Tax Finance Analyst

We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: Castorama, B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Dépôt and Koçtaş - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher, our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our office, located in Kraków. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles, even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.

We also offer a competitive benefit package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career: 

• Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dentalcare) for you and your family

• Medicover sports card (Fit&More package)

• Life insurance financed by the employer

• 30-minute lunch break included in the 8-hour working day

• Work in a highly professional and stimulating atmosphere

• Training & Buddy programme that will allow you to quickly adapt to your new role

• Wellbeing programme for employees

• Co-financing of monthly tickets for the public transport in Krakow

• Comfortable working environment in the office and the possibility of home office

• Language courses, accounting courses, access to LinkedIn Learning and the possibility of co-financing studies and certification

• Employee referral programme

What's the job?

The role is responsible for delivering structured analytical and process-driven finance support, specifically for the Kingfisher UK Tax Team. The individual will prepare, compile and reconcile information for recurring monthly reporting, half-year and year-end deliverables, compliance processes, and intercompany support. 

Routine tasks - UK and Ireland focus 

• Preparation of monthly journals relating to tax, and associated balance sheet reconciliations

• Fixed asset analysis across UK companies

• Preparation of Profit and Loss account mapping files for UK companies

• Analysis of UK corporate expenditure to support accurate classification, reporting and review

• Preparation of internal forms for half-year and year-end reporting purposes

• Support preparation of additional statutory, regulatory or internal reporting schedules as required

• Support management charge process between UK companies and overseas entities
  

Routine tasks – Group reporting focus 

• Perform monthly Group management account reviews for control purposes

• Monthly review of interest charges to support Group reporting

• Preparation of certain disclosures for non-complex statutory accounts

• Support preparation of certain half-year and year-end reporting adjustments

• Support calculation of the quarterly UK corporate income tax payments on account

• Country-by-Country Report data collation

• Manage annual intercompany balance reconciliations process 

What you'll bring

Skills and experience 

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to reconcile, compile and validate finance data

• High attention to detail and ability to work to timetable-driven deliverables

• Eagerness to work within a global finance environment, developing knowledge and experience of core accountancy processes, reconciliations, financial controls, and data analysis

• Confident Excel user with experience handling mapping files, reconciliations and structured schedules

• Ability to coordinate with finance, tax, and reporting stakeholders