Senior Tax Manager (Compliance & Advisory) - 6m FTC in London - Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited

Are you anexperienced tax professional looking for a high-impact role within a major UKinvestment organisation? This is an excellent opportunity to join awell-established tax function and play a pivotal role in overseeing UK taxcompliance, providing strategic tax advice, and driving process improvementsacross a significant property and infrastructure investment portfolio. Based inLondon with hybrid working, this six-month fixed-term contract offers thechance to work alongside senior stakeholders and contribute to a businessmanaging billions of pounds of long-term investments.
Your New Company
Our client is aleading investment and pension fund organisation responsible for managing over £20 billion of assets. With a long-term investment outlook and astrong focus on governance, sustainability and member outcomes, theorganisation operates across a diverse portfolio that includes significantproperty and infrastructure investments. You will join a collaborative andhighly regarded tax team during a period of transition, providing valuablesenior-level expertise and support.
Your New Role
As Senior TaxManager (Compliance & Advisory), you will provide senior oversight acrossinvestment tax compliance activities while acting as a key adviser toinvestment stakeholders on property and infrastructure tax matters.Approximately 60% of the role will focus on compliance, 30% on advisory andproject work, and 10% on tax risk and governance activities.
Keyresponsibilities will include:

• Managing the investment tax compliance calendar across corporation tax, partnership tax, VAT and CIS.
• Reviewing corporation tax and partnership tax returns for property investments.
• Reviewing corporation tax returns prepared by external advisers for infrastructure investments.
• Overseeing recurring VAT and CIS compliance activities, including filings, payments and query management.
• Acting as the primary tax adviser to property and infrastructure investment teams.
• Advising on acquisitions, disposals, asset management activities, financing arrangements and investment structures.
• Managing relationships with external tax advisers and reviewing the quality of their deliverables.
• Supporting tax governance, risk management and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Improving controls, documentation, operating procedures and compliance processes across the tax function.
• Collaborating with Finance, Operations, Investment Accounting and investment stakeholders to resolve technical and operational tax matters.

What You'll Need to Succeed
To be successfulin this role, you will be a qualified tax or accounting professional withstrong experience across UK tax compliance and advisory within an investment,property, real estate, infrastructure, asset management or related environment.
You will ideallybring:

• ACA, ACCA, CTA or equivalent professional qualification.
• Strong experience in UK corporation tax, partnership tax, VAT and CIS compliance.
• Background in property, real estate, infrastructure or asset management tax.
• Experience overseeing complex tax compliance processes and governance frameworks.
• Ability to manage and challenge external advisers to ensure high-quality outputs.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the confidence to work across finance, operations and investment teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical tax matters in a commercial and practical way.
• A proactive, collaborative approach and the ability to operate independently in a senior role.

What You'll Get in Return

• Six-month fixed-term contract with immediate impact and visibility.
• Hybrid working arrangement based in London.
• Opportunity to work on a substantial property and infrastructure investment portfolio.
• Exposure to senior stakeholders across tax, finance and investment functions.
• Broad mix of tax compliance, advisory and process improvement work.
• Collaborative and purpose-driven environment with a highly respected in-house tax team.

Apply Now
If you're anexperienced Senior Tax Manager looking for a challenging and rewarding contractopportunity within a leading investment organisation, we'd love to hear fromyou. Apply today or contact us for a confidential discussion about this role.

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