Tax Director

I’m working on a broad in-house tax leadership role sitting within a sizeable privately-held business. The mandate spans day-to-day compliance ownership through to shaping the group’s longer-term tax governance and risk posture, a genuine mix of technical delivery and strategic input. Governance & Risk: Build out and embed a robust tax governance and controls framework group-wide; Run periodic risk reviews to surface exposure areas and tighten controls; Own reconciliation between tax filings, management accounts and statutory reporting; Take the lead on tax disclosures within the group’s statutory accounts. Compliance & HMRC Relationship: Hold end-to-end responsibility for corporation tax, VAT, CIS, withholding tax and property tax compliance across a multi-entity structure; Act as the group’s main contact for HMRC — enquiries, disclosures, compliance reviews; Take a hands-on role on the more technically complex or higher-risk filings, while overseeing the rest across all entities. Strategic & Transactional Input: Support M&A activity, refinancing and group restructuring from a tax angle; Feed into tax planning work — capital allowances, group relief, loss utilisation, interest restriction rules, deal structuring; Track legislative and case law developments and translate the impact for the business; Work closely alongside the CFO, finance leadership, and external advisers on significant matters. People & Influence: Line manage and develop a junior tax team member; Deliver tax training across finance and non-finance functions to raise wider awareness; Drive ongoing improvement of tax processes, systems and reporting. What We’re Looking For: ACA and/or CTA qualified; 5+ years’ PQE within a large or complex corporate environment; Comfortable holding your own with senior stakeholders — able to influence and push back where needed; Strong technical base across corporation tax, VAT, CIS and property tax; Direct experience dealing with HMRC, auditors and external advisers; Office-based five days. Specifics: Rate: £100k - £135k. Location: Hounslow.

Responsibilities

Build out and embed a robust tax governance and controls framework group-wide; Run periodic risk reviews to surface exposure areas and tighten controls; Own reconciliation between tax filings, management accounts and statutory reporting; Take the lead on tax disclosures within the group’s statutory accounts; Hold end-to-end responsibility for corporation tax, VAT, CIS, withholding tax and property tax compliance across a multi-entity structure; Act as the group’s main contact for HMRC — enquiries, disclosures, compliance reviews; Take a hands-on role on the more technically complex or higher-risk filings, while overseeing the rest across all entities; Support M&A activity, refinancing and group restructuring from a tax angle; Feed into tax planning work — capital allowances, group relief, loss utilisation, interest restriction rules, deal structuring; Track legislative and case law developments and translate the impact for the business; Work closely alongside the CFO, finance leadership, and external advisers on significant matters; Line manage and develop a junior tax team member; Deliver tax training across finance and non-finance functions to raise wider awareness; Drive ongoing improvement of tax processes, systems and reporting

Requirements

ACA and/or CTA qualified; 5+ years’ PQE within a large or complex corporate environment; Comfortable holding your own with senior stakeholders — able to influence and push back where needed; Strong technical base across corporation tax, VAT, CIS and property tax; Direct experience dealing with HMRC, auditors and external advisers; Office-based five days