Job Introduction
Listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, MJ Gleeson plc is one of the fastest growing housebuilders in the UK. The Group has a strong financial position and a unique business model with continued opportunities for sustainable growth.
The Group comprises 2 trading divisions, Gleeson Homes and Gleeson Land. Gleeson Homes specialises in low-cost house building, providing new homes in the North of England and the Midlands for the people who need them most. Over 80% of our customers are first time buyers and around two thirds are key workers. 4 out 5 of our homes are built in the most deprived areas of the UK. Gleeson Land specialises in promoting land, securing attractive residential planning consents on land mainly in the South of England, which is supplied to other housebuilders to meet their increasing need for high-quality consented sites.
Due to continued rapid growth across the business, a new role has been created for a Group Tax Manager. This role reports to the Group Financial Controller as part of a highly skilled and professional Finance team. This key role will be responsible for the management of Group taxes and the tax control environment.
Role Responsibility
- Developing and maintaining tax accounting procedures and controls for the Group
- Working with external tax advisers to ensure the Group is tax compliant in all areas
- Project lead working with external tax advisers on areas such as:
- VAT / CIS / Payroll taxes health checks
- Land remediation relief claims
- Corporation tax for accounts and returns
- Reviewing and submitting CIS and VAT returns
- Maintaining up-to-date SAO certification and tax strategy
- Ensuring best practice tax reporting and disclosures
- Main point of contact for tax queries across the Group
- Developing and delivering tax training to the business
- Ad hoc projects / analysis as required
The Ideal Candidate
Key Skills:
- Strong communication skills – ability to communicate tax information in a meaningful way to a range of stakeholders
- Self-motivated to help drive the tax agenda for the Group, take ownership for the tax work and manage own workload to hit deadlines
- Project management skills – lead tax projects, including coordination with other departments outside Finance
- Attention to detail and quality – drive a high-quality culture at all times as part of a of a highly motivated, professional finance team
Candidate Profile:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CTA)
- 3-5 years of tax experience
- Would suit a first-time mover from practice into industry
- Knowledge of VAT in housebuilding context would be helpful
Package Description
- Generous holiday entitlement of 26 days per annum + bank holidays
- Choice of company car or car allowance
- Discretionary Bonus Scheme
- Holiday Buy Back Scheme
- Company Pension Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance Scheme
- Healthshield membership
- Life Assurance Scheme
- The opportunity to join our Share Purchase Plan upon completion of a year working with Gleeson
Why Gleeson?
Gleeson is the best housebuilder in the UK, we are changing lives by building affordable, high quality homes where they are needed for the people who need them the most. At £130k our average selling price is half that of other housebuilders and this is what sets Gleeson out from the rest. We achieve this by working collaboratively, employing passionate individuals and are respectful to all our employees, customers and subcontractors.
Gleeson is a listed PLC valued at over £0.5 billion with a share price growing 14% pa over the last five years and is the most highly rated housebuilder on the stock market. Gleeson is a highly profitable business with ambitious growth plans and is poised to continue growing at a rapid pace. Dynamically led by the strongest management team in the sector Gleeson are delivering high margins, higher growth and have the cash resources to continue growing. To support this growth we are looking for ambitious, results driven individuals with a desire for progression to join our ever expanding team.
As an employee of Gleeson you will not just be an employee but a member of the Gleeson family, a collaborative team that treats each other with respect. Here at Gleeson we are passionate about developing and supporting our employees to work to the best of their potential and encourage progression from within.