Tax Operations Manager

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 a Tax Operations Manager  to join our Group Finance function in Cardiff. The purpose of this role is to lead, motivate and develop a team responsible for the delivery of Operational Tax activities. As a key SME, lead on engagement Group Tax and the divisions in relation to the deliverables.

What you'll be doing:

• Ensuring Tax Operations tasks are completed in accordance with documented procedures and controls and in accordance with the agreed timetables, to ensure service expectations are always delivered to Group Tax
• Direct and oversee the reconciliation of Tax accounts with tax submissions, in line with KPIs, to ensure precise accounting and reporting, while coordinating with Group Tax and Group Finance colleagues
• Establish a robust control framework, consistently review and update processes and risk documentation, and scrutinize all models used for reporting to ensure that strong controls are in place to mitigate risks. Additionally, guarantee that all requests from external and internal audit teams are fulfilled promptly
• Liaise with Group Tax and Operational areas on all aspects of the Operational Tax outputs from VAT, Corporation Tax, Funds Tax and PSA charges, to ensure the control framework is fit for purpose
• Manage, inspire, and cultivate the development of employees at all levels in a manner consistent with the company's policies and procedures, including the Partnership Agreement, to optimize the performance of the area
• Ensure procedures are maintained within the team and cross-trained cover is available for all tasks.  Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and champion such change, fully engaging with stakeholders accordingly. Continually enhance the efficiency and robustness of tax reporting
• Lead change projects affecting Operational Tax activities, encompassing planning, impact assessment, resource estimation, test script creation, testing, and implementation, to guarantee the team's ability to seamlessly integrate changes into BAU processes

Who we're looking for:

• A qualified accountant/ part qualified, or qualified by acquired experience within a Finance environment.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including excel, word and PowerPoint.
• Detailed experience of working on a core accounting system and performing ledger postings and reconciliations.
• Good understand of corporate tax accounting and reporting
• Experience of spreadsheet design and financial analysis.
• Experienced people manager able to demonstrate positive performance management.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to review the work of others and identify process improvement opportunities.
• Able to lead a team and coordinate planning and prioritising of tasks.
• Builds and develops strong relationships with peers and within the Accounting Ops leadership team, as well as acting as a valued business partner to other parts of the business.

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 
• 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.