Tax Assistant

FORESTRY COMMISSION, Broomhill, City of Bristol

Tax Assistant

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FORESTRY COMMISSION, Broomhill, City of Bristol

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 21 Jun | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: de389cd39a80437c95ab4377eddcb025

Full Job Description

What you'll do…
This is an exciting new role, giving the successful candidate plenty of opportunity to make their mark!
You will assist the Tax Accountant in daily tasks and will be responsible for monthly routines. Other tasks will be of a supportive nature and on an ad-hoc basis.
The role will focus on areas of tax such as VAT, the Construction Industry Scheme and IR35., + work closely with the Tax Accountant and assisting in a variety of areas of tax
+ You will need to acquire an understanding of Forestry England's commercial/non-business/exempt
+ activities from a VAT perspective and apply this knowledge in differing situations
+ work on your own initiative on the task at hand and be able to question anomalies with internal stakeholders
+ run the necessary reports from our finance systems as and when required on a timely and monthly basis i.e. to enable the production of the VAT return
+ investigate VAT coding errors arising from the transaction reports used for the VAT return which have been reported by the Tax Accountant
+ manage the Forestry Commission's Contractor CIS return on a monthly basis by reconciling the CIS accounts and investigating any discrepancies ensuring the CIS monthly return is accurate for the onward
+ submission via the CIS gateway, ensuring all sub-contractors receive their CIS statements on routine and timely basis
+ Government Procurement Cards journal production by reviewing and amending transactions accordingly on a timely basis
+ ensure transactions coded to the COS VAT codes are correct and comply with COS legislation
+ other compliance nature duties such as maintaining pool vehicle mileage logs and reporting on cases of private use
+ maintain and reconcile the Duty Deferment Account on a monthly basis and providing the Tax accountant with the necessary information for import VAT recovery on the monthly VAT return
+ maintain the IR35 Database to ensure continual compliance and ensure periodic reviews happen on a timely basis
+ create journals as and when required
+ ad-hoc support to the Tax Accountant
+ and any other tasks reasonably requested by your line manager, We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Making Effective Decisions
+ Changing and Improving
+ Working Together
+ Delivering at Pace, You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.
You will be assessed on a technical skill and strength based questions during your interview.
The Behaviours being assessed at interview are -
+ Making effective decisions.
+ Changing and improving.
+ Working together.
+ Delivering at pace.
Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.
If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.
Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

Apply and further information
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Previous experience in a finance team is preferred along with a good understanding of double entry bookkeeping.
Previous experience in a public sector environment is also desirable but not essential., + competent IT user with experience in MS Office suite of applications
+ experience with financial systems
+ a good level of communication skills including writing concise and clear emails to various internal stakeholders

Alongside your salary of £32,089, Forestry Commission contributes £9,296 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides., Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension. You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.
+ 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year's service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
+ STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
+ free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
+ a commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.
Read more about the benefits on the Forestry England website.

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