The Group Tax Director will be the guarantor of compliance with local and international tax regulations, designing and implementing the required policies, procedures, and controls for multiple sites in the UK and overseas. He or she will report directly to the Group CFO and have strong interactions with individuals at all levels of the BRUSH Group, up to the CEO. He or she will also manage relationships with multiple advisors and external stakeholders, including tax authorities across multiple jurisdictions.
Main Responsibilities
- Oversee direct, indirect and employment tax compliance across all jurisdictions where the Group is present (UK, CZ, Italy, India and Australia).
- Manage relationships with the Group's external tax advisors and local tax authorities (including HMRC in the UK).
- Ensure tax efficiency of UK and cross-border transactions working closely with commercial teams and specialist teams such as HR.
- Work with the Group Technical Controller to monitor and update the Group's Transfer Pricing policy, ensuring compliance in each jurisdiction.
- Work closely with BRUSH's stakeholders to determine and implement tax strategy and governance for the Group.
- Lead on tax due diligence and tax integration on ad-hoc projects across the Group, including business acquisitions or divestitures.
- Support the Group CFO in determining the optimal structure for the Group (particularly regarding new acquisitions) as well as cash repatriation.
- Assist the site accounting teams in their year-end processes with annual tax accounting and financial reporting.
- Increase Tax awareness and knowledge across the Group.
Currently, the role does not have direct reports, the successful candidate will work closely with and be supported by the site Finance teams.
Person Specification
- ACA/ACCA/CTA qualified or equivalent and proven experience (minimum of 5 years' experience post qualification).
- Strong knowledge of UK direct and indirect taxes and ability to integrate the two; knowledge of Customs and Duties not essential.
- Strong knowledge of international taxes, concepts, and OECD developments.
- Previous experience of Service business and associated challenges is key; experience in a Projects business is a plus.
- Confident and high energy individual, with a desire to make a difference.
- Strong communication skills and commercial mindset.
- Excellent engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to gain the confidence of senior management as well as provide challenge.
- A strong change agent, looking to identify opportunities for improvements in all areas of the business.
- Excellent analytical skills, and strong eye for detail.
- Willingness to get involved and persistence to see things through to a conclusion
- Ability to work under pressure and deliver results.
About Us
BRUSH Group provide agile and adaptive engineering solutions and products, including consultancy services, design, and project management as well as award-winning product technology, to a wide range of projects.
A chosen partner for national and regional power generation and distribution network operators, through innovation and a commitment to delivering solutions that address grid-resilience and drive system change, we support the global drive to net-zero, helping create a future-proof Infrastructure.