THE ROLE

The Central Tax Team are responsible for providing strategic tax advice, implementing tax policies, managing tax risk and ensuring / monitoring adherence to tax compliance obligations across the International firm.

This role will be based in Sheffield.    

The Tax Assistant will prepare the income tax, capital allowances and corporation tax computations for the UK and Irish partnerships and provide cover and support when the Senior Tax Assistant and Tax Accountants are unavailable.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Income tax computations:

  • Monthly review of tax sensitive expense accounts

  • Review and analyse year end accounts

  • Analyse general ledger accounts in detail

  • Fully prepare the UK and Irish income tax computations

  • Obtain all necessary backup documentation for files

• Capital allowances computations:

  • Review and analyse fixed asset movements

  • Analyse movements into relevant categories of expenditure and obtain all necessary backup documentation for files

  • Prepare the UK and Irish capital allowances computations

  • Reconcile all movements to the notes in the final accounts

  • Prepare schedules for QS reports

• Corporate taxation:

  • Prepare corporation tax computations for certain UK and Irish companies

  • Calculate payments on account each quarter (if required) and any balancing payment on finalisation

  • Prepare tax accounting notes for inclusion in the statutory accounts

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

• Possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, coupled with the ability to influence, negotiate and persuade

• Be able to demonstrate a flexible and collaborative personal working style

• Be able to build and maintain strong relationships across all levels within the organisation

• Have the interpersonal skills to work as part of a larger team to deliver seamless services to the partnership

• Have strong planning and organisation skills

• Be comfortable multi-tasking and working to conflicting timescales and multiple priorities in a robust and fast-paced environment

• Be able to balance a high volume of work and deliver consistently high quality work under pressure

THE FIRM

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world.  We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering  practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

OUR VALUES

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

Be Supportive - we care about others, value diversity and act thoughtfully

Be Collaborative - we give, we share and we join in

Be Bold - we stand tall and challenge ourselves to think big

Be Exceptional - we exceed standards and expectations

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

At DLA Piper we are working hard to ensure that our talent pool is diverse. For us, diversity isn't just about visible differences, it's the unique blend of talents, skills, experiences and perspectives that makes each of us an individual. 

We know it's crucial to have a culture and environment where those differences are genuinely valued and that's why we strive to be a business where everyone can thrive, develop and succeed based on their talent.  Our aim is to build an inclusive and supportive culture where all our people feel they belong and can achieve their best.

AGILE WORKING 

We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly.  That's why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.

PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING 

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits, we may conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers.