Corporate Tax Accountant

Atkins, formerly a FTSE 250 company and one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies is now the fifth sector of the SNC-Lavalin Group listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It has operations globally and is now one of the largest fully integrated professional services firm with over 50,000 employees in more than 50 countries, of which Atkins has around 18,500 staff, c9,000 in the UK.

Atkins currently have an opportunity for a Corporate Tax Accountant in our Warrington office, reporting to the Senior Corporate Tax Manager.

Responsibilities

• All aspects of UK corporate tax compliance – including preparation and submission of UK tax returns, fixed assets/capital allowance review, group claims, debt cap filings, calculation and administration of UK instalment payments.
• Preparation of relevant IFRS tax accounting disclosures for subsidiary statutory accounts
• Assistance with tax forecasting and tax rate management.
• Monitoring of aspects of overseas tax compliance
• Opportunity for involvement in ad hoc advisory matters including, transfer pricing, CFC, R&D tax claims and VAT.
Skills & attributes required
• Accountancy qualified and CTA/AAT
• Knowledge and experience in UK corporate tax compliance
• Demonstrate strong tax accounting knowledge, ideally under IFRS
• Experience of Research and Development tax credits, transfer pricing and or VAT would be beneficial
• IT experienced – strong spreadsheet and data manipulation skills.
• Experience of OneSource tax computational software would be beneficial.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
• Calm and efficient under pressure
• Professional and team-orientated in approach
• Confident and effective communicator

Training

Atkins develops individuals through a portfolio of training and development activities designed to help you make the best of your abilities and talents. These are reviewed with individuals through an annual appraisal process. We actively support staff in achieving corporate membership of relevant institutions.