Tax Accountant

Skanska, a leading construction company and developer, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society. Drawing on our Scandinavian heritage, we are green, innovative and progressive, bringing people and technology together to build, upgrade and maintain the country's buildings and infrastructure.

We are seeking a Tax Accountant to join our dynamic in-house tax team based in Maple Cross, Hertfordshire. The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic individual with a genuine interest in tax. As an organisation we strongly promote individual and career development, there will be opportunities to learn and further your experience within this field. You will be given full on the job training and will have the support of an experienced and well respected team.

We are looking for a Tax Accountant to join our Central Finance team in geographical location Maple Cross to support our Group Tax Manager in the running of the tax function to ensure that the UK group is tax compliant.

You will have a broad range of responsibilities:

• Review the VAT returns for UK group - both monthly and quarterly

• Provide VAT advice on a wide range of issues.

• Preparation of Research and Development tax claim

• Preparation of corporation tax returns for the more complex companies within the group and initial review of the simpler returns prepared by the tax assistant

• Preparation of tax disclosures for inclusion in statutory accounts.

• Assistance with transfer pricing documentation and compliance

• Review SMART fuel system

• Review PSA returns for the UK group

We're looking for:

• ACA/ACCA

• Newly CTA qualified is desirable

• A levels or equivalent

• Good knowledge of excel and word

• Corporation tax and tax accounting experience

• VAT and employer tax experience would be an advantage but is not essential

A career with us means you'll have the freedom to develop your skills and leave your mark on the communities in which we work. Our competitive benefits package will help to enhance your life outside work, too.

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender, age, religion, sexuality and any other protected. characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and winning teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

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