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Team: Group Tax Team

Location: Hub Based - Hybrid for all

Salary banding:  £48,230 - £60,000

Experience: Expert

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to: Direct Tax Lead

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: : Expert, Optimiser, Diligent

Top 3 qualities for this role: Organised, Attention to Detail, Driver

Where you’ll work:

Depending on the needs of your business area, we expect hub based people to be in the office at least once a week, and to go to OVO Connection events in-person. 

You’ll be assigned to the closest one of our three hub offices, Bristol, Glasgow, or London; unless your role requires field-based work. Each hub has accessible spaces to park your laptop, is designed to inspire people, help them connect and bring big ideas to life.

Everyone belongs at OVO:

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet:

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

We might not be on the frontline of people’s zero carbon journey, but the Tax Team plays a pivotal role within our finance function, directly contributing to the company's sustainable growth and overall strategic objectives. Beyond compliance, this team is crucial in safeguarding and optimizing our financial position, enabling investment, managing risk, and fostering a strong reputation.

This role in a nutshell:

You will be responsible for all Employment Tax matters for the OVO Group to help ensure we meet all our regulatory tax requirements, manage risk and maximise the value of the Tax Team across the business. 

Your key outcomes will be:

• Working closely with OVO’s People, Reward, and Payroll teams to review all relevant processes in the business and ensure robust controls are in place. 
• Ensure the Group’s processes and controls are documented adequately, including to support compliance with the Senior Accounting Officer regime.  
• Manage all employment tax aspects of employee benefits, working particularly closely with Reward as new benefits are introduced. 
• Provide advice & monitor controls in respect of employment status considerations for OVO’s workers and suppliers (eg, IR35, umbrella, outsourced).
• Provide advice and support for the transition to the mandatory payrolling of benefits.
• Be the point of contact with HMRC for employment tax matters, including leading our response to questions and queries from HMRC.   
• Preparing / managing employment tax filings (PSA, EFURBS, ERS)
• Reviewing & developing processes in relation to employment tax filings to drive  improvements.
• Preparation of returns & providing advice in relation to the Construction Industry Scheme regulations.
• Provide guidance in respect of compliance with NMW
• Provide ad hoc advice to the business for new initiatives, projects or as and when required.

You’ll be a successful Employment Tax Manager here at OVO if you…

• CTA qualified
• Significant experience of managing employment tax matters and associated risks in a large corporate environment.
• Ability to work independently.
• Organised and thorough in approach with a keen attention to detail and willingness to dig and proactively investigate to resolve problems.
• Comfortable with proposing, initiating and driving change and supporting this by implementing processes. 
• An ability to communicate (verbally and in writing) and present tax information to non tax colleagues with clarity. 
• An ability to build relationships with a wide range of internal stakeholders
• Enjoy working in a changing environment.

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you:

We’ll pay you between £48,230 - £60,000, depending on your specific skills and experience.

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. 

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay. We'll give you 9% Flex Pay on top of your salary – 4% of this is auto enrolled into your pension, and the remaining 5% is yours to do what you like with. You can use this to buy from our extensive range of flexible benefits, including our green benefits which we've put at the heart of our offering, add to your pension or even take it as cash.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: 

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays). For your healthWith benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and moreFor your wellbeingWith gym membership, travel insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, dental insurance, and more For your lifestyle With extra holiday buying, discount dining, home & tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donationsFor your home  Get up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan, plus great discounts on solar, smart thermostats and EV chargersFor your commute Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes, yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!

If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible.