A2R TAX & ACCOUNTING MANAGER

Job description

​A2R Tax & Accounting Manager

Based in Reading, Berkshire

Hybrid: 3 days/week in the office

About the Opportunity

An opportunity has arisen to join the finance team as a A2R Tax & Accounting Manager. This is a key role to ensure timely and accurate preparation of quarterly reporting of tax calculations and risks to the Sanofi Group, as well as supporting the wider UK & Ireland team for tax related queries.

The A2R Tax & Accounting Manager will play an integral part in the simplification of the UK legal structure and provide support to the Head of Tax and Head of A2R. More broadly, there will be some responsibility for preparing statutory accounts and ensuring all round compliance.

About Growing with us

In this role you will:

·  Deliver quarterly tax figures for inclusion in the IFRS group reporting
·  Maintain the Taxrisk database and SOX controls, reporting any issues to the UKIE Head of Tax
·  Prepare accurate and punctual UK group tax computations for submission to HMRC, as well as local CIR return
·  Ensure timely and accurate delivery and submission of various returns such as Plastic Packaging Tax, Payroll Settlement Agreement, Withholding Tax (CT61), Share Scheme Reporting and Short-term Business Visitor
·  Prepare local statutory disclosures under IAS 12 for inclusion in audited UK statutory accounts
·  Initiate and process tax payments for UK
·  Prepare CBCR (country by country reporting) reconciliations to the Group Tax Department for applicable UK entities
·  Liaise with the shared service center to ensure UK VAT reporting is accurate

About You

To excel in this role, you will need to have:

Essential requirements:

·  Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent experience
·  Professional qualification in Tax (ATT or CTA) or Accounting qualification
·  Significant post qualification in-house experience in tax
·  Working within a global/complex company structure
·  Understanding of IFRS (in particular IAS 12)
·  UK VAT knowledge and UK tax legislation
·  Excellent IT skills (VLookups, pivot tables etc)
·  Good SAP knowledge

Desirable requirements:

·  Experience of AlphaTax

Competencies:

·  Positive decision-making capability
·  Proactive and agile mindset
·  Team player
·  Organisation and handling of high pressure deadlines/volumes

Inspire your Journey: what Sanofi can offer you:

·  An international work environment, in which you can develop your talent and realize ideas and innovations within a competent team
·  An attractive, market-oriented salary aligned with your qualifications and including social benefits above average (e.g. company pension plans, health management)
·  An individual and well-structured introduction and training when you onboard
·  You can create your own career path within Sanofi. Your professional and personal development will be supported purposefully
·  As a globally successful and constantly growing company, Sanofi provides international career paths as well

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Visas for those who do not already have the right to work in the UK will be considered on a case by case basis according to business needs and resources.

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