Tax Assistant

RAC have an exciting new opportunity for an Indirect Tax Assistant reporting to the Group Indirect Tax Manager. Based in our Bescot office, working hybrid hours the purpose of the role is to prepare indirect tax filings in the UK and Ireland. With extensive experience working with Excel, you will be required to analyse large volumes of data with the ability to spot trends and issues. Your role will be to help provide continuous process improvement and systems enhancement, feeding back to other teams where necessary.

You will be able to show a high attention to detail whilst working in a fast-paced team running checks, pulling invoices, and working to ensure the accounting system is correctly capturing tax information. Experience in AR, AP or VAT would be an advantage.

What will you do?

• Prepare quarterly UK VAT and IPT returns, and Irish IGL returns, and bi-monthly Irish VAT returns for review


• Prepare the PSA for review once per year


• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations for all the RAC's group's indirect taxes


• Analyse data to support investigation of indirect tax related matters, including the impact of new legislation, business change and quantifying potential claims


• Support the indirect tax manager in forecasting VAT and IPT, process improvement and systems enhancements, undertaking testing of relevant controls for SAO and CCO purposes and on any HMRC enquiries or audits
  
  The successful candidate will have strong excel skills and have evidence of using financial systems, experience of Agresso an advantage


Ideally, the successful candidate will have experience with data manipulation / visualisation tools., AAT/ATT qualification or studying towards a tax or accounting qualification would be an advantage

At RAC, our colleagues go above and beyond to create peace of mind for our members. And we believe in rewarding you in return. As well as a competitive salary, you'll have all these extra benefits:

• Eligibility to join our annual bonus scheme.


• Colleague Share Scheme - a unique opportunity to become an owner of our business and share in the future success of RAC.


• Holidays 25 days & bank holidays.


• Option to join RAC's Group Personal Pension scheme where we will match / contribute up to 6.5% on qualifying earnings.


• 2 x Basic Salary Core Employer funded Life Assurance cover (4 x for pension scheme members) with the option to flex up to 10 x cover through our flexible benefits offering.


• Confidential personal support service, available 24 hours a day every day of the year for you and any family members ages 16+ in your household.


• Car salary sacrifice scheme - after 12 months of employment, where you'll enjoy significant tax savings, including electric vehicle options.


• FREE RAC Ultimate Complete Breakdown Service from Day One.


• Access to Orange Savings, our online discounts portal offering 1000's of savings on high street retailers, supermarkets, holidays, tech and much, much more.