Head of Tax Reporting, Aberdeen
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Senior and Expert level
Edinburgh
London
Savings & investment company
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Savings & investment company
1001+ employees
B2BInvestingFinancial Services
Be an early applicant
Salary not provided
Senior and Expert level
Edinburgh
London
1001+ employees
B2BInvestingFinancial Services
Company mission
To enable its clients to be better investors.
Role
Who you are
- ACA/CTA qualified or equivalent at senior manager or director level
- Strong UK corporate tax background with exposure to international issues preferred
- Experience in financial services or a large corporate group an advantage
- Experience of finance transformation projects or development of tax systems an advantage
- Strong analytical skills – with a natural curiosity and confidence to proactively question and dig deeper if information does not make sense
- Excellent communication style and a collaborative mindset to aid establishing and maintaining effective working relationships across stakeholders
- Strong data management skills with an attention to detail
- Adaptable and enjoys a dynamic, rapidly changing working environment
- Commercial Mindset – Demonstrates an understanding of how the organisation creates value and uses this insight to make decisions that support long‑term performance. This includes ensures that work, projects, and advice directly support organisational strategy and contribute to sustainable growth
- Meaningful Impact – Delivering work that positively influences people, performance, and the wider organisation by focusing on outcomes. This includes building trusted relationships with stakeholders, enabling the ability to challenge constructively and steer conversations toward impactful solutions
- Experience with working with third parties to drive transformation change and experience with data will be advantageous
What the job involves
- The Finance function, led by the Chief Financial Officer, is structured into four specialist teams and three commercially focused business units supporting interactive investor, Adviser, and Investments
- The function is further enabled by a dedicated Finance COO Office, ensuring operational excellence and strategic alignment
- The Tax function is one of those specialist teams, led by the Tax Director who leads all tax-related matters across the group, operating as a global specialist function to ensure compliance, efficiency, and strategic tax planning
- The Tax function is located predominantly in Edinburgh and London
- The function comprises teams covering Tax Reporting, Advisory and International, Public Markets Tax, Private Markets Tax and Indirect and Operational Taxes
- This role sits within the Tax Reporting team reporting to the Tax Director
- Indirect and Operational Taxes is a highly cross‑functional area that works closely with both client‑facing teams and a wide range of non‑finance functions across Aberdeen’s three business divisions Investments, Adviser and ii
- There are three SMEs in this team which you would be managing
- You will be responsible for leading the provision of a comprehensive corporate tax reporting and compliance service to support the UK and international business
- This is a key role in both the Tax and broader Finance function ensuring robust tax governance, accurate reporting and compliance whilst also driving process evolution and adaptation
- The role will be supported by a team and will also play a key part in shaping the strategic direction of the Tax function more widely, overseeing risk management practices, contributing to leadership development and role modelling the organisation’s values and behaviours
- The role holder will be required to develop a good understanding of how the business operates and work with a wide range of other business areas to ensure that tax is effectively managed across the organisation
- The role will also require the individual to develop strong working relationships with advisors and other external suppliers
- The successful candidate will have the autonomy to refine and enhance existing processes and to design new ones that keep pace with both our business and evolving global tax legislation
- Lead the reporting and forecasting of taxes across Aberdeen
- Lead the oversight of tax compliance activities for the Aberdeen corporate entities and support the relationship with HMRC and other tax authorities
- Oversight of group-level filing requirements including Pillar 2, CBCR and CIR
- Ensure the effective application and development of the tax risk and controls framework for the business together with supporting governance and reporting requirements
- Oversight of business management activities for the tax function
- Supervision and development of team members providing applicable feedback, coaching and guidance
- Work closely with other senior tax colleagues to ensure consistency of approach, sharing of knowledge and effective risk coverage for the business globally
- Develop thorough understanding of Aberdeen business operations to ensure that all relevant risks and requirements are addressed
- Understand best practice and ensure industry representation for Aberdeen as appropriate with external stakeholders including applicable industry bodies
- In conjunction with other senior members of the tax team, review and develop the tax strategy for the business
Application process
- End Date: March 6, 2026
Our take
Aberdeen, formerly known as Standard Life Aberdeen and Abrdn, is a global investment company helping its clients to save and invest for their futures. It operates three businesses - Investments, Adviser and Personal - and has been operating since way back in 1825.
Nowadays, atop its investment and advice services, the company delivers two platforms for financial advisers. The first, Wrap, enables users to build and manage portfolios for each client. The second, Elevate, encompasses a suite of tools for advisers to save time and make sure their clients are informed.
Over the years, the company has continued to improve its offering, for example by making it simpler, more data-led and to require less admin. This suggests that Aberdeen is keen to keep pace with tech developments across the investment space and position itself as an innovator.
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Company benefits
- Salary sacrifice pension arrangement
- Private health insurance
- Life Assurance
- 40 days holiday if you work full time
- Dental insurance
- Health assessments
- Critical illness cover
- Will writing
- Power of attorney
- Financial Guidance and Advice
- Holiday buy
- Discounted gym memberships
- Cycle to work
- Interest free season ticket loan
- Electric car lease scheme
- Travel insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Share Plans
- Give As You Earn (GAYE)
- Volunteering
- Long service awards
- Subscription to Interactive Investor
- Subscription to Finimize
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Supportive parental leave policies , delivered regionally (e.g. 26 weeks paid leave in UK for primary and secondary caregivers)
- Employee discount site
- Discounted parking
Company HQ
Edinburgh New Town, Edinburgh, UK
Leadership
Jason Windsor
(CEO)Previously CFO at Persimmon Homes, Group CFO at Aviva and was the Managing Director of Morgan Stanley.
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