Tax Governance Manager

Our UK Tax Governance practice is thriving and has ambitious plans for growth.This is in line with the UK market for Tax Governance, which is growing significantly due to an increasingly complex and regulatory international landscape for taxpayers. We work with the largest FTSE 100 and Inbound businesses to the mid-tier, across all taxes, industries and geographies. Our Tax Governance practice sits within our broader Disputes network and you would have exposure to our end to end disputes offering, working closely with lawyers, direct and indirect tax specialists and ex HMRC inspectors. We believe our flexibility sets us apart from our competitors and differentiates our service offering to clients. You will be fully supported by our leadership team to seize the opportunity to work with an unparalleled client base, within a specialist team and help shape and build one of PwC's priority businesses.
The Role
As part of our growing team, you'll be responsible for driving and managing projects, working closely with both senior and junior members of the team to provide outstanding service to our clients.
We are looking for a self-starter, who has the passion and drive to take the business forward and be able to provide technical excellence as part of our national team, contributing to client proposals as well as confidentially driving client relationships.
We are interested to hear from candidates who would like to specialise in Tax Governance. Relevant skills and experience in each can be summarised as follows:
Tax Governance
The work often requires you to be working collaboratively in workshops with clients. Our team draws on specialist employment tax and indirect Tax Governance specialists and so we usually require a background in corporation tax and general tax advisory experience. You would be involved in a wide variety of projects including:

• Holistic Tax Governance / tax management reviews as part of a refresh, IPO, new strategic approach or ahead of interactions with the UK or non UK tax authorities.
• Tax Control framework development, review and/ or testing, assisting any of the three lines of defence.
• Addressing the requirements of specific governance regimes including BRR, SAO, CCO, ESG and US / UK SOx.
• Developing connected propositions where Tax Governance plays a key role e.g. in the introduction of new taxes or as part of end to end disputes management.

You should have a strong track record of working effectively on client projects, but you need not have knowledge or experience of all of the specific areas listed above, as hands-on coaching and opportunities to attend training will be provided. You will also have a Career Coach who will manage your performance, well-being and development.
Role Requirements

• Qualified ACA / CTA (or equivalent);
• Relevant experience gained ideally in an accountancy firm;
• A commitment to continuing to enhance technical and other knowledge and skills;
• A willingness to learn and take on new work;
• Risk awareness;
• Excellent team play and management skills;
• Good communication skills;
• Self-motivation