Key requirements

• The role will involve extensive interactions with local CFOs, tax advisors and partners. The ability to communicate effectively and build strong relationships with these stakeholders will therefore be critical.
• Collaborative approach and ability to build strong relationships with PAT team colleagues in London, Belfast, New York and Hong Kong, as well as with colleagues in other teams located across the globe.
• Commercial focus and the ability to understand the interactions between tax issues and wider business considerations.
• Numeracy and an eye for detail.
• Broad knowledge of international tax issues affecting professional partnerships.
• Evidence of strong numeric skills.
• ACA or equivalent accounting qualification.
• Tax qualification (e.g. ADIT or CTA) strongly desirable.
• Personal or Corporate Tax Experience to Senior Manager level

The International Tax Senior Manager is a member of the Partners’ Affairs and Tax (“PAT”) team supporting the Head of International Tax in the management of the global tax affairs of the A&O Sherman grouping.

Role and responsibilities

• Develop a detailed understanding of the tax system in the territories in which A&O Shearman operates and a good working knowledge of the partner payments side of the PAT team’s work.
• Tax risk oversight, including maintaining regular communications with CFOs on new legislation, business changes, tax authority engagement and tax audits, providing support and guidance where appropriate e.g. in managing relationships with external advisors.
• Review of tax return submissions both in relation to legal entity filings and those of individual partners to ensure that these are accurate and in line with expectations.
• Play a key role in the team’s year-end work to produce non-UK tax reserve calculations, tax equalisation calculations and tax related fiscal accounts notes.
• Reviewing ad-hoc tax filings in non-A&O Shearman territories (e.g. India).
• Advising on withholding tax issues and exposures for the firm, both in relation to client transactions and interoffice balance settlement.
• Ongoing review of processes and procedures to identify scope for improvement.
• Regular reporting to the Audit Committee on tax issues and risks and questions of fairness amongst partners in order to facilitate its oversight of the firm’s global tax affairs.
• Advisory, technical analysis and project management work. Recent examples include:
• International tax advice on M&A transactions, including both legal entity and individual partner considerations.
• Advising on tax implications of business travel by partners and staff and on how any risks may be mitigated.
• Responding to ad-hoc queries from partners in relation to their international tax affairs.
• Advising on tax implications of new models for contracting with, and billing clients.
• Intra-group reorganisations.
• Management of work of junior team members.

Key requirements

• The role will involve extensive interactions with local CFOs, tax advisors and partners. The ability to communicate effectively and build strong relationships with these stakeholders will therefore be critical.
• Collaborative approach and ability to build strong relationships with PAT team colleagues in London, Belfast, New York and Hong Kong, as well as with colleagues in other teams located across the globe.
• Commercial focus and the ability to understand the interactions between tax issues and wider business considerations.
• Numeracy and an eye for detail.
• Broad knowledge of international tax issues affecting professional partnerships.
• Evidence of strong numeric skills.
• ACA or equivalent accounting qualification.
• Tax qualification (e.g. ADIT or CTA) strongly desirable.
• Personal or Corporate Tax Experience to Senior Manager level.

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We are an equal opportunities recruiter and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
We recognise that our people are our most valuable asset, which is reflected in the wide range of benefits that are available to our employees. Some of these benefits include: our occupational pension scheme, group income protection cover, private medical insurance, mental health resources and free apps, health and wellbeing services encompassing an onsite gym, wellbeing centre and GP service, emergency back-up care support, parental and special leave, holiday entitlement increasing with length of service, holiday trading, season ticket loans and online discounts and lifestyle management services.
Our approach to hybrid working seeks to combine and maximise the benefits of effective remote working with the benefits of being in the office. Our current hybrid working arrangements require office based working for a minimum of 60% of your time (i.e. three days per week for a full time role) in accordance with our hybrid working policy.