Compliance and Reporting - Director

Corporate Finance Group, Inc. (“CFGI”) was founded in 2000 by former Big 4 professionals. CFGI is an established industry leader with the resources to successfully navigate today’s complex accounting, reporting, compliance and tax landscape. An assemblage of top‐flight professionals with in‑depth public accounting expertise, CFGI can fulfill a variety of client needs without the restrictions of auditor independence. With a foundation of knowledge amassed while serving a variety of industries, CFGI is able to guide companies through a wide range of routine and complex business scenarios.

The resulting partnership is an innovative resource with the power to address our clients’ most crucial accounting, finance and operational challenges.

We provide our clients with a unique combination of integrity, flexibility, creative solutions, and deep tax technical expertise. Many of our clients are global, market‑leading, publicly held companies, while others are privately held, early‑stage, or venture‑backed emerging businesses. Here at CFGI, we place a high value on a culture of continued learning, where teamwork is encouraged, and professional excellence is rewarded.

In 2022, CFGI opened its London office (its first outside the US) and achieved fantastic revenue in the first full year of trading, primarily derived from the accounting advisory practice. In January 2023 the UK tax practice was formed and the UK tax partner is looking to quickly assemble a high‑quality team of tax professionals to grow the tax business and provide clients with an exceptional and differentiated service.

CFGI seeks a highly motivated tax director to join its UK tax team. This role will provide a fantastic opportunity for an individual who is driven, entrepreneurial and constantly looking to challenge the status quo around the UK tax services industry.

• Involved in all aspects of UK corporate tax (advisory, compliance, reporting and governance) with direct interaction with both our clients and senior members of the UK tax team.
• Provide tax advisory work such as loss planning and utilisation, tax implications of trade and asset transfers, interest deductibility; cash tax modelling exercises; group simplification exercises; tax structuring for client transactions.
• Advise on immediate post‑acquisition tax actions, refinement, bolt‑ons, group simplification and reorganisation; tax compliance‑related advisory (interest deductibility, anti‑hybrids, transaction costs); exit readiness and exit support.
• Oversee preparation and submission of UK corporation tax returns; design and implement a UK corporation tax compliance service offering; manage day‑to‑day client relationships.
• Deal with tax reporting and governance matters as required.
• Engage in business development activity to grow the UK tax practice and CFGI brand, including: drafting proposals, participating in sales processes, identifying tax opportunities across CFGI UK and US service areas, supporting UK opportunities for US clients, and identifying additional revenue streams.

Knowledge:

• Significant experience of scoping, leading and managing UK tax advisory projects.
• Experience on UK transactions and involvement in diligence and structuring (buyout or bolt‑on).
• Experience of the UK tax return preparation process with understanding of interest deductibility, hybrid mismatches, loss utilisation.
• Knowledge of UK tax accounting and reporting under IFRS and UK GAAP.
• Experience managing HMRC tax enquiries.
• High level knowledge of non‑corporate tax areas such as VAT, payroll taxes and share schemes.
• Knowledge of cross‑border tax matters – transfer pricing, BEPS Pillar 2, country‑by‑country reporting.

Skills:

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and tax software packages.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills for clients and team members.
• Strong organisational, multi‑tasking and deadline‑management abilities.
• Accurate analytical, supervisory and written & verbal communication skills.
• Accountable for independently completing assignments.
• Collaborative with a range of technical backgrounds and roles.
• Analytical problem‑solving with creativity, practicality and sound reasoning.
• Integrity, accountability, flexibility, adaptability, coaching‑acceptance, strong relationship building and continuous professional development.

Qualifications:

• Seven plus years corporate tax experience, ideally in a Big 4.
• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA) required; additional tax qualification (CTA) strongly desired.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analysing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgement. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.

Director Compliance
• London, England, United Kingdom