Supporting the business and our divisional offices, our Head Office functions cover all departments from our Executive Board through to our support functions such as Group Design and Technical, HR, Health and Safety, IT, Sales and Marketing, Commercial, Procurement, Group Finance, Corporate Affairs, as well as Legal and Company Secretariat. We also have a specialised function – Barratt Partnerships.
While the work varies from team to team, our key requirements don’t: you must be well organised, extremely helpful and resourceful, and able to use your initiative. You’ll understand that what you do is important, and impacts on your team, the department, and the wider business.
You will be responsible for the Indirect Tax affairs of the Group, ensuring compliance with legislation and driving opportunities for tax efficiency. Land acquisition for residential development is complex and the numbers are large. You will play a key role providing advice on transactions and supporting colleagues across the business.
Business partnering will be critical to the success of this role, integrating tax into day to day business operations to drive value. You will be given autonomy and have the opportunity to make the role your own. This is a key position in the Tax team and an excellent opportunity to make an impact at a FTSE 100.
VAT, SDLT and CIS compliance
- Submit the monthly VAT returns for all Group VAT registrations, including JVs.
- Deal with tax authority queries, ensuring VAT liabilities/repayments are paid/received on a timely basis.
- Calculation of the partial exemption and capital goods scheme annual adjustments.
- Oversight of the SDLT and CIS position of the Group.
- Oversight of the monthly CIS returns reporting and payments to HMRC.
- Provide support to the business finance teams to ensure compliance and efficiency.
- Transformation of the tax compliance processes using technology to improve quality, insight and efficiency.
Advisory
- Leading and owning the indirect tax strategy of the Group.
- Providing commercial advice on the VAT and SDLT consequences of complex land transactions, often working under time pressure.
- Leading from an indirect tax perspective on projects e.g. set up on new JV entities.
- Responsibility for the Group Tax Mailbox, dealing with queries promptly, offering a high-quality service to colleagues across the business.
- Dealing with CIS queries from the business.
- Owning and driving key tax issues relevant to the sector, representing Barratt Redrow externally.
- Actively identify and implement operational tax efficiencies and savings as well as process improvements.
- Managing the relationship with external advisers and dealing with tax authority queries and correspondence.
- Monitoring changes in tax legislation, advising on the impact and taking action to ensure compliance.
- Monitor indirect tax risks as part of compliance with SAO and CCO obligations. Ensuring tax risks are managed with appropriate controls, policies and procedures in place.
- Ensuring tax requirements are built into system changes with appropriate controls in place.
- Partnering with teams across the business to ensure tax is integrated into business operations and decision making, building close working relationships.
- Providing tax training to the business.
- Supporting the Tax team in other tax areas as required.