Tax Director

I''m working on a broad in-house tax leadership role sitting within a sizeable privately-held business. The mandate spans day-to-day compliance ownership through to shaping the group''s longer-term tax governance and risk posture, a genuine mix of technical delivery and strategic input.Governance and RiskBuild out and embed a robust tax governance and controls framework group-wideRun periodic risk reviews to surface exposure areas and tighten controlsOwn reconciliation between tax filings, management accounts and statutory reportingTake the lead on tax disclosures within the group''s statutory accountsCompliance and HMRC RelationshipHold end-to-end responsibility for corporation tax, VAT, CIS, withholding tax and property tax compliance across a multi-entity structureAct as the group''s main contact for HMRC - enquiries, disclosures, compliance reviewsTake a hands-on role on the more technically complex or higher-risk filings, while overseeing the rest across all entitiesStrategic and Transactional InputSupport MandA activity, refinancing and group restructuring from a tax angleFeed into tax planning work - capital allowances, group relief, loss utilisation, interest restriction rules, deal structuringTrack legislative and case law developments and translate the impact for the businessWork closely alongside the CFO, finance leadership, and external advisers on significant mattersPeople and InfluenceLine manage and develop a junior tax team memberDeliver tax training across ..... full job details .....