Director of Tax

Job Description

The Group Tax Director is a senior finance role reporting to the Group Finance Director. The role is a hands on role which has overall responsibility for taxation within Costain Group with a primary VAT specialism. The role has a permanent team of three direct reports and is responsible for Costain’s relationship with HMRC, all tax planning, compliance, tax advice, tax training and tax accounting.

Responsibilities

Team Management

• Lead and manage the tax team ensuring appropriate capability to deliver all tax compliance requirements.
• Supporting the team to manage internal and external stakeholders.

Tax Governance

• Creating and executing the Board approved tax strategy.
• Identifying and mitigating tax risk and preventing the facilitation of tax evasion in accordance with t he Criminal Finances Act 2017.
• Ensuring the Group complies with all the tax legislation including oversight of corporate tax returns, VAT and CIS returns, compliance with employment taxes and managing the relationship with tax authorities.
• Manage SAO process with Chief Financial Officer.

Tax Planning

• Keeping abreast of emerging tax changes to ensure optimum planning and preparation is in place.
• Implement initiatives to continue to continue to maximise tax savings e.g. RDEC and VAT recoveries.
• Ensure working practices across the Group are amended as necessary to meet new tax requirements.
• Ensure Group policies and procedures are updated and staff required to process tax related transactions are...

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