Senior Tax Analyst - BioTech Business

Job description

As a Senior Tax Analyst, you will be joining a leading BioTech business, supporting on all corporate tax compliance matters across the EMEA region, as well as assisting with ad hoc advisory work.

Key responsibilities:

• Understand the structure of the business in the region and work with the Regional Tax Team to advise and educate commercial and support colleagues on CT matters.
• Accurately complete all aspects of the EMEA Corporation Tax returns for the entities in the region, this will be a mixture of in-house completion as well as working with external advisors.
• Support on monitoring and complying with transfer pricing regulation.
• Responsible for the process of estimating and paying CT prepayments, evaluating the best approach to monitoring cashflow
• Work with the EMEA Accounting team around local GAAP tax accounting
• Work with local tax advisers to understand correct local tax treatment of global activity
• Support evaluation of ability and cost effectiveness of bringing currently outsourced CT Compliance in-house
• Support on monitoring potential PE risk as the business grows, advising and guiding the business through the process of expansion
• Assist with any tax audits and respond to information requests as they arise
• Keep up-to-date with changes to tax legislation and developments
• Interact with systems and other departments to ensure accurate reporting and documentation of the group's tax positions
• Assist with global supply chain, global tax, and global structuring projects
• Provide support on EMEA CT expertise in any M&A activity in the region, including due diligence work and any post-acquisition impact
• Assist with VAT and Employment tax compliance and queries as needed

Skills & Experience required:

• Experience with SAP (or equivalent ERP system) preferred
• Good experience of computation preparation; experience using software such as OneSource or Alphatax preferred
• Strong knowledge of current CT laws; must maintain current knowledge of all tax laws affecting the company.
• Must be capable of analysing large quantities of data, particularly in Spreadsheets
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Accounting, Finance, or related field desired.
• Accounting or tax part or fully qualified desired.
• Demonstrable tax experience (preferably in a high growth environment and/or biotechnology or pharmaceuticals).