Job Description
Job Description
Tax Manager
London
Full time
Position Summary
As Tax Manager, you will join a dynamic, fast-moving finance team within RRPF, a JV business of Rolls-Royce that focuses on aircraft engine leasing. Your primary objectives will be to ensure compliance obligations are met, manage and improve tax processes, and act as a key and trusted partner to the wider business.
This holistic role covers various aspects of tax, VAT and transfer pricing across multiple jurisdictions, and is instrumental in shaping and implementing RRPF’s Tax Risk Management Strategy. You will report to RRPF’s Director – Financial Reporting & Tax and will regularly work closely with the wider finance team and regularly interact directly with the JV’s senior leadership such as RRPF’s CEO and CFO.
What you will be doing:
- Manage UK and international direct and indirect tax compliance, ensuring all deadlines are met. This includes performing some work in-house, managing external advisors, and collaborating with the finance team.
- Manage the forecast of RRPF’s direct taxes liabilities and payments.
- Manage tax for group reporting and provisioning and provide input for financial statement disclosures.
- Own and update tax process manuals for compliance, VAT, Intrastat and act as control owner for tax risks.
- Develop and manage RRPF’s tax risk register, oversee SAO reporting, and advise senior management on current and emerging tax risks.
- Assist with providing tax advice on regular business transactions and ad hoc projects.
- Build and maintain in-house tax knowledge, covering UK (e.g., long funding leases, CIR rules) and international tax (e.g., withholding tax issues, closing locations).
Position qualifications and essential skills:
- Qualified chartered tax accountant (CTA) and chartered accountant (CA, ACA, ACCA) with post-qualification experience in a tax manager role (advisory or compliance). We will also consider strong candidates that are at Tax Assistant Manager level looking to step into the Tax Manager role.
- Strong UK tax technical knowledge, including tax accounting.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent written and spoken communication, able to distil the “story behind the numbers” and ability to see the “big picture”.
- Ability to prioritise and juggle competing priorities and deadlines.
- Solution oriented, collaborative and supportive team-working mindset and a positive can-do attitude.
Desirable experience and skills:
- Strong general accounting knowledge. Experience of working with multi-GAAP environment will be beneficial.
- Experience in managing tax audits process.
- Experience with international tax rules and advising on international transactions. Working knowledge of US tax regulations will be beneficial.
- Ability to identify, communicate, and mitigate key risks when working with and advising other parts of the business.
- Ability to navigate finance and ERP systems independently. Familiarity with Sun Systems, Hyperion, Salesforce, and accounts production software will be beneficial.
- Advanced skills in Excel, PowerPoint, and other MS Office applications. Financial modelling skills will be beneficial.
- Experience or interest in the leasing, aviation, or airline industry.
Why join Rolls-Royce?
At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting, and connecting people everywhere.
By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.
Regional Benefits
- Generous Annual Leave
- Retirement Savings through the Rolls-Royce Retirement Savings Trust
- Group Life Assurance provides for a lump sum benefit if you die whilst employed by Rolls-Royce
- Group Income Protection provides an income in the event that you are unable to work due to illness or injury
- Your Shares: Matched is a simple way to own Rolls-Royce shares and invest in our future, together. Buy one share, get one free! Rolls-Royce | Your Shares: Matched
- Digital GP provides a convenient way for you to access GP consultations
Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient, and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.
Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.
Closing Date: 07/07/2026
As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.