The opportunity has arisen to recruit a Tax Accountant, based in the central Finance team in the EPUKI Leeds office.
The successful candidate will take responsibility for the high quality and timely preparation of returns and tax-related reporting, covering different legal entities with a wide-ranging degree of complexity. They will work closely with the Finance team, support other areas of the business such as Corporate Finance and Procurement, and liaise with EPH Tax colleagues based in Prague.
Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Tax Manager, the key duties and responsibilities will be:

• Preparation of VAT returns for all UK and Irish businesses.
• Preparation of CIS returns, CIS verifications, CIS deduction statements and RCT returns.
• Preparation of landfill tax and PSA returns.
• Preparation of corporation tax packs and returns.
• Identifying opportunities across a variety of areas to maximise value to the business, for example VAT recovery on pension invoices.
• Preparation of Senior Accounting Office requirements, liaising closely with the Finance Director.
• Proactive involvement in tax system and process improvement projects.
• Supporting on budget and forecast uploads, cashflow forecasting, and completion of group submission as required including responding to queries from EPH.
• Overseeing and tracking external submissions in an accurate and timely manner, including ONS surveys, climate change levy, landfill tax, ensuring these are completed accurately.
• Working closely with Transactions team to ensure processes are tax compliant (e.g. with CIS returns), and identifying cross-team opportunities to maximise efficiency across the Finance function, and across the business where possible.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Background

• Experience in a tax-focussed role, either in practice or industry - essential.
• Good understanding of UK taxation - essential.
• Basic knowledge and application of accounting standards - essential.
• Experience of working in an energy, manufacturing or production focussed environment - desirable.
• SAP system knowledge - desirable.

Behaviours

• Strong excel skills and ability to understand complex models and analysis - essential.
• Effective time management and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks - essential.
• Strong communicator with proven relationship-building skills - essential.
• Confident in undertaking tasks with a high degree of complexity - essential.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) - essential.
• Qualified to degree level or equivalent - essential.

About EP UK Investments Ltd
EPUK Investments Ltd (EPUKI) is the UK division of Energetický a průmyslový holding (EPH), a leading energy group of over 70 companies that owns and operates assets across Europe. EPH group employs circa 24,000 people internationally, owns €30.5bn of assets, generating €37.1bn of revenue and an EBITDA of €4.3bn.
EPUKI was established in 2015 as the strategic platform for expanding the EPH group into the UK energy market. Since launching, EPUKI has made several acquisitions and developed a number of new opportunities and now owns multiple renewable and flexible power generating assets in the UK and Ireland.
EPUKI has grown rapidly to revenues ~£3.5bn and EBITDA ~£300m. We pride ourselves on an entrepreneurial culture and flat leadership structure where individuals (wherever they are in the organisation) can make a real impact on our business.

Our aim is to enable the UK and Ireland low carbon transition through provision of flexible and reliable energy supply. To achieve this, we will:

• develop, construct and acquire the right assets to support the transformation of the energy system;
• invest in our people and our assets to best respond to the changing needs of our sector;
• continuously challenge ourselves to identify opportunities, build our knowledge and develop innovative solutions.

EPUKI is one of the largest independent generators in the UK and Ireland, with an asset base that covers multiple technologies and a range of revenue streams; these include fully merchant baseload and peaking plant and index traded baseload plants, providing a range of system services across the energy and balancing spectrum.
Despite its significant market presence, EPUKI has a flat structure with fast paced decision-making ability enabling better optimisation of market positions. The market continues to evolve and develop as the UK and Irish governments drive towards Net Zero with increasing challenges of renewables penetration, introduction of hydrogen and other new technologies.

• Preparation of VAT returns for all UK and Irish businesses.
• Preparation of CIS returns, CIS verifications, CIS deduction statements and RCT returns.
• Preparation of landfill tax and PSA returns.
• Preparation of corporation tax packs and returns.
• Identifying opportunities across a variety of areas to maximise value to the business, for example VAT recovery on pension invoices.
• Preparation of Senior Accounting Office requirements, liaising closely with the Finance Director.
• Proactive involvement in tax system and process improvement projects.
• Supporting on budget and forecast uploads, cashflow forecasting, and completion of group submission as required including responding to queries from EPH.
• Overseeing and tracking external submissions in an accurate and timely manner, including ONS surveys, climate change levy, landfill tax, ensuring these are completed accurately.
• Working closely with Transactions team to ensure processes are tax compliant (e.g. with CIS returns), and identifying cross-team opportunities to maximise efficiency across the Finance function, and across the business where possible