Senior Tax Manager

Fully woven into the DNA of M&S, our Finance team plays a fundamental role in setting the pace for our key business decisions, shaping our budgets, analysing our sales, managing costs and making sure our most vital statistics and data are absolutely accurate.

Your innovative approach will champion the Group's direct tax affairs, ensuring they are optimally managed, that we are in compliance with statutory tax and financial reporting obligations, and that value is created in a sustainable way.

You will have excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, the ability to think quickly and deliver solutions that go beyond existing ways of doing things, and be able to present complicated issues to stakeholders in an engaging, clear and simple way.

To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.

Being a part of M&S is exactly that - playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We're an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever-evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, and service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special:

• After completing your probationary period, you'll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
• Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
• A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
• Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
• Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
• A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Oversee a team of two to lead the direct tax compliance and reporting function, ensuring smooth and timely delivery of compliance and tax returns as well as the planning and delivery of the external reporting at year-end.
• Lead the provision of tax advice to the business units on commercial initiatives, and be accountable for all aspects of Direct tax compliance and reporting. Act as a subject matter expert on Direct tax and tax reporting matters, assessing the impact on the group of the various tax-related developments and providing updates and guidance on the same to the necessary stakeholders.
• As part of the tax leadership team, assist the Group Head of Tax in managing the tax strategy and risk. Support the direct tax manager with the calculation of tax payments, forecasting, and budgeting process.
• Ownership of feeding into the design, setup and testing of the S4 Hana system from a tax perspective, including liaising with and securing input from the various tax subject matter experts within the wider tax team and external advisors.
• Proactively identifying/appraising tax issues and opportunities including preparation of any necessary board/director recommendation or approval papers.

Your skills and experience will include:

• ACA/CTA/ACCA qualified
• In-depth knowledge and experience of UK taxation including management of the compliance cycle and consolidated tax reporting process for listed groups.
• Robust accounting knowledge and understanding of the tax provisioning and journaling process. Practical knowledge of deferred tax principles and understanding of Land and Buildings sale basis and use basis considerations.
• Experience of the process of setting up tax and financial accounting systems desirable.
• Proficiency in Excel models and critical spreadsheet principles.

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We're disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We're transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.

We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.