Location:
Bedford
Category: Tax
Schedule (FT/PT): Full Time
Travel Required: No
Shift: Day
Potential for Telework: No
Clearance Required: Other Clearance

Job Description:Summary responsibilities

The Branch accounting and tax manager reports into the Financial Controller and is responsible for international branch accounting, controlling, reporting and tax. The role works closely with the Tax manager and statutory accounting and compliance team, as well as external tax advisors and outsourced service providers.

The role is a senior position in the team, and is expected to proactively drive process improvements and provide guidance and advice to the business whilst ensuring compliance with tax requirements.

The role is designated as a non-office based position.

Key

responsibilities:

Indirect tax

• Responsible for the timely and accurate preparation of branch (including Ireland, Turkey and India) VAT and sales tax returns, in some cases using outsourced service providers
• Review transactions and returns to ensure appropriate VAT coding
• Maintain appropriate branch VAT coding process framework and oversee compliance
• Work with external tax advisors to resolve VAT points, including international VAT flows
• Point of contact for branch tax authority queries and issues

Direct tax

• Prepare branch tax return information packs for submission to external tax services provider
• Work with external tax services provider to review and finalise branch Corporation tax returns
• Primary point of contact for the Leidos US tax team
• Point of contact for branch tax authority queries and issues
• Support 2020 CT return process

Local statutory accounts and other compliance filings

• Work with outsourced service providers to ensure all required branch filings are prepared and submitted accurately and on time
• Develop system processes to maximise efficiency of return preparation

UK Statutory accounts

• Responsible to the preparation of the SD&A UK Ltd statutory accounts and audit process
• Support transition and close out for 2019 and prep for 2020

Branch controller

• Develop standard playbook for establishment of new branches
• Act as lead for new branch establishment activities and support tax manager to identify opportunities
• Work closely with the business and functions to ensure international branch activities are compliant with local regulations and Leidos policies and procedures
• Point of contact for branch related issues
• Month end close activities for branches, including review and analysis of results
• Support on transfer pricing compliance
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations for branch tax related general ledger accounts. Ensure branch tax balances in the general ledger are accurate and supportable, and reconciliation items are dealt with timely.

External Referral Bonus:IneligiblePotential for Telework: NoClearance Level Required: Other ClearanceTravel: NoScheduled Weekly Hours: 37.5Shift: DayRequisition Category: ProfessionalJob Family: Tax
Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defence, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 38,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $11.09 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2020.

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