About LPPI (-%About LPPI)

One of the key priorities at LPPI is ensuring that our people work every day in an empowered, supportive, diverse and inclusive culture. Practically, this means recognising and valuing the uniqueness of every individual in terms of background, experience, beliefs and circumstances. This starts with the recruitment process, where we partner with agencies who share our common goal and advertise on a variety of job boards to access the broadest spectrum of candidates. And once successful applicants are on board, we trust our people to work in the way that works best for them which typically involves a mix of office and home working plus an engagement model to ensure frequent two-way feedback.

We are very proud of our culture at LPPI and the benefits it brings to both our people and the business. But don’t just take our word for it! Recently, we invited our entire workforce to describe in three words what is great about us and they said - our people, flexibility and collaboration.

If you would like to join a company that is inclusive and forward-thinking, please read on.

Role Purpose (-%Role purpose)

Reporting into the Head of Financial Control, the role is to deliver high quality, efficient finance and accountancy service to the organisation and its customers and act as a key point of liaison for tax in relation to the companies.

The role encompasses the supervision of the daily/monthly reporting requirements of the accounting operations, including Accounts Payable and Cashflow Monitoring for both LPPI & LPP the holding company. This is to ensure the control framework is appropriate, regularly reviewed and improved and to manage the development of the team.

Provide a lead on tax compliance and the engagement with external advisors and HMRC. Provide tax advice that complies with current legislation while optimising the tax recovery and minimising any tax liability for all LPP group entities.

Key Responsibilities (-%Key responsibilities)

· Responsible with the Head of Financial Control for the delivery of a robust control environment.
· Management and development of the Financial Controls team including 3 direct reports comprising qualified and part-qualified accountants.
· Responsible for delivery of the month end reporting process, ensuring that all delivery deadlines are met.
· Responsible for the development of financial controls to ensure robust control environment in the spirit of continuous improvement.
· Responsible for the delivery of a comprehensive Cashflow Forecast, that is proactively managed with ongoing reviews.
· Responsible for the Accounts Payable function. Implementing appropriate controls and practices to ensure the function is operating efficiently and is fully streamlined.
· Responsibility for ensuring the external audit timetables are adhered to, key deadlines are met, and audit queries are dealt with promptly and in line with best practice.
· Responsibility for ensuring all internal audit requirements, management action points and key deadlines are met.
· Responsibility for the preparation and submission of annual corporation tax returns for group companies, and any other miscellaneous tax returns.
· Responsibility for the preparation of tax disclosure notes for the UK corporate entities.
· Responsibility for the submission of the quarterly VAT returns and annual adjustment under the Partial Exemption Special Method calculation. Provide VAT technical support to the finance team.
· Provide technical support to People and Culture on employee tax issues
· Responsibility for the annual PSA submission to HMRC
· To be key point of contact for all tax issues for HMRC, external tax advisors and the finance team.
· Responsibility for supporting the team’s development, to actively coach and inspire, listening with curiosity and building an inclusive environment.

Requirements for the role (-%Requirements for the role)

· Qualified accountant with minimum 3 years post qualification experience.
· Additional qualification as Chartered Tax Advisor beneficial.
· Candidate will have existing team management responsibilities.
· Highly organised with demonstrable ability to meet strict deadlines.
· Highly developed analytical skills with the ability to present arguments to support and/ or challenge a proposal.
· Confidence in handling and interpreting complex numerical data and presenting in a clear and concise manner.
· Effective communication skills including the ability to influence and build good working relationships at all levels both internally and externally.
· Good level of numerical, analytical and report writing skills including a working knowledge of MS office tools to assist in the communication of key messages and to facilitate discussions and decision making.
· A proactive, self-motivated team player who has the ability to manage a high personal workload with multiple deadlines and continually strive for improvements in quality, efficiency and presentation.
· Candidates need to have demonstrable experience with all tax compliance matters (VAT as well as direct tax) and dealing with external tax advisors including HMRC.
· Experience in Financial Services Industry is advantageous.
· Ability to use commercial tax return preparation software to produce the annual computations/tax returns.

Reasonable adjustment will be made to working arrangements to accommodate a person with a disability who otherwise would be prevented from undertaking the work.