Senior Tax Manager

Location: Edinburgh

Hours: Full Time - 35 hours per week

Working Pattern: Hybrid, which involves spending 2 days per week, or 40% of our time in one of our office sites

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

Join the LBG Group Tax team in a role where you will have the opportunity to develop your skills across a wide range of tax technical matters and shape how we partner with important parts of the Group’s strategy

Supporting the Group’s M&A activity you will establish a positive relationship with key partners in tax, finance and the business by being a recognised tax and business leader.  In addition, you will support our Equity business, which includes our in-house private equity business LDC as well as Lloyds Living, the Group’s managed homes business and Housing Growth Partnership, where we invest alongside small and medium sized builders to support housebuilding activity.  You will also be involved in providing specialist tax support across the Group’s capital and funding activity.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

This specialist role will support LBG’s business activities with particular emphasis on:

• Being a key part of a small specialist team of corporate tax specialists supporting on successful delivery of technical tax advice including on structuring, transactions and tax enquiries with a focus on the Group’s M&A and Equity businesses.

• Supporting the Group understand and implement requirements of direct tax legislation and support the development of the Group Tax team through both formal training activity and more informal mentoring, support and development activities.

• Leading Group Tax’s involvement in M&A activity, whether in relation to acquisitions, disposals or strategic investment activity.  This will include due diligence, structuring, accounting and capital impacts of such transactions.

• Building a network of contacts across LBG and externally and acting as a contact for M&A and Equity related enquiries as well as being seen as a tax subject matter expert who can address queries across a wide range of topics.

• Working alongside the wider Group Tax team to provide expert technical support and input when required across corporate tax compliance and reporting matters.  This will cover a wide range of areas, including new legislation, new business developments and technical matters arising from unusual situations or transactions.

• Managing the resolution of HMRC disputes through correspondence, and direct engagement providing insight and technical expertise to ensure enquiries remain focussed, technically sound and are progressed in a co-operative, pragmatic and transparent manner.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Skills / Qualifications

• Tax specialist with an established record within practice or industry

• Professional Accountancy, Tax and/or Economics qualifications, e.g. ACA, CA, CTA, ADIT or a relevant MSc.

• Strong technical skills and communication abilities both with other tax professionals, business colleagues and external advisors.

• Experience of tax matters in the relevant areas (M&A, equity transactions, property, loan relationships and derivatives) or the desire and ability to extend existing skills into those areas.

• Good understanding of risk expectations for a tax function impacted by a number of regulatory and tax regimes.

• Financial Services background.

Key attributes

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Technically proficient

• Strong analytical and interpretative skills

• Strong core IT skills, willing to embrace latest technologies and applications to improve processes and risk management.

ABOUT WORKING FOR US

We're dedicated to giving you opportunities and support to develop you both professionally and personally to optimise your potential! As a new colleague to the team, you’ll join us on our journey to build a 21st century bank that reflects modern Britain and craft an inclusive culture where all colleagues feel encouraged and valued. We're also passionate about diversity and equal opportunity with industry recognition across gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+ and families. And, being disability positive, reasonable adjustments can be accommodated in our Recruitment process, just let us know.

We work in hybrid ways which involves spending at least three days per week or 60% of their time at one of our office sites.

You'll also receive:

• A competitive salary.

• A discretionary bonus.

• Private medical insurance.

• Pension contributions up to a maximum of 15% of your salary.

• Share plans.

• 30 days paid holiday each year, plus Bank Holidays. 

If you're excited by this role, please apply as we'd love to hear from you.

Together we’ll make it possible!