Job Title: Lead Tax Manager
Location: Hybrid – can be based anywhere in the UK, with 40–60% attendance at a local office – London, Birmingham, Bristol, Newcastle, Reading and York

(team locations include York, Cambridge, Manchester, Carlisle)
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Daily Rate: £600/day (Umbrella – Maximum)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35

The Lead Tax Manager will provide senior-level tax expertise across the Group, covering the organisation and its Arm's Length Bodies. The post holder acts as the lead specialist for IR35, taxable benefits, and corporation tax, while supporting VAT compliance as part of the wider Compliance & Financial Accounting Team.

The role spans operational tax work, process improvement, advisory activity, and stakeholder engagement, including interactions with HMRC and the Government Tax Centre of Excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead IR35 compliance across the Group, setting and maintaining robust processes and guidance.
• Oversee data capture and review for PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA) returns for the organisation and ALB's.
• Ensure full compliance and governance for all taxable benefits.
• Manage the corporation tax function for Natural England, including accurate and timely re-turns.
• Maintain tax policies, guidance notes, and training materials across the organisation.
• Act as senior tax adviser on complex, ambiguous or high risk tax queries.
• Work collaboratively with the wider tax team across VAT, benefits, IR35, and corp tax.
• Engage externally with HMRC and the Tax Centre of Excellence as required.
• Represent tax interests in finance system changes and upgrades.
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders and communicate clearly with senior leaders.

Background / Context:

• Role is a temporary backfill due to several G7 departures.
• Workload includes corporation tax, PAYE, and an IR35 review project (ongoing beyond March).
• Supports a geographically dispersed SEO team and contributes to group wide tax processes.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Strong technical tax expertise, especially:
• IR35
• Taxable benefits
• Corporation tax
• Ability to interpret and apply tax legislation.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship building skills.
• Clear communicator able to simplify complex technical issues.
• Experience supporting or leading dispersed teams.
• Excellent organisational and project delivery skills.
• Strong analytical/problem solving capability.
• Comfortable working in a changing, multi body public sector environment.

Desirable

• Public Sector or Central Government experience.
• Strong Excel skills.

Qualifications

• CTA, CCAB or ATT qualified or demonstrable equivalent experience.

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant

CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on 0121 794 8181.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on 0121 794 8181

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