Corporate Business Tax Manager

Division
:
General Counsel and External Relations

Location
:
United Kingdom, London

Employment Type
:
Permanent

Closing Date
: 20 March 2026

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British International Investment (BII) is the UK’s leading development finance institution, wholly owned by the UK Government. Our primary mission is to address global development challenges through strategic investments that promote sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

BII focuses on catalysing economic development, creating jobs, and building resilient economies in some of the world's most complex and underserved markets. We invest in businesses and projects that prioritise inclusive development, environmental sustainability, and innovation.

Our approach is characterised by rigorous investment standards, high governance principles, and a commitment to delivering measurable development impact. Our team consists of highly skilled and passionate professionals dedicated to making a tangible difference globally.

We foster a collaborative and intellectually stimulating work environment that values curiosity, innovation, and professional growth. Our culture balances high performance with a strong emphasis on wellbeing, ensuring our employees can achieve their full potential while contributing to our mission.

BII at a glance:

• Over 75 years supporting sustainable business growth in developing and emerging markets
• More than £9.9 billion in net assets
• 1,600+ businesses invested in
• 950,000+ workers in the businesses we support
• 650+ people in our diverse global team

BII’s tax function sits within BII’s Legal & Tax team and is split into two specific divisions:

• The Investment Business Tax division whose focus is to advise on the tax risks and implications of transactions undertaken by BII;
• The Corporate Business Tax division whose focus is to manage the direct and indirect tax affairs of the BII group of companies.
• This opportunity is within the Corporate Business Tax division.
• Whilst the successful candidate will report to BII’s Group Head of Tax, they will, necessarily, work closely with their fellow colleagues within the Tax team as well as BII’s Investment and Legal teams.

This role offers a highly skilled, well experienced tax practitioner an exciting opportunity to design and implement transformative tax planning, compliance and risk‑governance systems for an interestingly unique global business, across dynamic emerging markets with active tax authorities. The right candidate will have the commercial nous and interpersonal skill to develop a robust understanding of BII’s business model so that BII’s tax affairs are managed appropriately in contributing to the delivery of its broader strategic objectives.

Leading a team of two, the Corporate Business Tax Manager will be responsible for ensuring that the Corporate Business tax team maintains best‑in‑class tax risk governance systems, allocates resources across competing objectives efficiently so that BII meets all its obligations efficiently across the following domains:

• Assists the Group Head of Tax in designing risk management framework to evaluate and monitor key tax risks for the business and develops appropriate risk management controls and processes.
• Assists the Group Head of Tax raise awareness of global tax developments across the wider BII business.
• Acts as a tax business partner on international tax issues including providing advice on BII’s international growth strategy and to plan and manage direct tax exposures in relation to permanent establishment risk and transfer pricing.
• Develops and manages relationships with key personnel within the business and ensures they understand the strategy and to guide behaviour within controls framework.

• Responsible for monitoring, evaluating and reporting key global tax risks for the business with suggested risk management controls and processes for Group Head of Tax.
• Oversees and manages the direct tax compliance and financial reporting obligations undertaken by the broader team for BII and its…