VP - Tax Manager

As a Tax Manager, you will be responsible for managing the end-to-end tax reporting and compliance processes, supporting the development and maintenance of a robust tax risk control environment, and providing ad hoc tax advice to Barclays businesses and functions. You will build and maintain collaborative working relationships with Tax and Finance teams across multiple offices and geographies.

The scope of tax coverage will include corporation tax, transfer pricing, value-added tax, withholding taxes, etc.

The ideal candidate will have senior tax experience with a CTA qualification and be fluent in both English and German. Exposure to various tax areas including corporation, transfer pricing, and VAT is desirable.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is deemed a Controlled Function under the Central Bank of Ireland Fitness and Probity Regulations and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Purpose of the Role

To provide both corporate and indirect advisory and compliance tax services to business areas in specific jurisdiction(s).

Accountabilities

• Management of tax risks arising from the bank’s business activities, investments, and financial transactions, and development of tax risk management strategies to mitigate potential tax liabilities and protect the bank’s financial interests and reputation.
• Analysis of complex tax issues to support tax planning strategies, compliance matters, and risk management initiatives.
• Liaising with tax authorities and resolving legacy tax risks.
• Identification and assessment of potential tax risks associated with complex transactions (including potential mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring) and development and implementation of tax risk mitigation strategies to minimize the potential impact.
• Stakeholder management to ensure that tax requirements and the associated risks are understood and appropriately managed, including reputational risks with tax authorities and external stakeholders.
• Analysis of relevant developments in tax law to ensure the impact on Barclays is understood and appropriately managed.
• Preparation or review of relevant tax returns in accordance with applicable tax law and agreeing compliance positions with the tax authorities.
• Preparation or review of tax accounting calculations and disclosures in accordance with applicable accounting standards for group forecasting, reporting, and stress testing.
• Design and operation of tax process controls to ensure tax risk is appropriately managed and tax treatments can be supported.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes. Lead specialists to influence departmental operations, aligning with strategic and tactical priorities while balancing short and long-term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviors to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviors are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energize and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• For individual contributors, be a subject matter expert within your discipline and guide technical direction. Lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identifying the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialization to complete assignments. Train, guide, and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long-term profits, organizational risks, and strategic decisions.
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, supporting the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls related to your team’s work.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of organizational functions to contribute to achieving business goals.
• Collaborate with other areas of work for business-aligned support to keep up to speed with business activity and strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Seek out, build, and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge, and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

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