International Tax Manager - Asset Management

Legal & General is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, aiming to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone and create value for our shareholders.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best. 

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

We’re recruiting for an International Tax Manager, Asset Management  working within Group Tax to support the Head of International Tax & Transfer Pricing and the Head of Asset Management Tax. Primary responsibilities include managing international tax compliance and advisory workstreams across our Asset Management divisions, as well as ownership of key initiatives.  

This role could be based at one of our 3 office locations, London, Cardiff or Hove.

What you'll be doing:

• Providing international tax advisory to the Asset Management division, including supporting on international M&A. 
• Building relationships with key contacts in the Asset Management division to ensure Group Tax are embedded appropriately into commercial activity. 
• Owning non-UK tax compliance and reporting across the Asset Management division. This includes ownership of the delivery of overseas tax compliance under an outsourcing arrangement, and providing support to local and group finance teams on tax provisioning for local and group financial reporting.  
• Providing tax technical support on the delivery of Pillar 2 as it relates to the Asset Management division. 
• Monitoring governance with operating guidelines within the Asset Management division. Escalating identified governance breaches and risks. Identify opportunities for governance improvements. 
• Collaborating with other members of the Group Tax team to ensure appropriate subject matter expertise is obtained as required. Liaising with VAT and Employment tax specialists to ensure international tax team knowledge of global indirect tax obligations and global mobility is maintained. 
• Supporting the Head of International Tax & Transfer Pricing on overseas tax disputes. 
• Supporting on other international tax initiatives as required, including Transfer Pricing across the Asset Management division and between Asset Management and other L&G divisions.  
• Ensuring all activities are carried out in line with our Treating Customers Fairly accountability. 

Who we're looking for:

• Professional Accounting Qualification (e.g. ACA or ACCA) and/or Taxation qualification (e.g. CTA) with some post qualification tax experience within a large corporate or practice  
• Knowledge of UK Taxes Acts, as they apply to UK and International Taxes including corporation tax, VAT, transfer pricing and stamp duty to the extent that they apply to the companies in the group for which tax responsibility held. 
• Knowledge of the tax aspects of UK GAAP and IFRS. 
• Develops understanding of the key concepts which drive regulation within our markets. 
• Prioritisation, planning and organisation of multi task/person assignments. 
• Ability to make judgement calls where appropriate without referral to senior manager 
• Builds and develops strong relationships with staff, peers and other contacts within the business. 
• Experience of providing tax advice and be able to explain tax technical issues in a clear and concise way to non-tax experts. 
• Prepared to listen to others and work to understand their viewpoint. 
• Ability to create and deliver clear and concise written or verbal reports. 

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer: 

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes  
• Generous pension contribution  
• Life assurance   
• Private medical insurance (permanent employees only) 
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday 
• Competitive family leave 
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online   
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Legal & General is a leading financial services group and major global investor, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.

We aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We strive to be open, mindful and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs.

If you’re open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.