Tax Specialist

Tax Specialist – Corporate Tax and Transfer Pricing

Our Corporate Tax and Transfer Pricing teams are right at the heart of what we do. Surrounded by some of the best Tax specialists in the industry, you’ll bring your own ideas to the business - helping to shape the experience of our customers as part of a forward-thinking team.

As a Tax Specialist, you will have an integral part by collaborating and supporting the team across a variety of corporation tax and transfer pricing areas. We are on a continuing growth journey in our international markets, so the tax team is also growing to deliver against an ever-changing external legislative background and from continued business expansion into new markets and new products. With an exciting business expansion planned throughout Europe and the US, you will be guaranteed variety in this role! Our solutions-focused team aims to keep things simple and provide pragmatic advice to the business while ensuring we meet our compliance requirements.

What You’ll Get

The world is changing and it’s important we support our colleagues. People are at the heart of what we do at Primark so it’s essential we provide the right environment for you to perform at your best. That’s why we offer benefits that put you first

Some of our benefits are:

1. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays, and if you want, you can buy 5 more.
2. Flexible Working, opportunity for an early Friday finish, and a subsidised cafeteria.
3. Primark Perks – Discounts with some local partner businesses to our offices

What You’ll Do:

In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

• Support the Manager and the tax team with the corporation tax compliance cycle and ensure that all requested information is provided to external advisors in order to prepare local tax returns in a timely manner. Review draft tax returns and related documents to support tax manager with tax return finalisation.
• Work closely with the Financial Reporting team on the preparation and review of tax charges and tax notes/disclosures for all statutory financial statements.
• Support tax reporting to our shareholder, ABF plc, for budget, forecasts and year-end, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of information provided.
• Keep up to date with changes in tax law and practice across all jurisdictions that may be relevant to Primark.
• Prepare filings and documentation for compliance with transfer pricing obligations.
• Support the tax manager with tax audits across all countries.
• Support with tax and technology projects.

What You’ll Bring

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• Tax qualification (AITI, CTA or equivalent)
• Accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CPA or equivalent) desirable.
• 3+ years of relevant experience
• Highly organised and detail-orientated, possessing the ability to effectively prioritise projects and deliverables whilst meeting deadlines set by management.
• Commercial awareness with the ability to demonstrate a sound knowledge of wider business factors.

Ready? Good - because we can’t wait to see what you can offer. You’ll be joining a team of diverse, passionate, and talented individuals where you’ll truly belong, collaborating on projects that will shape the future of our industry. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or another one, and our recruitment team can determine where your skills may fit in at Primark.

Apply to be part of our future, and we’ll help you develop yours.

If you need any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility requests, during your recruitment journey, such as extended time or breaks between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, mobility access, or assistive technology please contact your talent acquisition specialist.

All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference education and for some roles criminal, and financial checks. If you have any concerns please reach out to our talent acquisition team to discuss.

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