Assistant Tax Manager

Here at Mitchells and Butlers, we pride ourselves on being at the heart of hospitality. With over 1,600 sites we’re the home of some of the nation’s favourite restaurants, bustling bars, cosy country pubs and the local you didn’t know we owned. We have a breadth of household name brands under our portfolio such as Toby Carvery, Browns Brasserie, Harvester and O’Neill’s to name but a few. Think of a brand for any occasion, we’re all about providing moments to remember!

Our Head Office is the heartbeat of our brands and we have a rare opening within our in house Tax Team for an Employment Tax professional to join us and further develop their Tax knowledge within a team of Tax professionals.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Tax Assistant Manager to join us on a permanent basis. In this role you will own and deliver M&B’s employment tax compliance and reporting obligations, alongside supporting the wider business with employment tax advice, including liaison with external advisors as necessary.

In this varied role, you will also liaise with HMRC in respect of employment tax compliance reviews, and assist the Group Tax Manager and Tax Manager with VAT and Corporation Tax compliance and reporting. We are looking for a proactive individual who has an appetite to work across a range of areas within taxation to further develop their technical skills.

In this Office Flexible role, you will be based at our vibrant Head Office in the heart of Birmingham City Centre. Whilst you may not be serving our guests, your support will put smiles on our guests and teams faces. This is the place where we get creative, train our teams and crunch our numbers. We’re all about having fun and creating moments to remember across the nation, our head office is no different!

What’s in it for me?

• Office Flexible working – to fit around the other important things in life   
• Annual Bonus Scheme – We’re all about rewarding the hard work everybody puts in.  
• Private medical plan- to help keep you safe and secure  
• Buy up to an extra 2 weeks holiday – life is for living after all! 
• Love eating out? You'll love it even more with a massive 33% discount across all our brands, so whether its date night at Miller & Carter or family roast at Toby Carvery we’ve got you covered.  

What will I be doing?

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare the PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA) calculations and returns for review by the Group Tax Manager and onward submission to HMRC
• Provide support to the payroll/HR team with annual P11d reporting, reporting of benefits post-retirement, salary sacrifice/optional remuneration considerations and treatment of termination payments
• Completion of annual Short Term Business Visitor reporting
• Completion and submission of the quarterly Foreign Entertainers Return
• Completion and submission of the annual Entertainers Return if required
• Support with the assessment of the IR35 status of off-payroll workers
• Support to property team with obligations under the Construction Industry Scheme
• To work under the supervision of the Tax Manager to provide support in all areas of corporation tax compliance and reporting
• To work under the supervision of the Tax Manager to provide support in all areas of VAT compliance and reporting

What do I need…?

Just like our brands, our teams are diverse. You’ll have…

• Advanced Excel skills
• Excellent Analytical skills
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to work with a high level of confidentiality and integrity

Qualifications

• ATT qualification
• CTA qualified/part-qualified desirable
• Experience in a national accounting practice and/or industry with demonstrated experience of working with employment/payroll taxes
• Experience of working with Corporation tax and/or VAT will be advantageous

Closing Date – 11.59pm on Monday 3rd February 2025