Job description
Markerstudy is a leading provider of private insurance in the UK, insuring around 5% of the private cars on the UK roads, 20% of commercial vehicles and over 30% of motorcycles in total premium levels of circa £1.2b. The majority of business is written as the insurance pricing provider behind household names such as Co-op, Sainsbury’s, O2, Halifax, AA, Saga and Lloyds Bank to list a few and Markerstudy also has a large and growing direct presence in the market as well.
Role Overview
This includes preparation, review and submission of corporation tax and VAT returns and related ancillary reporting.
- Accurate preparation and submission of corporation tax returns for all Group entities, including liaison with external outsourced tax providers where applicable.
- Accurate preparation and submission of quarterly VAT returns for VAT groups or individually registered entities.
- Providing input into recommendations on the most efficient VAT group structure.
- Management of external auditors and colleagues to ensure timely and efficient delivery of tax statutory audit.
- Managing iXBRL tagging of accounts for submission with corporation tax returns.
- Understanding the Making Tax Digital requirements and ensuring these are complied with in a timely and cost-efficient manner.
- Working in close partnership with the Head of Tax Advisory on any emerging tax issues, particularly around M&A activity and legal entity structure.
- Managing the Senior Accounting Officer review and sign-off process.
- Ad hoc project work.
- Ambassador for tax governance across all business activity.
- Qualified tax/financial accountant with at least 2 years post qualified experience
- Experience of tax reporting within a large company or audit practice
- UK CT/VAT technical specialist
- Excellent Excel skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills