International Tax And Accounting Assistant

Your new company
With a Headquarters in Belfast, Our client is a new global industry-leading law firm, with 48 offices in 29 countries worldwide. Experts in English law, US law, and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets, it enables our client to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. Our client works on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.
Our Client offers exceptional opportunities for its people; opportunities to work for the world’s leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for their clients.
Your new role
As an International Tax and Accounting Assistant, you will support the Head of International Tax in the management of the global tax affairs of the grouping, with a specific focus on tax accounting matters. This includes: • Analyse tax payments made in c. 20 countries to ensure that these are correctly allocated to office and partner general ledger accounts, and reconciliation of these to external advisors’ schedules. This will involve extensive liaison and collaboration with colleagues in international offices. • Maintain tax payment and refund trackers for individual countries. • Provide assistance with preparation of information for external advisors needed to complete partner tax returns. • Manage partner International Tax accounting matters including setting up, maintaining and clearing individual accounts. • Assist with the team’s year-end work, including tax disclosures in group and individual legal entity accounts. • Review and update process documentation on an ongoing basis. • Liaise with the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) team to leverage robotics in order to generate process efficiencies. • Assist with other projects and tasks as required, including tax reserving.
What you'll need to succeed
• Keen interest in process automation and improvements. • Ability to assimilate large amounts of information and a strong eye for detail, together with the confidence to query or challenge points of uncertainty. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to liaise effectively with colleagues and external advisors globally. • Strong time management skills - ability to multitask and prioritise, and to deliver on urgent requests. • Able to work on own initiative and within a team. • Proven ability to deliver a high level of client service. • Double entry bookkeeping experience and general accounting knowledge are required. • Previous tax experience would be helpful but is not a pre-requisite for this role. • Graduate or A level calibre.
What you'll get in return
We recognise that our people are our most valuable asset, which is reflected in the wide range of benefits that are available to our employees. Some of these benefits include: our occupational pension scheme, group income protection cover, private medical insurance, mental health resources and free apps, health and wellbeing services encompassing GP service, emergency back-up care support, parental and special leave, holiday entitlement increasing with length of service, holiday trading, online discounts and lifestyle management services
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