The main responsibility of the Senior Tax Director is to provide strategic leadership and technical oversight across the group's tax affairs, acting as the primary partner and deputy to the Group Tax Director in managing the function's risk profile and operational efficiency. The role is directly responsible for ensuring the integrity of the UK&I, AsiaPac regional tax reporting and compliance while proactively managing complex areas such as transfer pricing, treasury tax, and M&A / divestment structuring.
The management of tax affairs (outside the US and UK) across the group is quite decentralised with heavy reliance on local finance teams. The group tax department currently has 10 permanent heads based in the UK and around 16 in the USA. The head office tax team in the UK comprises;