Senior Analyst - Tax

This is a broad tax role combining tax, data and AI, with exposure across multiple tax disciplines. No previous tax experience is needed, just strong analytical skills and a willingness to learn.

Reporting to a UK Tax Manager, this is a mixed tax role for an existing tax professional or an accounting or finance professional looking to broaden their experience into tax. It combines hands-on exposure to corporation tax, VAT, employment taxes and financial reporting with opportunities to build on strengths in controls and data. The role will also provide opportunities to gain experience in process improvement, automation and AI-enabled ways of working to improve how a major UK tax function operates. The successful candidate will be supported by experienced colleagues across the tax and finance functions.

This role will be based out of Warwick, and we’d hope to see you at least two days per week but you’re welcome to be in the office more often if that would work best for you. We’re happy to discuss any additional flexibility in working patterns or requirements that you feel could help to make this job work for you!

What You'll Do

Corporation Tax

• Assist the external advisor with UK corporation tax computations and returns, with appropriate review and support.
• Assist with year-end tax reporting, including tax accounting inputs, journals, reconciliations and supporting evidence.
• Help gather and review information for tax calculations, disclosures and statutory reporting.
• Assist with quarterly tax forecasts and instalment payments.
• Help maintain the corporate tax general ledgers in SAP and the provisioning software (Longview), including journal entries.
• Support senior colleagues with routine HMRC correspondence and information requests.

VAT and Other Indirect Taxes

• Support the preparation and review of VAT returns and related reconciliations, including checking the underlying data.
• Help maintain the VAT general ledgers in SAP, including journal entries.
• Help resolve routine VAT queries with finance and business teams.
• Assist with other indirect tax compliance or advisory support where required.

Employment Taxes

• Support employment tax reporting, including Directors' Remuneration, PAYE Settlement Agreements (PSA) and Short-Term Business Visitors (STBV).
• Liaise with payroll and finance colleagues to support timely and accurate compliance.

Data & Technology

• Support tax data management and help design, test and adopt automation and AI solutions, including validating outputs and controls.
• Extract, reconcile and analyse data to support compliance, reporting and decisions, improving data quality and reducing manual effort.
• Support process documentation and help identify opportunities to simplify, automate or improve tax processes.

Year-End Business Support

• Support the tax team through the year-end close period including support with entity level inputs, consolidation and disclosure activities
• Support with US SOX controls
• Work collaboratively with the wider finance team and other stakeholders to meet deadlines

What You'll Have

• Fully Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc).
• Strong analytical ability and a willingness to build tax knowledge.
• Some exposure to tax, accounting or financial reporting.
• Strong numeracy and financial literacy preferably with an accounting or tax related professional qualification
• Practical knowledge of UK tax or the ability and motivation to develop it quickly.
• Curiosity about how automation and AI can improve tax processes, controls and decision-making.
• Good technology skills and a willingness to work with data and learn new applications and technologies.
• Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain outputs to a potentially non-tax or non-finance audience.
• Energised by working collaboratively across a team and across wider business projects
• Self-starter capable working off own initiative and at pace when required.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At National Grid, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

What You'll Get

Up to £60,000 depending on experience.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to several flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

Further Information

The closing date for this vacancy is Midnight 18 November 26, with interviews due to take place w/c 23 November 26 onwards. We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

About us

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business

Inclusion and Diversity is not just about race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. It is about our employees who wake up every day to serve our 20 million customers. At National Grid, we aim to create an environment where everyone is welcomed for who they are and where our differences are not only accepted but are celebrated. We understand the value that a diverse team can add to our organisation and that is why we model inclusive behaviour starting with senior leadership. National Grid utilises the insights of our employees that come from all different cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs to better serve our customers and communities who are in the fore front of everything we do.

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