Corporate Tax Accountant

Job Description

Do you want to work to make Power for Good?

We're the world's largest independent renewable energy company. We're guided by a simple yet powerful vision: to create a future where everyone has access to affordable, zero carbon energy.

We know that achieving our ambitions would be impossible without our people. Because we're tackling some of the world's toughest problems, we need the very best people to help us. They're our most important asset so that's why we continually invest in them.

RES is a family with a diverse workforce, and we are dedicated to the personal professional growth of our people, no matter what stage of their career they're at. We can promise you rewarding work which makes a real impact, the chance to learn from inspiring colleagues from across a growing, global network and opportunities to grow personally and professionally.

Our competitive package offers rewards and benefits including pension schemes, flexible working, and top-down emphasis on better work-life balance. We also offer private healthcare, discounted green travel, 25 days holiday with options to buy/sell days, enhanced family leave and four volunteering days per year so you can make an impact somewhere else.

The Position

The Corporate Tax Accountant is an exciting role within the Asset Management (“AM”) Finance Team at RES with great potential for the successful candidate to learn and develop a range of skills and knowledge in the role. The Asset Management Finance Team is a team of 22 and manages a growing portfolio of 150+ companies across 12 clients including some of the leading renewable energy investors in the UK and Ireland. As such this role balances the supportive and nurturing environment of a professional services practice with the fast paced, commercial engagement acting as an in-house resource for our clients.

This new role has been created in response to the significant growth of the AM business to primarily support the corporation tax compliance process for RES’ clients by preparing tax computations and tax accounting schedules. As such a strong grounding in corporation tax is required for this role.

The successful candidate would report to and work closely with the Tax Manager in the Asset Management team. The candidate would also work with management accountants, internal stakeholders and external clients.

This role is for 3 days per week, with some flexibility if required for how the hours could be structured.

Organisational Context

The Asset Management department looks after wind farms, solar and storage plants in the UK and Ireland on behalf of clients. The services include technical, financial, and commercial asset management. Within this department, the finance team manages commercial, financial and statutory compliance to lenders and asset owners (internal and third party) and provides support to the wider Asset Management team.

Key Accountabilities

• Preparation and filing of corporation tax computations for UK trading companies and holdcos;
• Preparation of year-end (and in some cases quarterly) tax accounting schedules under both FRS102 and IFRS, including some consolidation;
• Preparation of calculations for group relief (considering the most efficient approach), quarterly payments, Group Payment Arrangements and Electricity Generator Levy payments;
• Preparation and filing of other tax returns as required including, SDLT/LBTT Rent Review Returns, Corporate Interest Restriction returns (experience of CIR calculations beneficial) and Group Deductions Allowances statements;
• Liaising with HMRC when required;
• Review of corporation tax returns prepared by third party advisers;
• Corporation tax support work for due diligence projects for clients;
• Liaison with third party providers to coordinate capital allowance projects for clients when required;
• Supporting and liaising with other parts of the business including the AM management accountants or Commercial Asset Managers to resolve tax queries;
• Assist in preparation of statutory accounts;

Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of UK corporation tax
• Tax qualification either by itself or as part of an accountancy qualification
• Knowledge of audits and statutory accounts preparation

Skills

• Strong corporation tax compliance technical skills
• Prior experience of ONESOURCE Tax software or similar tax technology software
• Ability to multitask, work to deadlines and prioritise
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with multiple stakeholders and clients
• Command of Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel
• Ability to take a logical and practical approach
• Organised, methodical and with good attention to detail
• A team player with a can-do attitude, but with the discipline to work autonomously and be proactive

Experience

• Significant experience of working in corporate tax compliance (ideally in practice)
• Some experience of capital allowances, group tax issues, transfer pricing, quarterly payment calculations
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment and of working on multiple clients concurrently

Qualifications

• Qualified tax professional or accountant (ACA/ACCA/CTA or similar)

At RES we celebrate difference as we know it makes our company a great place to work. Encouraging applicants with different backgrounds, ideas and points of view, we create teams who work together to solve complex problems and design practical solutions for our clients. Our multiple perspectives come from many sources including the diverse ethnicity, culture, gender, nationality, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, marital status, parental status, education, social background and life experience of our people.