Senior Specialist Tax Accountant

Job Description

OverviewSenior Specialist Tax Accountant Bring your ideas. Make history. BNY Mellon offers an exciting array of future-forward careers at the intersection of business, finance, and technology. We are one of the worlds top asset management and banking firms that manages trillions of dollars in assets, custody and/or administration.Known as the "bank of banks" - 97% of the worlds top banks work with us as we lead and serve our customers into the new era of digital. With over 238 years of rich history and industry firsts, BNY Mellon has been built upon our proven ability to evolve, lead, and drive new ideas at every turn. Today, were approximately 50,000 employees across 35 countries with a culture that empowers you togrow, take risks, experiment and be yourself. This is what #LifeAtBNYMellon is all about. Were seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Specialist Tax Accountant to join our UK Legal Entity Controllers team. This role is located in Manchester, Hybrid. In this role, youll make an impact in the following ways:

• This is an ideal role for a qualified accountant with post qualification experience and an interest in tax accounting. The UK LEC team have adopted a centralised approach to tax accounting such that this role manages the process for each of BNY Mellons30+ UK banking and asset management entities. The role acts as a contact point between key stakeholders including the Tax team, US Finance, and the external auditors.
• The Senior Specialist Tax Accountant, with training and support from the Tax team, will become a subject matter expert in the requirements for both UK corporation tax and VAT accounting and reporting. They should have a broad range of experience in generalaccounting process activities. They should be able to understand the tax accounting flows of the UK entities, maintaining a robust control environment and providing high quality reporting to stakeholders. In co-operation with the Tax team, they will be responsiblefor ensuring compliant tax accounting processes in accordance with IFRS and US GAAP requirements and that the associated general ledger tax account balances are complete and accurate.
• The role looks to drive efficiency, standardisation and a robust control environment for tax accounting and associated statutory and regulatory reporting implications. This includes maintenance of controls documentation for processes such as Sarbanes Oxley.The candidate will also ensure the efficient operation of routines which identify risks to the process and that the key controls mitigating those risks are operating effectively.
• The successful candidate could also benefit from further professional tax qualification opportunities which the team could support, although this is not a requirement for the role.

To be successful in this role, were seeking the following: Qualifications and experience

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA or equivalent) with relevant years post qualification experience.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, particularly IFRS and US GAAP.
• Work experience as a Tax Accountant beneficial, but not required.
• Oracle Cloud experience desirable, but not required.
• Experience of the OneSource Tax Provision system desirable, but not required.
• Excellent PC skills (MS Excel in particular).
• Experience of a fast moving, highly controlled, multi-national / functional organisation.

Core competencies

• Adaptable, flexible and proactive.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to establish and develop effective relationships.
• Good decision maker, responsible and accountable.
• Deadline driven with effective time management skills.
• Stakeholder orientated and results focused.
• Highly motivated, fast learning, proactive, with an ability for problem solving.

At BNY Mellon, our inclusive culture speaks for itself. Heres a few of our awards:

• Fortune Worlds Most Admired Companies & Top 20 for Diversity and Inclusion
• Bloombergs Gender Equality Index (GEI)
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion , Disability: IN - 100% score
• 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, Fast Company
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 100% score Corporate Equality Index
• CDPs Climate Change A List

Our Benefits: BNY Mellon offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your lifes journey. Focus on yourhealth, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves that can support you and your family through moments that matter. BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/AffirmativeAction Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans. Human Resources - MyHR Employer Description: For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create,trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the worlds financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helpingclients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and morethan 100 markets. Its the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: careers.