Package Description
Job Reference: 15494
Band: F
Salary: £90,000 - £100,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract/Attachment until 31st March 2025
Location: Office Base is London - This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
- Excellent career progression– the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
- Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
- Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
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Job Introduction
We’re currently recruiting for an International Tax Partner to join the BBC Tax team.
This role sits in Group Tax reporting to the Group Tax Director. Group Tax is currently made up of five finance business partners, who manage corporate tax, VAT, employment taxes and expatriate taxes; three accountants who complete the UK VAT and corporate tax compliance; a finance business analyst in employment taxes and one trainee. There are also tax mangers in the US and India, who support with taxes in those jurisdictions.
This is newly created role to support with international tax aspects relating to the BBC’s News division and its international news bureaux.
Main Responsibilities
As an International Tax Partner you will
- Partner on international tax issues impacting the BBC News division and its international news bureaux.
- Work alongside cross-functional teams to ensure operating structures are correctly implemented.
- Lead on tax matters relating to international BBC News bureaux. Whilst also providing support to international bureaux.
- Undertake reviews of the international bureau’s historical tax compliance to identify any historical tax risk.
- Represent the BBC Group with all external agencies with respect to international tax matters
- Raise awareness of tax risk and effectively communicate these issues to the wider business.
- Monitor and evaluate key tax risks, creating risk management controls and processes.
Are you the right candidate
- Experience of providing International tax advice in a complex organisation
- Professional accounting and/or tax qualification ACA, ATT, CTA or equivalent
- Organised - Able to multi-task and prioritise effectively to meet deadlines
- Stakeholder management - building relationships and trust within an organization, including the ability to influence senior stakeholders and present complex data in an accessible way.
- Collaborative working – working effectively as part of a diverse team
- Experience of working with cross-border organisations and managing global tax risks within an Inhouse environment
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
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