Grow with UTB

This is a hybrid role – 3 days in the office (City of London location) and 2 days working from home.

Role Purpose: 

 To be the Finance team lead on tax related matters and support the Financial Control team on technical accounting and year end reporting.

Responsibilities:

• Manage all tax related matters including: Annual Corporation Tax returns / Quarterly VAT returns / R&D claims / Senior Accounting Officer notification

• Maintain UTB’s Tax Policy, Tax Strategy and Tax Risk Register and their annual review cycles
• Prepare responses to any HMRC queries or reviews
• Be UTB’s relationship manager with external tax advisors
• Contribute to the preparation of accounting reviews, analysis and memos for management including the Financial Review Committee, Audit Committee, Management Committee and Board
• Assist Head of Financial Control and Finance Manager with the production of the annual statutory accounts
• Monitor changes in tax legislation or accounting standards and aid impact assessments for UTB
• Support business growth through review of tax and accounting implications from new products
• Monitor controls within Financial Control processes, including periodic testing, suggested improvements and highlighting where risks may lie or have changed
• Responding to any related internal or external audit queries
• Support Finance team with process segregation where necessary e.g. Access Expense Admin role

Skills and Experience sought:

• Qualified accountant minimum two years’ post qualified experience
• Relevant tax related work experience (preferable within Financial Services)
• Highly organised and methodical with perseverance to see tasks through to completion
• Ability to prioritise a number of different tasks at once
• High attention to detail and for spotting errors and discrepancies
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Be a self-starter working both independently and as part of the team

UTB is a dynamic and expanding specialist bank that provides solutions to our customers and brokers, which help them achieve their ambitions. Recognised as being one of the most dependable and well-respected Specialist Banks in the UK, we were delighted to see our balance sheet exceed the £2bn mark in 2022.

Exceptional customer service and the ability to provide rewarding deposits accounts and flexible lending solutions have helped us to develop productive and enduring relationships with our customers. We understand that their success is our success and that the quality of our people and teams, is key to delivering special outcomes for them.

We also understand that the performance of our people is directly linked to the culture in which they work. There is a strong sense of community at UTB and as well as promoting a clear set of internal values, and providing a wealth of facilities for training, personal development, and team building, we run a busy and varied calendar of engagement and social activity. Typical recent examples include: Pizza Lunch Days and Coffee Catch-ups; London Marathon and Sahara Challenge Sponsorships; Success Sharing and Value Awards; and Awesome Autumn social events ranging from Theatre Trips, Cocktail Mixology, and Cookery Classes, to Go-karting, Mini Golf and Clay pigeon shooting.

• competitive salary and bonus package.
• matched pension contributions up to 7%
• 26 days annual leave plus two wellbeing days and opportunity to purchase additional holiday
• flexible and hybrid working
• private medical insurance via Vitality
• life, income protection and critical illness insurance
• enhanced family leave pay
• extensive learning and personal development opportunities
• electric car scheme and cycle to work scheme
• season ticket loan
• wellbeing support – discounted gym membership, employee assistance programme, 24/7 private GP access for staff and their immediate family (online), 1:1 key life stage coaching

Thank you for your interest in our current vacancy. Please click the link below to complete your online application.

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