Rutherford Briant are recruiting for a Head of Tax based in Suffolk. This is a rare opportunity with a leading business in the area. As the Head of Tax, you will be responsible for the Groups corporation tax planning, reporting and compliance obligations. Managing a small team, you will also be developing and maintaining relationships of internal stakeholders as well as 3rd parties. Typical duties; Manage the corporate tax (CT) profile of the UK Group, including modelling and providing updates to key stakeholders to ensure optimisation of the group position. Oversee the preparation of the Group's CT tax returns including reviewing the computations for the largest companies. Oversee the CT tax accounting for the Group, including the review of quarterly tax accounting for the largest companies. The tax accounting work includes input to statutory accounting, global group accounting and tax accounting concepts in solvency calculations. Prepare reports justifying recognition methodology of significant DTAs across the group, including managing and resolving audit questions arising on these. Prepare and distribute papers for Quarterly UK Tax Steering Committee highlighting key tax issues for the UK group, and attend Committee meetings. Manage tax related litigations, providing information to legal teams, monitoring costs, providing progress updates to management and providing analysis to Tax team to enable implementation of final judgments. Manage UK aspects of the group project on Transfer Pricing, including reviewing and modifying existing processes, educating UK personnel on requirements, ensuring consistent processes for transactions not part of Group project. Review proposed direct tax legislative changes (consultation documents, draft legislation, enacted legislation), prepare papers explaining the impacts for Senior Management, prepare feedback to industry groups for lobbying purposes, educate the Tax team on implications, ensure processes are developed to enable full compliance with new legislation. Maintain links with Investment & Treasury and Pensions teams including attendance at regular liaison meetings Provide tax analysis and advice and identify financial impacts of proposed business developments and maintain the profile of Group Tax. Management of 5 Direct reports The ideal candidate will be a Qualified accountant or Tax adviser, with extensive technical tax knowledge and have a commercial approach to the application of that knowledge. You will possess strong accounting knowledge (UKGAAP & IFRS) and at least 4 years post qualified tax experience. You will also be able to demonstrate strong managerial skills.