Why Rolls-Royce?

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Tax Manager to join Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance Limited (RRPF) a joint venture company between Rolls-Royce PLC and GATX Corporation comprising of 19 joint venture entities in the UK, 18 entities in the US, 2 in Malaysia, and 1 in China.

RRPF is one the largest spare engine lessors in the world, leasing civil aircraft engines to airlines around the world. In 2015, RRPF also started a serviceable used parts business which has grown significantly. Despite the inquires of COVID-19, we have aspiring plans to continue to grow this business and are well placed to do so.

The Finance team manages the business planning, accounting, reporting and tax for all the entities. It is also responsible for the communication of financial performance to its shareholders.

Joining RRPF, you will be part of a dynamic and fast-moving finance team, within a very agile business, whose primary goals are to ensure and improve financial and management reporting, to ensure all compliance obligations are met and to be effective and trusted business partners to the wider business team. This is a wholistic role covering various aspects of tax and you will be instrumental in shaping and implementing RRPF’s Tax Management Strategy. You will generally work very closely with the Senior Finance Manager and report to the Finance Director.

The size and structure of the organisation means that you could work alongside and communicate with senior management daily.

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into an inclusive culture, one that invests in your continuous learning and development, and gives you access to a wide breadth and depth of experience.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and remarkable benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing:

• Become tax subject matter expert for our business, take care of the tax business processes and to assist the wider business with tax advice on transactions and wider projects.
• Compliance – Take care of RRPF’s UK and international tax compliance processes ensuring that all compliance deadlines are met.
• Expectation is that the Tax Manager will undertake some of the work in-house and ensure external advisers elsewhere and work together with the wider finance team.
• Finance & statutory reporting – Support the wider business in ensuring tax accounting is prepared timely for group reporting and to provide input for disclosures in financial statements.
• Business Partnering – Assist the wider business in providing and coordinating tax advice to support transactions and projects.
• Technical knowledge management – Ensure that in-house tax knowledge is built up and kept updated covering UK (for example long funding leases, CIR rules) and international tax (withholding tax issues).
• Processes – Take care of tax process manuals covering compliance, VAT, Intrastat and to keep them updated, and to be the risk mentor for tax risks.
• Tax Governance – Take care of SAO reporting and to guide senior management around and to monitor current and emerging tax risks such as DAC6 reporting, BEPS.

Job Category: Finance
City: London, Buckingham Green
Country: United Kingdom
Schedule: 15 months fixed term contract
Located Remotely? Hybrid
Relocation? N
Position Type: Tax Manager

Who we are looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These values form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• With 4-5 years post-qualification experience in a tax manager role in advisory or compliance.
• Excellent UK tax technical knowledge including tax accounting.
• Experience in international tax rules and frameworks and experience of advising international transactions.
• Excellent general accounting knowledge and comfortable dealing with multi GAAP environment and US GAAP experience will be beneficial.
• Able to identify and communicate key risks when business partnering and to able to tailor advice and support and to mitigate those risks accordingly.
• Excellent Excel, Powerpoint and other MS Office skills.
• Demonstrable excellent financial modelling skills will be a plus.
• Excellent written skills and able to distil accurately the “story behind the numbers”.
• Excellent team-working, communication skills, commercially astute, can-do attitude and attention to detail.
• Working awareness / knowledge of US tax regulations will be beneficial.
• Knowledge of Sun Systems, Hyperion, Salesforce, and accounts production software (such as Thomson Reuters AP) a plus.
• Leasing industry experience and/or interest in aviation and the airline industry also a plus.
• Qualified chartered tax accountant (CTA) or chartered accountant (CA, ACA or ACCA).

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse team and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

Rewards and benefits

Our people are our power. So, when you join Rolls-Royce, you’re offered more than a salary. You’re given a choice of flexible benefits – everything from life insurance to gym discounts and tax-free cycling.

At Rolls-Royce we help you plan for the future, but also to enjoy today. So we’ve made it easy to set up annual health assessments, dental plans or even to arrange a digital GP appointment – all through the TotalReward platform. You can also choose different levels of private medical care to look after you and your loved ones.

Who we are

Rolls-Royce develops and delivers complex power and propulsion solutions for in the air, at sea and on land.

We’ve designed the world’s most efficient large aero-engine, powered nuclear submarines and enabled land-speed records. We’ve created game-changing engineering solutions for supersonic jets and even supported NASA missions on the edge of space.

Join our journey
Our goal is to make power safer, cleaner and more sustainable.

We have a long track record of pushing technological boundaries and achieving bold ambitions and we’re one of the few global companies best-positioned to shape the future of power and reduce its carbon impact.

Our markets are opportunity-rich. To seize these opportunities, we need to be agile, operationally fit and financially strong. We are transforming our business to achieve this.

Be a part of our journey; challenge the status quo; help us simplify how we work and free us to focus on the things that matter, so that together we can co-create a brilliant future.

Meet our people
Whatever your role, you will contribute to and/or support innovations, products and services that are shaping the future of power and helping to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

Global demand for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) qualified employees continues to grow. Our need to recruit and retain locally based diverse leaders intensifies as our global footprint develops.

Our global Diversity and Inclusion strategy has four key phases: awareness, understanding, application and commitment.

Our goals are to:

• Increase awareness and understanding of all employees of the value of diversity and inclusion
• Build diversity and inclusion into the way we work
• Drive commitment to diversity and inclusion
• These ensure all employees are dedicated to making Rolls-Royce a place where all talent can thrive and succeed.

Additional Requirements

• Excellent Excel & MS Office skills
• Excellent UK tax technical knowledge
• 4-5 years post-qualification experience