, and VAT compliance for 2 Group entities. This includes preparing and/or reviewing tax returns in AlphaTax or AlphaBridge, tax accounting for group reporting, tax provisions for financial statements, and calculation of tax payments.
• Responsible for EMEA tax returns for Group companies and PEs in Netherlands, Germany, France, working directly with external tax advisors.
• Prepare and review quarterly instalment payment calculations, UK group relief claims including SAGR, CIR returns, and any other UK Group tax positions with a view to maximising the Group’s cash tax efficiency.
• Responsible for managing tax related compliance for MNEs, including SAO reviews and certifications, publishing the Group Tax Strategy, CbCR notifications, and Pillar II local compliance obligations.
• Work with the Group Tax team in Japan to co-ordinate EMEA tax strategy, including Pillar 2 compliance and organising workshops on tax compliance, best practice, and policy updates for EMEA entities.
• Responsible for project tax advice in the UK and overseas, related to business expansion and restructures, including PE assessments, contract reviews, withholding tax queries, management of double tax relief, tax registrations, transfer pricing and working with external advisors.
• Proactively promoting awareness of tax issues across the group and building relationships with key stakeholders in all jurisdictions covered to achieve that goal.
• Ensuring a close working relationship with HR to ensure the Group's employment tax and social security obligations are met, including the identification and implementation of employment tax policies and procedures, and advice on changes in tax legislation.
• Assist external advisors in completing transfer pricing local files to meet local TP regulations in the UK and EMEA region. Maintain and update intercompany Service agreements to meet OECD TP guidelines and local jurisdictions rules. Assist external advisors in preparing tax claims such as R&D tax credits and capital allowances, and working with business units to identify and claim government grant / subsidies.

Qualification/skills/knowledge:

• Qualified Tax professional with good UK Corporate tax experience (CTA qualified with minimum 4yrs - PQE), as well as an understanding of indirect tax and ideally, European/International tax experience.
• Experience in using AlphaTax software.
• Sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent tax reporting knowledge with sound IFRS knowledge.
• Reasonable knowledge of the evolving tax environment following BEPS and subsequent EU and OECD proposals.
• Ability to distil complex tax technical situations into practical and implementable guidance to support new business developments.
• Developing relationships with external advisors, group auditors and tax authorities.
• Confident, with good communication skills, and able to readily gain the confidence of the business teams and Group management.

Working Hours:

Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week.