Overview
Tax professional with responsibility for US GAAP tax accounting, global tax compliance support, and related analytics for UK and international entities.
Responsibilities
- Preparation/review of quarterly and annual US GAAP tax accounting (provisions/true ups)
- Prepare/maintain tax calculation templates, FIN48 calculations and SOX404 documentation
- Monitor variances between the tax provision and tax return for international businesses
- Liaise with finance contacts and external service providers
- Review and update business models (forecast financial models)
- Preparation/analysis of group summaries by business line and by territory
- Review of intercompany royalty calculations
- Preparation of Country-by-Country reporting data
- Compliance: Assisting with the UK tax compliance process for 50+ entities, including preparation/review of UK GAAP tax provisions and UK tax returns
- Allocation of UK group losses and calculation of quarterly installment payments
- Review and understanding of differences between US and UK GAAP
- Dealing with HMRC correspondence, notices, etc. and following up as appropriate
- Coordination and review of the outsourced international tax compliance in respect of 100+ entities worldwide
- Coordination of BEPS compliance including Country by Country reporting notifications
- Coordination and review of Creative Industries tax credit claims
- Management of compliance issues in respect of mobile employees
- Populating and monitoring the entity obligation tracking tool and internal tax return library
- Withholding Tax administration - preparation of clearance forms and request of residency certifications
- Dispute resolution in respect of customer WHT deductions
- Ad-hoc projects, such as: assistance with tax audits; transfer pricing implementation; entity eliminations & group structuring; dividend and repatriation planning; R&D tax credits; film tax credits; property transactions; contract reviews; Pillar II requirements
- Assist in development of electronic tools to maximize efficiencies in tax processes
- Supporting the wider tax team as appropriate in areas commensurate with experience
Qualifications
- A minimum of 5-7 years' post-qualification corporate tax experience, including significant corporate tax accounting experience.
- Strong corporate tax compliance background with experience of large UK and multinational groups and use of tax return preparation software
- Awareness of International tax issues
- Professional qualification in accounting (ACA or equivalent).
- Strong excel skills - ability to manage and manipulate high volumes of data is an essential requirement for this role.
- Strong communication skills, especially in communicating tax concepts to a non-tax audience and finance teams in overseas territories.
- Desired: Commercial experience in the Entertainment/Media sector
- Knowledge of US GAAP tax accounting
- Knowledge of SAP Financial Accounting
- Knowledge of OneSource Tax Compliance
- Big 4 background
- Experience of SOX will be considered a plus, Bachelor's Degree
- While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.