Tax Accountant

The Central Tax Team (CTT) are responsible for providing strategic tax advice, implementing tax policies, managing tax risk and ensuring / monitoring adherence to tax compliance obligations across DLA Piper internationally.

Main duties and responsibilities

The role covers the UK, France and Ireland.

Uk

Paye settlement agreement:

• Management of the annual PSA calculation, including:
• Liaising with key internal stakeholders to obtain data;
• Review of tax sensitive employee expense accounts using data analysis software;
• Preparing a draft PSA calculation for management review;
• Liaising with external tax advisors on employment tax technical points;
• Organising PAYE payment to HMRC;
• Allocation of costs to the correct cost centres.

Partnership taxation:

Preparation / review of the UK income tax computations for manager review:

• Prepare / review the UK income tax analyses and finalise for manager review, together with specific issues for clarification;
• Prepare / review the analysis of year end accounts;
• Prepare / review the analysis of general ledger accounts;
• Ensure all necessary backup documentation is obtained for files;
• Prepare initial technical tax analysis of transactions outside of the performance of professional services (e.g. property changes, etc);
• Preparing notes for external advisors to aid review.

Preparation / review of the UK capital allowance computations for manager review:

• Prepare / review the UK capital allowances calculations and finalise for manager review, together with specific issues for clarification;
• Oversee the analysis and categorisation of fixed asset movements;
• Review the reconciliation of all movements to the notes in the final accounts.

Periodic / year-end tasks:

• Assist with the yearly budgeting process;
• Assist with the reconciliation of the UK profit allocation to taxable profits

Ireland

• Calculate the split of remuneration for Irish partners;
• Prepare pension illustrations for Irish partners;
• Prepare tax reserves for the Irish partners for inclusion in the annual position statements;
• Hold briefing calls with all new Irish partners to advise how their profits from DLA are taxed and how the firm supports them;
• Manage periodic tax reserve releases;
• Managing leavers processes;
• Review or calculate tax charges for inclusion in statutory accounts for Irish corporate entity;
• Review Ireland year end consol packs;
• Review the externally prepared Irish partnership and corporate tax computations;
• Prepare interest on tax reserves calculations;
• Support in ad hoc project work as required;
• Support in periodic tax compliance reviews – which will include travel to Ireland;
• Managing tax risk, including review of PE exposure;
• Monitoring tax enquiries, providing support in response to tax authorities where necessary;
• Support the Transfer Pricing team in respect of NCC process and compliance with local TP requirements;
• Working closely with local Finance team and external advisors on all compliance matters and projects, including managing quarterly catch up calls.

France

• Calculation of advance tax distributions to French partners;
• Review of the French income tax calculation;
• Managing allocation of excess French profits to nonresident partners;
• Preparing individual profit statements and interest on capital summaries for partners and tax advisors;
• Managing French tax return and payments processes with external advisors;
• Hold briefing calls with all new French partners to advise how their profits from DLA are taxed and how the firm supports them;
• Managing leavers processes;
• Prepare interest on tax reserves calculations;
• Review French year end consol packs;
• Support in ad hoc project work as required;
• Support in periodic tax compliance reviews – which will include travel to France;
• Managing tax risk, including review of PE exposure;
• Monitoring tax enquiries, providing support in response to tax authorities where necessary;
• Support the Transfer Pricing team in respect of NCC process and compliance with local TP requirements;
• Working closely with local Finance team and external advisors on all compliance matters and projects, including managing quarterly catch up calls

Other/ad-hoc work

• Assist on CTT project work;
• Assist with ad hoc requests from the business;
• Review the local to group reconciliations to ensure that accounting differences are minimised;
• Develop relationships with key personnel;
• Provide cover and support when the Tax Accountants and Tax Managers are unavailable.

About you

• An experience of working in tax and ability to apply that existing knowledge and experience to new situations / scenarios;
• Qualified or part-qualified or willing to work towards appropriate professional qualification, such as ACCA, ICAEW, CIMA, ATT, CTA or ADIT.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, coupled with the ability to influence, negotiate and persuade;
• Flexible and collaborative personal working style;
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across all levels within the organisation
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, ability to work as part of a larger team to deliver seamless services to the partnership;
• Experience in working alongside more senior colleagues;
• Strong planning and organisation skills;
• Comfortable with multi-tasking and working to conflicting timescales and multiple priorities in a robust and fast-paced environment;
• Ability to balance a high volume of work and deliver consistently high-quality work under pressure;
• Logical, analytical thinking;
• Proactive approach with an ability to work independently as well as being part of a team;
• Client/Stakeholder Centricity;
• Partnership tax experience is desirable but not essential;
• International tax experience is desirable but not essential;
• Accounting systems experience, especially SAP experience, is desirable but not essential.

About us

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers and business service professionals located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

Our values

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

• Be Supportive – we are compassionate and inclusive, valuing diversity and acting thoughtfully
• Be Collaborative - we are proactive, passionate team players investing in our relationships
• Be Bold - we are fearless and inquisitive, challenging ourselves to think big and find creative new solutions
• Be Exceptional - we are strategic and driven, exceeding standards and expectations

Diversity and inclusion

At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.

Diversity of perspective, thought, background and culture combine to make us the leading global law firm; that’s why we actively seek to build balanced teams. We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.

Hybrid working

We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That's why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.

Pre-engagement screening

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits and where relevant, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and work-related references.

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