• About The Role

  • The Finance team are recruiting for a Direct Tax Accountant on a permanent full time basis.

    Working in the Central Finance team, you will be responsible for managing the company’s direct tax obligations, ensuring integrity and compliance with all the applicable legislation and group policy. You will also be involved with customs and VAT as well as provide robust tax advice across the business as and when required. 

    Skills and experience you can bring to the role:
    • Recently qualified or part qualified with some experience of corporate tax.
    • Experience of dealing with the tax affairs of large companies advantageous.
    • Ability to communicate, engage and influence stakeholders across multiple disciplines and levels.
    • Proven commercial awareness with an interest in identifying and improving processes.

    What can we offer you?
    Along with a competitive salary, car schemes (including cars for family members), fuel card, discretionary bonus, enhanced pension contributions, private medical insurance, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, 4 x life insurance & health & wellbeing support, we also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit you and your lifestyle.

    Finance & Legal
    In Finance & Legal, we use our expertise to add value to the Group’s business every day. We deliver a range of critical services, from financial information, analysis and tax management, to procurement, risk management, process improvements and legal advice. Join us and you’ll discover a supportive, collaborative, high performing culture at the heart of the business.

    Think you're up to the challenge? We'd love to hear from you…

    To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage the application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications. 

  • About Us

  • We’re driven by difference. With six big brands under one roof – each with its own history, designs and innovations – we’ve created some of the world’s most iconic vehicles, from luxury sports cars to family camper vans. Here, you’ll discover opportunities, explore ideas and tackle challenges that you won’t find anywhere else.

    It takes a range of teams to make the Group successful. We all share the same aim: to deliver sustainable mobility for generations to come, while keeping the customer and their changing demands at the heart of everything we do.

    There’s never been a more exciting time to join our industry as it undergoes the biggest transformation for over 100 years. With digitalisation, electrification and driverless mobility all coming to the market, we’re actively looking for people with new skills, knowledge, and outlooks. A brave new world demands brave, new, diverse people; so whatever your background, we would love to hear from you.  We know that different perspectives and thought processes are vital as our industry goes through an exciting period of change.
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Our rewards and benefits

Join us and you’ll find a very different type of organisation. So, we’ll reward you with an attractive range of benefits, and we’ll recognise your personal commitments beyond work by protecting your wellbeing. We’ll also give you all the support and learning opportunities you need to develop a successful career with us.

Discretionary annual bonus

Competitive salaries

Enhanced pension contributions

Car schemes for you and family members

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Healthcare cash plans

Mental wellbeing support

Onsite physiotherapy

Occupational health provision

Hybrid working

27 days' annual leave

Flexible working policies

Paid volunteering days

Flexible family leave options

Paid neonatal and fertility treatment support

Sick pay at full rate of pay

Income protection insurance

What inclusion means to us

What inclusion means to us

We want everyone at Volkswagen Group UK to feel included. Why? Because unique voices and perspectives are vital for our future. And we know that enabling diverse teams to thrive, be creative, and be heard, leads to better business outcomes. That’s why we run various programmes to promote a diverse, inclusive and non-discriminatory culture. And we’re proud of earning Inclusive Employers’ Gold accreditation in 2024. But there’s always more to do.

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Meet some of the team

James, Group Reporting Controller

Working in finance and legal, no two days are ever the same. The variety of work really does keep things interesting and the group mentality within finance means there are lots of people who are willing to lend support when needed. Knowing that your whole team is pulling in the same direction really does make a difference during busy periods.

James, Group Reporting Controller
Rebecca, Financial Reporting Manager

Working in finance, as well as with the rest of the group and brands, I know I'm working with people I can learn from. This is a massive factor in making me feel confident to take on new and challenging opportunities in my role and the organisation. I'm very proud to say that I work for Volkswagen Group UK.

Rebecca, Financial Reporting Manager
Beth, Financial Controller

The finance and legal department is a dynamic place to work with exciting opportunities to be involved in projects that really do shape the future of the business. The business supports flexible ways of working and encourages your development, so there are plentiful opportunities to develop exciting and diverse career paths.

Beth, Financial Controller
Dav, Purchasing Manager

Volkswagen Group UK is a great company to work for, with no day the same and stretching objectives to ensure we remain number one in the market. In Finance & Legal, we’re uniquely positioned to support all the brands and functions and get involved in lots of exciting projects.

Dav, Purchasing Manager

Our typical hiring process

Weeks 1 to 2

Vacancy open for online applications.

Weeks 3 to 4

Screening of CVs and Talent Attraction initial call.

Weeks 5 to 6

Face-to-face interviews and associated tasks.

Week 7

Interview feedback and outcome.

Week 8 onwards

Offer, contract paperwork and onboarding.

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Direct Tax Accountant

Volkswagen Group UK - Milton Keynes
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