Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the worlds leading energy companies.

We design, build, manage, and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit, regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.

The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs and planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.

This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.

We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.

Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?

Job Title: TAX MANAGER (12-15 Month Maternity cover)

Key responsibilities:

• Reviewing, coordinating, and assisting in delivering the groups tax reporting, including overseeing and guiding finance teams within the divisions and liaising with external auditors.
• Analyzing and consolidating tax positions, justifying the effective tax rate for bi-annual external and quarterly internal management reporting.
• Coordinating and contributing to the delivery of tax transparency reports (Payments to Governments and Country-by-Country Reporting) and BEPS Pillar 2 obligations, including monitoring legislative developments and adapting systems and processes to address new requirements.
• Focusing on continuous improvement of the reporting processes, including enhancing controls and the overall control environment
• Indirect tax:
• Providing high-level oversight of UK tax filings, ensuring assurance over key variances and their drivers.
• Monitoring material indirect tax risks across the Group and providing appropriate challenge as necessary.
• Direct tax:
• Reviewing UK and overseas corporate tax returns and statutory accounts disclosures, where appropriate.
• Managing the Senior Accounting Officer process.
• Overseeing UK R&D claim preparation and submission, as well as other UK tax compliance obligations such as corporate interest restriction, transfer pricing positions and tax loss planning.
• Providing oversight of tax compliance in non-UK jurisdictions (assurance).
• Liaising with HMRC on specific enquiries for relevant statutory entities
• Developing and maintaining procedures to oversee tax compliance globally, including adherence to policies and procedures, timeliness and accuracy of tax filings, transfer pricing positions, and documentation.
• Supporting technical analysis and computations in relation to specific functional areas, including Substantial Shareholding Exemption, Controlled Foreign Companies and other legislation involving numerical analysis and modeling.
• Providing ad hoc advice to the business on various tax matters as required
• Monitoring legislative changes to ensure the impact on the group is fully understood and proposing mitigating actions where appropriate.
• Providing tax leadership and strategic guidance to tax team in Aberdeen.
• Developing technical and practical capabilities by providing necessary support to the business through appropriate challenge and support.

Essential Qualifications & Skills:

• ATT/CTA/ACA qualified
• A self-motivated individual who can proactively initiate and lead projects to completion, collaborating with team members to deliver results.
• Proficiency in conducting tax analysis and preparing tax workings across various UK tax technical areas, demonstrating the ability to meet deadlines and drive process improvements.
• Effective communication skills to interact with personnel at all levels of the organisation, spanning across the divisions and up to the CFO level.
• Strong written communication skills capable of simplifying complex tax concepts for clear understanding.
• Demonstrates the Petrofac Values.
• Willingness to work flexibly and respond to changing priorities.
• Strong tax reporting and tax accounting experience, including working knowledge of financial accounting systems (preferably Oracle TRCS).
• Practical experience and a good understanding of UK and international tax legislation.

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