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Finance Associate – Tax & Compliance

Glascoed
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Job Title: Finance Associate – Tax & Compliance

Location: Glascoed, Wales. Preston, Lancashire or Frimley, Surrey will also be considered with a requirement to travel to Glascoed approximately once or twice a month. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £48000

What you’ll be doing:

Manage and maintain operational tax processes within the Finance Shared Services team

Support VAT, CIS, and Corporation Tax activities as a subject matter expert

Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, compliance, and control

Maintain accurate process maps and documentation, ensuring regular reviews and updates

Leverage automation tools, including RPA, to streamline tax-related processes

Monitor regulatory and system changes to keep processes current and compliant

Test and validate system upgrades impacting tax functionality

Provide training and guidance on tax processes and system developments to team members

Your skills and experiences:

Proven experience in tax operations, with solid knowledge of VAT, CIS, and Corporation Tax

Experienced in process improvement, documentation, and enhancing operational efficiency

Highly organised with excellent time management and attention to detail

Effective communicator, confident in delivering training and support

Professionally qualified accountant (e.g. ACCA, CIMA, ACA) preferred

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Finance Team:

Join a dynamic and collaborative Finance Shared Services team where innovation and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything we do. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly organised, process-focused Tax Operations Process Subject Matter Expert to play a pivotal role in shaping the way we manage tax-related activities. You will be central to enhancing accuracy, compliance, and efficiency across key areas including VAT, CIS, and Corporation Tax. Working across multiple enterprise resource planning systems, you will lead efforts to standardise processes, ensure documentation remains up to date, and provide training and guidance to team members. With a focus on improvement, you will also explore ways to use technology—such as robotic process automation—to optimise performance and support the ongoing development of our tax operations.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 12th June 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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