Job Description

What you'll bring to the team

Group Tax Advisor

Location: London, Basingstoke or Poole

We are recruiting for a Group Tax Advisor, to join our awesome Group Tax Team!

As a Group Tax Advisor, you’ll be a key member of a global tax team, working across regions to support corporate tax compliance, reporting and strategic advisory work. Reporting to the Group Tax Manager, you’ll play an important role in ensuring the Group meets its global tax obligations accurately and efficiently.

You will take the lead on UK corporation tax compliance and contribute significantly to group tax reporting under IFRS, working closely with finance teams, external advisers and auditors. Your work will help deliver robust reporting, forecasting and governance across the Group.

Beyond compliance, you’ll act as a trusted business partner, advising on transactions and projects such as M&A, restructurings and refinancing, supporting transfer pricing and BEPS Pillar 2 initiatives, and helping identify opportunities to optimise tax outcomes. You’ll also drive process improvements, strengthen controls and build tax awareness across the organisation.

Qualifications & Experience

• Recognised accounting and/or tax qualification (e.g. CTA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Strong corporate tax experience, ideally within a multinational group or large advisory environment
• Good working knowledge of group and entity tax reporting under IAS 12 / IFRS
• Experience preparing or reviewing UK corporate tax returns and managing adviser relationships
• Exposure to group tax forecasting, ETR calculations and statutory tax disclosures
• Transfer pricing knowledge, including policy development and compliance documentation
• Experience with BEPS initiatives (e.g. Pillar 2 and public country-by-country reporting) is an advantage
• Confidence partnering with finance, treasury and international stakeholders
• Ability to manage risk, maintain governance frameworks and lead compliance processes (e.g. SAO)
• Strong analytical, communication and influencing skills
• Highly organised, proactive and able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery
• Experience with ERP and reporting tools (NetSuite preferred), MS Office and Alteryx

Benefits

• 40% discount off LEGO® sets and products on the online LEGO Store!
• Merlin Magic Pass: 20 free tickets for you, your family and friends to enjoy all of our Merlin Attractions across the world!
• 25% discount in Merlin retail shops and restaurants (a brilliant extra treat when you’re using your Magic Pass to visit!)
• Staff discount codes for Merlin Annual Passes to gift to loved ones!
• Private pension scheme
• Life assurance scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Access to Perks at Work which 30,000+ national & local employee discounts
• Ongoing training & development

About Merlin

A job with Merlin isn’t like a job anywhere else. With attractions around the world, from rollercoasters to wax figures, we don’t trade in suits, handshakes or briefcases. We trade in fun. In smiles, shrieks and spine-tingles. In Memories. In magic. But there are no tricks behind our magic. Instead, there are people like you. Passionate, dedicated people who are committed to making sure our worldwide attractions and guests’ experiences are the best they can be.

If you have any questions or if you require any reasonable adjustments, because of a disability or medical condition, please contact us by email at recruitment@merlinentertainments.biz and one of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.

Pay Range

Competitive