International Tax and Accounting Consultant

7 months ago


Belfast, United Kingdom Allen & Overy Full time

**International Tax and Accounting Consultant**

We have an exciting new opportunity for an International Tax and Accounting Consultant to join the A&O Shearman Belfast office.

**A&O Shearman**

A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with 48 offices in 29 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.

We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world’s leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.

Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimise your wellbeing.

What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.

**What you will do**

As an International Tax and Accounting Consultant, you will be responsible for the management of the international tax compliance affairs of both A&O Shearman and its individual partners for around one third of the territories in which A&O Shearman operates on both an accurate and timely basis, including accounting for tax reserves and tax payments.

You will also be involved in ad hoc international tax projects such as tax equalisation schemes, transfer pricing, deferred tax calculations, and structure related modelling.

**What you will do**
- Liaise with international offices and external advisers to provide data for completion of tax returns for A&O Shearman and individual partners.
- Attend meetings with global finance managers and external advisers as necessary.
- Involvement in annual budgeting process.
- Handle internal and client withholding tax queries & liaising with global finance teams.
- Prepare Double Tax Relief (DTR) calculations for annual UK tax return filings for individual partners.
- Liaise with Allen & Overy finance teams globally to reconcile and ensure accurate posting of international tax payments.
- Involvement in year end work processes, including setup of international tax reserves, tax equalisation calculations, accounts disclosures and account reconciliations.
- Ongoing management of individual partner international tax reserves including foreign currency aspects, deferred tax calculations, reconciliation and subsequent clearout.
- Involvement in other ad hoc projects as necessary e.g. transfer pricing and financial modelling for business change initiatives.

**What you will have**
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to liaise effectively with staff based in other offices (including other members of the Partners’ Affairs & Tax team based in London and Hong Kong) as well as external advisers.
- Enthusiastic, pro-active, persistent, robust, commitment to "getting the job done".
- Able to work effectively using own initiative and as part of a team.
- Strong numeracy and IT skills, including knowledge of Windows, Excel and Word and the ability to adapt to using unfamiliar software packages. Particular emphasis is placed on experience of Excel.
- Strong time management skills - ability to multi-task, prioritise, manage and critically review large volumes of data.
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Proven ability to provide a high level of 'client service'.
- Accounting qualification or equivalent relevant experience
- Personal or corporate tax compliance experience would be beneficial but is not a prerequisite for the role.

**What we can offer you**

We recognise that our people are our most valuable asset, which is reflected in the wide range of benefits that are available to our employees. Some of these benefits include: our occupational pension scheme, group income protection cover, private medical insurance, mental health resources and free apps, health and wellbeing services encompassing GP service, emergency back-up care support, parental and special leave, holiday entitlement increasing with length of service, holiday trading, online discounts and lifestyle management services.



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