Senior Group Tax Compliance and Reporting Manager

Location/s: Croydon, UK
Recruiter contact: Laura Kennedy

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. 

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. 

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

Overview of the role

We are seeking an experienced tax professional to lead the delivery of tax reporting, compliance and governance activities across a multinational group including the management of a team of three tax professionals.

The successful candidate will work closely with Group Tax, regional finance teams and external advisers to lead quarterly and year end tax reporting, UK and international tax compliance, Pillar Two, Country-by-Country Reporting and other corporate tax obligations.

This role is ideally suited to an individual with strong tax accounting and compliance experience who is comfortable operating within a complex international environment and managing multiple stakeholders.

We are particularly interested in candidates with a proven track record of improving tax and finance processes through the effective use of technology. The successful candidate will have experience enhancing systems, improving data quality, strengthening controls and making practical use of AI solutions.

Key responsibilities and duties include:

Tax Reporting and Accounting

• Lead quarterly and annual tax reporting and tax accounting under FRS 102
• Lead current and deferred tax calculations, effective tax rate analysis and forecasting
• Lead the tax aspects of group consolidations, statutory reporting and financial statement disclosures
• Prepare and review tax journals, supporting documentation and audit deliverables
• Lead quarter-end and year-end tax reporting processes

Corporate Tax Compliance

• Lead UK corporation tax compliance, including the preparation and review of tax computations and returns
• Lead quarterly instalment payment calculations and forecasting
• Lead Corporate Interest Restriction (CIR), Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) and Branch Profit Exemption calculations and reporting
• Manage tax compliance calendars, filing obligations and reporting deadlines
• Liaise with HMRC, external advisers and other key stakeholders on compliance matters

Pillar Two and International Reporting

• Lead Pillar Two compliance and reporting activities
• Coordinate GloBE and QDMTT data collection across jurisdictions
• Lead the preparation and review of Pillar Two calculations and filings
• Lead Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR) requirements
• Lead Public CbCR reporting requirements
• Monitor developments in international tax legislation and reporting obligations

Tax Technology and Reporting Tools

• Maintain and utilise tax reporting and compliance systems
• Lead the administration of tax technology platforms including ONESOURCE and Loctax where applicable
• Use digital and AI solutions to improve efficiency, data gathering and reporting quality
• Maintain process documentation and reporting procedures
• Ensure appropriate controls and audit trails are retained within tax processes

Stakeholder Management

• Build effective relationships with finance teams across multiple regions
• Coordinate with external advisers and service providers
• Support senior tax leadership with reporting and compliance activities
• Provide practical guidance on tax reporting and compliance matters
• Contribute to the development and sharing of tax process guidance and best practice

Candidate specification

Essential:

• ACA, ACCA, CTA or equivalent professional qualification
• Significant corporate tax experience gained in industry or practice
• Strong experience of tax accounting and tax reporting
• Detailed knowledge of FRS 102 tax accounting requirements
• Experience of group reporting and consolidation processes
• Experience managing UK corporation tax compliance including CFC reporting, CIR and Branch Profit Exemption calculations
• Experience in Pillar Two, CbCR and Public CbCR
• Demonstrable experience of improving tax processes, controls and systems
• Experience managing tax reporting using ONESOURCE Tax Provisioning or similar tax reporting software
• Strong Excel and analytical skills
• Excellent organisational and project management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and stakeholders

Desirable:

• Transfer pricing awareness
• Experience working in a multinational group environment
• Experience supporting tax audits and tax authority enquiries
• Experience managing external advisers and service providers

Technology Skills:

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience using digital and AI solutions to improve reporting, compliance and data analysis activities
• Experience using tax technology platforms such as ONESOURCE and Loctax
• Strong attention to data quality and reporting controls
• Experience working with large volumes of financial and tax data

Personal Attributes:

• Strong attention to detail
• Proactive and well organised
• Able to work independently and take ownership of deliverables
• Commercial and pragmatic in approach
• Strong problem-solving capability
• Collaborative and relationship focused
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced multinational environment
• Continuously seeks opportunities to simplify, improve and standardise processes

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working  

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

AI Usage

At Mott MacDonald, we see the value AI can bring, but we take a people-first approach to hiring. While AI tools can help candidates prepare and build confidence, every application and hiring decision is reviewed by our recruitment and hiring teams. We encourage the responsible use of AI while ensuring we get to know the real person behind the application.

Accessibility

We want you to feel supported and able to perform at your best throughout our recruitment process. If there is anything we can do to make applying or interviewing with us more accessible, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we'll be happy to discuss how we can help.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Employee Ownership

• Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
• As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long-term impact and contribution.
• Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
• For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• 10 days additional paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
• We offer policies and dedicated support to help military families balance service life with career and wellbeing.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Gold Award holders in the MOD Employer Recognition Scheme, supported by our dedicated internal Armed Forces Network.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.