We are Uisce Éireann. Every day, we are responsible for the delivery of secure, safe, and sustainable water services for the people of Ireland. As Ireland's national regulated water utility, our vision is a sustainable Ireland where water is respected and protected, for the planet and all the lives it supports.
Our purpose at Uisce Éireann is to rise to the challenge of delivering transformative water services that enable communities to thrive. That means we are proud to take on the responsibility of protecting our water supply and passing on a safe and secure water system to a rapidly growing population and empowering Ireland's social and economic growth.
We are passionate about empowering our people, enabling them to make a positive impact on communities across Ireland. We are guided by a shared vision and purpose, grounded in values that define who we are and shape how we work, where we deliver for customers and communities, we work better together, we do the right thing, we aim high, and we keep each other safe. Our behaviours define how we interact, communicate, and succeed together. These values and behaviours apply to each one of us, across every role, location, and level.
Our goal is to attract and develop skilled and talented people from diverse backgrounds, who bring a dynamic range of expertise and insights to our work. With a strong, values-driven workforce, we ensure Uisce Éireann can continue advancing Ireland's water services and meeting the needs of the communities we serve for generations to come.
The Role:
The Financial Control and Planning Function is responsible for the high-quality management of statutory and regulatory financial information and ensuring that the highest level of assurance and service on the organisation's finances is provided to senior and operational management, shareholders, financial agencies, regulatory authorities, and the public. The function oversees the management of UÉ's liquidity, investments, funding, cash management, reporting activities and financial risks and is responsible for developing and maintaining best in class treasury processes, procedures, and control environment. Additionally, the teams drive the corporate planning, budgeting and forecasting, and all related activities for Uisce Éireann and are accountable for the development, refinement and analysis of short and long-term forecasting models across the organization as well as tax compliance, strategy and planning.
The Finance area within Uisce Eireann ensures effective financial management of the organisation and provides the expertise, services, and information to support the business in achieving its required business outcomes, including supporting the financial and information requirements of Uisce Eireann. The Corporate Finance Team develop the Finance and Management Accounting areas of Uisce Eireann and deliver high-quality management, statutory and regulatory financial information and ensure that the highest level of assurance and service on the organisation's finances is provided to senior and operational management, to shareholders, financial agencies, regulatory authorities and the public. They are also responsible for developing Uisce Eireann's financial and management control function to meet current and future business requirements.
Reporting into the Tax Manager, the Tax Operational Lead is responsible for supporting tax compliance, process improvements and the tax centre of excellence. The Tax Operational Lead will also have responsibility for promoting increased awareness of taxation risks and opportunities.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
* Drive the development and implementation of best practice taxation processes and systems which support the delivery of operational tax compliance.
* Implement a robust, structured tax process within your area with appropriate financial controls to ensure tax compliance with applicable laws.
* Ensure the delivery of relevant returns and ensure that the related Revenue deadlines and requirements are achieved in an efficient and effective manner in accordance with tax legislation/guidance.
* Ensure that tax reviews of transactional processes are completed effectively and work with key stakeholders to address issues.
* Engage with external tax authorities and consultants locally and regionally.
* Promote an increased awareness of taxation risks, threats and opportunities across Uisce Éireann.
* Identify key taxation issues and work with the Tax Manager & Tax Leads to ensure appropriate actions are taken or controls are in place to minimise taxation exposures / risks and maximise returns.
* Drive a culture of continuous improvement within the tax team by continually looking at the drivers of activity in your area. Work with key stakeholders to proactively address queries and ongoing issues.
* Ensure the delivery of all system changes required to drive tax compliance, act as the point of contact with IT to ensure that tax is considered as part of ongoing system developments.
* Provide appropriate support / advisory / training to the business on tax-related matters, including ensuring that operational compliance is not compromised by contractual changes researching and resolving technical queries from the business, carrying out periodic reviews, and advising of any updates in new tax legislation.
* Assist the Tax Manager to ensure that the tax team is the centre of excellence for technical taxation matters.
* Provide tax audit support in operational taxes.
* Manage business stakeholders, participate in relevant meetings and develop strong working relationships with Tax customers.
* Act as point of escalation for queries. Skilfully and proactively address conflict within own team and in cross-functional projects.
General Duties and Responsibilities
* Collaboration with key internal stakeholders across the UÉ business
* Responsible for promoting and delivering health and safety commitments across UÉ and its supply chain, reinforcing positive behaviours and delivering health and safety objectives and requirements to the highest industry standards
* Support the delivery of the Uisce Éireann Transformation Programme, driving results required within the Directorate and supporting organisation-wide objectives
* Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with Uisce Éireann's Information Security policies, standards, processes and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of UÉ business information and delivery of critical services, in accordance with the NIS Directive and any other relevant cybersecurity regulation
* Other duties as required.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
* Relevant third level degree and at least 5-7 years' relevant experience.
* Professional qualification in Tax with associated current membership.
* Recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACMA, ACCA), is preferable.
* Strong exposure to all areas of taxation including RCT, VAT, WHT, PSWT, PAYE, LPT, Corporation & Deferred Tax.
* Knowledge of Irish tax legislation and experience of dealing with the Irish tax authorities is desirable.
* Prior experience in tax strategy implementation, planning support and projects.
* Ability to prioritise tasks, manage and deliver high-quality work within timelines, and manage resources while remaining focused on and aligned to team goals and objectives.
* Experience of managing end-to end processes and developing teams to ensure delivery meets customer expectation
* Highly motivated individual who creates a collaborative working environment within teams and with internal and external stakeholders.
* Competence in leading by example in challenging situations and taking action based off team feedback.
* Demonstrated experience of influencing teams to aim for and achieve high standards by setting clear goals and direction in line with business strategy.
* Ability to be a strong advocate for safety and wellbeing practices and ensure these are constantly being followed within your team.
* Experience providing coaching in the development of the technical skills and abilities in others.
* Strong analytical skills and ability to identify and analyse problems and potential improvements and propose and implement solutions.
* Proactively identifying new areas of improvement and using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job.