Senior Associate, Tax & Risk

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At McLaren, our mission is to set the standard for high performance in sport. Everyone, in every part of the team, has a role to play. So if you want to test your ideas with the world watching... And measure your progress in milliseconds... And play your part in racing history... You belong here. High performance starts with you.

Purpose of the Role:

To Support the tax team in providing a first-class financial service through robust financial tax analysis.

Principal Accountabilities:
You will be part of the finance team, offering support across the business to provide analysis to make speedier reporting & decision making.

The post holder will:

• Support the tax manager in the preparation of the yearly R&D tax claim, reviewing documents & ensuring the maximum is claimed.

• Business partnering with the individual stakeholders in the R&D claim in order to build a robust claim.

• Supporting the finance team to extract & analyse/perform checks on the financial data weekly to review for tax robustness, which feeds into various tax returns.

• Compilation of routine tax activities such as PSA and P11D.

• Feeding back to the finance team on improvements on processes & systems to enhance the quality of the data.

• Manage the day to day data held in the system which will support reporting easily out of the ERP system.

• Assistance working with the manager and other stakeholders in ensuring tax compliance, and that submissions are made which reduces our risk of penalties.

• Support for ad hoc queries, as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• A desire to work with complex data and make it useable.

• Willingness to want to work towards ATT or equivalent.

• Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of basic VAT rules (e.g. general rule for place of supply).

• Ideally some experience of non-UK VAT compliance.

• Able to use Microsoft programs.

• Able to work with large datasets and has excellent data analysis skills, in particular the ability to spot trends and anomalies, using knowledge of business patterns etc.

• Shows a willingness to ask questions and an eagerness to learn and to seek a better understanding to deliver a better service and solutions.

• Experience in using ERP systems for tax codes and rules.

• Communicates clearly verbally and in writing.

• Reliable and presents information in an organised, self-reviewed and free from obvious error, and delivered on time.

• Use of initiative - driven by a desire to find solutions.

• Knowledge of basic double-entry bookkeeping.

Key Competencies

Analytical Thinking

• The ability to think clearly, logically and objectively.

• To analyse work-related problems in an effective way.

• To come to conclusions which are balanced, systematic and rational.

Building Relationships

• Recognising key relationships and making conscious effort to build rapport to enable smooth running of department or service.

• Establishing positive relations quickly with stakeholders irrelevant of status.

• Demonstrating tact and diplomacy in all professional relationships.

Results Focus and Initiative

• The drive, determination and commitment to get things done.

• To move things forward, achieve, get results and do things better.

Planning and Organising

• Ability to set achievable goals and deadlines.

• Able to adopt systematic and pro-active approach that will ensure task completion.

• Confidence to recognise and deal with arising problems.

What can McLaren offer?

We constantly strive to be better tomorrow than we are today. Our ambition is to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing team in the world, and our collective task is to set the standards for high performance in sport. We show up every day with energy and enthusiasm, ready to play our part.

We encourage and support diversity, equity and inclusion. We will actively promote a culture that values difference and eliminates discrimination in our workplace.

McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking.

Our state of the art, sustainable campus offers many facilities including a gym, restaurant and indoor and outdoor break-out areas, as well as direct access to park and common land. The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London Waterloo is a 30 minute train ride.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and generous pension contributions.