Description

Photobox connects customers to what's great in their life. We remind people of the amazing memories they've experienced with the people they care about, and inspire them to make more. We help people create the world's most personalised products.

Headquartered in London, Photobox operates across 10 countries, with main markets being UK, Germany, France, and Spain.

The group can trace its history back to the early 2000s, with the near-simultaneous founding, in the UK and France, of two similar photo-printing businesses; Photobox and Photoways. The two companies merged in 2006 and adopted the Photobox brand. In time the Group acquired the Poster XXL brand in Germany and Hofmann in Spain.

Today, Photobox, Hoffman and posterXXL are household names with a large base of loyal customers. The market is growing and leveraging towards more mobile and app engagement and Photobox is at the forefront of this growth improving customer user experience and digital creation experience across each channel and continuing to drive product innovation and stand out quality.

We're a place for self-starters and free thinkers. We thrive on each other's passion for delivering amazing customer experiences, never standing still and constantly challenging the status quo.

What You'll Be Doing

The role reports to the Group Tax Manager, working alongside other Group Finance colleagues, and the successful candidate will provide advice and support to internal stakeholders (accounting, finance and broader business) to ensure compliance in all areas of tax.

Each territory where the Photobox Group is present (UK, FR, ES, DE) sells into multiple jurisdictions, and therefore this is a wonderful opportunity for a motivated individual that is willing to be exposed to a broad range of tax areas covering both direct and indirect tax.

As a result, a degree of understanding of both corporate tax and VAT is required. You will also be supporting the transfer pricing fulfilments to ensure that both group and local documentation is kept up to date on an ongoing basis. You will assist the Group Tax Manager in tax planning for ad-hoc projects, including M&A should this arise.

Main Activities Will Include

• Corporate Tax - support the Group Tax Manager for UK and International CIT processes, including:
  
  • Manage documentation and calculations needed for corporate tax compliance (including, review of tax packs, Corporate interest restriction calculations, PIK notes etc).
  • Deal with external tax advisors to prepare and finalise UK corporate tax returns, and R&D tax claims.
  • Provide advice and guidance to the accounting teams and to the business around corporate taxes.
  • Work with the business to implement and review corporate tax control framework for SAO compliance.

• Transfer Pricing - assisting the Group Tax Manager on the Transfer pricing compliance including:

• Indirect tax - assist in managing UK and International VAT processes, including:

• Tax audits: assist the Group Tax Manager in preparing documentation requested during tax audits.
• Tax accounting: assist with tax accrual calculations and tax notes for the annual report at year-end.
• Ad hoc projects: working with the Group Finance team and the business on various ad hoc projects.

Requirements

• 2-3 years post qualification experience (ACA or CTA), preferably within a Big4 tax team or in-house.
• Experience in UK corporate tax compliance and good understanding of VAT and indirect tax will be a preference.
• Good understanding of accounting fundamentals.
• Keen desire to learn a variety of tax processes and significantly broaden your experience.
• Proficient in MS Excel and working knowledge of other MS Office software.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Able to identify and work towards resolving, process inefficiencies.
• Effective communicator.
• Initiative and confidence.

Benefits

A taste of what to expect

• Our awesome home in Farringdon - Herbal House - is a real 'wow' moment. It reflects our drive and ambition to make even more moments real for our customers; With loads of natural light, spaces to collaborate that support our ways of working plus great neighbourhood bars & restaurants we're proud to call it home
• Regular socials, engagement activities, drinks, treats and plenty more - and you can be as involved in as little or as much as you'd like
• 25 day Annual leave (excluding Bank Holidays)
• Private Medical Insurance
• Private Dental plan
• Contributory pension scheme
• Gym Discounts
• Life Assurance that pays out x4 salary
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Interest free travel loan
• Cycle2Work scheme
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous credit to spend on our products