Assistant Tax Accountant

We need an Assistant Tax Accountant to join our Finance and Business Management team at Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE).

This is an exciting time to join us as we begin working towards updating the weapons on all of the submarines in the UK CasD programme. We require amazing people to support the programme, this could be you.,

• Monthly business rhythm, including Balance sheet reconciliations, tax payments and submissions across all taxes.


• Ensuring compliance to internal controls and external deadlines


• IR35 panel discussions and determinations


• Supporting AWE's global mobility programme


• Supporting the annual R&D tax credit and corporate tax exercise
  
  Qualified AAT or ATT as a minimum, Working towards a relevant professional membership, or qualification through experience.


• Working knowledge required of UK income tax, corporate tax and indirect tax.


• Strong organisational skills to manage processes and workload to high level of accuracy within tight timeframes.


• Experience of operating within an internal control framework is not essential, but would be desirable.


• Able to break down problems into meaningful parts and come to rational and well-thought out conclusions.


• Experience of developing stakeholder relationships.


• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.


• Attention to detail and accuracy.


• Interested in process improvement.


• Internally motivated to seek out answers, generate ideas, and develop new skills.


• Strong excel skills.
  
  AWE has been voted one of the best 25 big companies to work for this year. We offer a great package of benefits and career development as well as:


• Every other Friday off


• Pension contributions between 9% to 13%


Take a look at our benefits on our careers site.