Tax Reporting Manager

Tax Reporting Manager

Department: Business Services

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London

Hybrid: 2 days per week in our London Bridge office

About ZPG

The ZPG group consists of the RVU and Houseful Divisions and includes some of the UK’s most well-recognised, trusted, and innovative digital brands. These brands, including , Zoopla, Uswitch, , and Tempcover, aim to empower consumers to make better property and household related decisions. Alongside these household names, ZPG is also one of the leading residential property software and data providers with a range of industry-leading products including, Hometrack, Alto, Calcasa, and many others.

ZPG continues to focus on its goal of providing significant value and an ever-improving experience to customers and consumers. This approach, led by its management teams, is in turn supported by private equity investors, Silver Lake and Red Ventures, each of which provides unique expertise in product, technology, and marketing. This, combined with ZPG’s long-term strategic thinking, enables the Group to make investments and other decisions that might not be possible in a public market context.

About the role

We are looking for an interim Tax Reporting Manager to assist on all aspects of tax accounting, reporting, compliance, and control.

You will join ZPG and assist the Group Head of Tax and Group Tax Manager (together the “ZPG Tax Team”) with all aspects of tax compliance and reporting including, working with advisers to progress corporation tax computations and returns, assist with progression of R&D claims, P11D and PSA reporting, quarterly VAT returns, and manage internal queries. The role covers all taxes (corporation tax, VAT, and employment taxes) within the UK.

• Work with our advisers to progress preparations of corporation tax provisions, tax consolidation workings, R&D claims and corporation tax returns for all our corporate entities
• Calculate CT quarterly instalment payments across the Group
• Work with the ZPG Tax Team to liaise with auditors on all tax-related queries
• Work with the ZPG Tax Team to liaise with HMRC on routine tax-related matters
• Review quarterly VAT returns
• Prepare monthly/quarterly withholding tax filings
• Assist in ad-hoc queries from the business (for example, queries relating to IR35, PSA’s, P11D’s, VAT and withholding taxes)
• Work with our legal and finance teams to reduce the number of legal entities in our group structure
• Prepare, maintain, and monitor tax calendar to ensure that all Group companies’ filing requirements are timely.

The ideal candidate will be ACA qualified (or equivalent) and/or CTA qualified, worked in an in-house tax environment, and have had responsibility for tax reporting and compliance.

If you have:

• Diverse tax experience across all areas of tax
• Responsibility for managing tax compliance in an in-house environment
• Strong communication, influencing, and people skills
• Strong attention to detail, takes full accountability for tasks, and sees things through to the end
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel
• Ability to work to tight deadlines where necessary

We're looking for you!

Our commitment to you

At RVU, we are dedicated to developing valuable, inclusive, and user-friendly products and services that deliver positive outcomes for all of our customers. To achieve this, it’s essential that our teams reflect the diverse range of people in our community. We believe in being the change we wish to see in the world, by embracing our differences and holding ourselves accountable to being open and inclusive teammates and wider community members.

Our culture

Our culture is driven by innovation, collaboration, and a relentless focus on creating real value for our customers. With an experimentation mindset, we challenge the status quo, push boundaries, and embrace continuous learning to stay ahead. Our diverse teams are made up of brilliant people who uplift each other and work together to tackle complex problems. We work with a balance of rigour and urgency so we can learn fast and adapt to change quickly.

We are a company where growth knows no limits and where every person is empowered…