Tax and Compliance Accountant
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 07 Hydref 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £Competitive per annum, plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, bonus, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 06 Tachwedd 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Cowley, OX4 2PG |
| Cwmni: | Unipart Group |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 1737 |
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Tax and Compliance Accountant
Hybrid working - Unipart House, Cowley
£Competitive, plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, bonus, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing
support, and flexible benefits scheme
About the Job
As the Unipart Tax and Compliance Accountant, the primary purpose of your role is to ensure corporate financial compliance. This
includes the accurate and timely preparation, filing, and reporting of all tax responsibilities, as well as designing and
maintaining effective internal controls to minimise risk and uphold the integrity of the organisation's financial records.
As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:
* Prepare the quarterly VAT returns for the major VAT Groups
* Complete a monthly and quarterly analytical review of VAT variances
* Complete fortnightly reviews of transactions to ensure VAT compliance
* Monthly VAT cashflow forecast review & approval of UK and global VAT reconciliations
* Responding to internal queries in respect to VAT treatment of the classification of invoices, treatment of new arrangements and
assessing current arrangements
* Responding to external queries by overseas tax authorities and co-ordination of any territory specific VAT audits which may be
being conducted
* Involvement in the statutory filings review process for the overseas entities
* Ensuring compliance with other tax legislation e.g. Plastic Packaging tax
* Support in year- end planning activities (UK Dividends etc.)
* Undertaking ad hoc finance projects as required
About You
We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this
role!
* Qualified accountant - ACA/ACCA
* Preferably (relevant) degree qualified
* Ability to process information accurately, quickly and logically
* Attention to detail and accuracy of work
* Good analytical /problem solving skills
* Strong interpersonal skills and have the desire to build relationships at all levels of the operation
* Good communication skills
* Strong Excel or Google sheets skills are essential
* Ability to manipulate data and have a good understanding of systems (SAP preferably)
* Comfortable embracing and implementing new technological solutions for process improvement
* A confident self starter who uses their initiative and can work independently with little supervision
* Positive and proactive attitude
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of
opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the
grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or
civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected
characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment
which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of
yourself and do your best work every day.
Tax and Compliance Accountant
Hybrid working - Unipart House, Cowley
£Competitive, plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, bonus, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing
support, and flexible benefits scheme
About the Job
As the Unipart Tax and Compliance Accountant, the primary purpose of your role is to ensure corporate financial compliance. This
includes the accurate and timely preparation, filing, and reporting of all tax responsibilities, as well as designing and
maintaining effective internal controls to minimise risk and uphold the integrity of the organisation's financial records.
As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:
* Prepare the quarterly VAT returns for the major VAT Groups
* Complete a monthly and quarterly analytical review of VAT variances
* Complete fortnightly reviews of transactions to ensure VAT compliance
* Monthly VAT cashflow forecast review & approval of UK and global VAT reconciliations
* Responding to internal queries in respect to VAT treatment of the classification of invoices, treatment of new arrangements and
assessing current arrangements
* Responding to external queries by overseas tax authorities and co-ordination of any territory specific VAT audits which may be
being conducted
* Involvement in the statutory filings review process for the overseas entities
* Ensuring compliance with other tax legislation e.g. Plastic Packaging tax
* Support in year- end planning activities (UK Dividends etc.)
* Undertaking ad hoc finance projects as required
About You
We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this
role!
* Qualified accountant - ACA/ACCA
* Preferably (relevant) degree qualified
* Ability to process information accurately, quickly and logically
* Attention to detail and accuracy of work
* Good analytical /problem solving skills
* Strong interpersonal skills and have the desire to build relationships at all levels of the operation
* Good communication skills
* Strong Excel or Google sheets skills are essential
* Ability to manipulate data and have a good understanding of systems (SAP preferably)
* Comfortable embracing and implementing new technological solutions for process improvement
* A confident self starter who uses their initiative and can work independently with little supervision
* Positive and proactive attitude
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of
opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the
grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or
civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected
characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment
which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of
yourself and do your best work every day.