Group Tax Manager

Halfords | Redditch, West Midlands | Hybrid Working

Join Halfords and help shape the future of motoring and cycling.

At Halfords, our purpose is simple: to inspire and support a lifetime of motoring and cycling. As a leading specialist retailer, we combine customer-led innovation with a distinctive product and service offering to create seamless, convenient experiences for our customers—from e-bike and electric vehicle servicing to flexible, on-demand support.

Our Support Centre teams are central to everything we do. They work across every part of the business, bringing expertise, collaboration, and momentum to our continued success. If you thrive in a fast-moving environment and enjoy making a meaningful impact, you’ll feel right at home here.

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About the Opportunity

We are looking for a Group Tax Manager to join our collaborative and high-performing tax team within a large listed retail and services group. This is a hands-on and varied role that offers exposure across both Direct Tax and Indirect Tax, making it an excellent opportunity for someone seeking their first move into industry or an in-house tax professional looking to broaden their expertise.

Working closely with the Senior Direct Tax Manager and Senior Indirect Tax Manager, you will support a broad range of tax compliance, reporting, and advisory activities. You’ll also play a key role in developing processes, supporting projects, and helping the team respond effectively to legislative and business change.

This role offers genuine variety, responsibility, and development. Over time, the mix of direct and indirect tax work can evolve based on your experience and strengths, allowing you to build wider technical capability while gaining confidence and ownership in key areas.

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What You’ll Be Doing

As Group Tax Manager, you’ll contribute across core tax operations while also supporting strategic and improvement-focused initiatives across the wider business.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the review and submission of UK and overseas corporation tax returns in partnership with the Senior Direct Tax Manager

• Supporting the review and submission of UK and overseas VAT returns alongside the Senior Indirect Tax Manager

• Assisting with tax accounting and disclosures for both group and entity reporting requirements

• Ensuring accurate VAT accounting, including balance sheet reconciliations and maintaining process documentation within SAP

• Supporting tax audits and helping prepare documentation required for SAO, BRR+, and CCO obligations

• Maintaining transfer pricing documentation, including support for Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting

• Providing practical tax support and advice on business queries, restructuring activity, and transformation projects

• Contributing to new tax processes in response to evolving domestic and international legislation, including areas such as Pillar 2

• Supporting VAT technology initiatives, including key platform projects

• Building effective relationships with auditors, finance teams, legal colleagues, and other internal stakeholders

• Monitoring and analysing tax data, KPIs, and performance measures to support reporting and filings

• Driving continuous improvement through process optimisation, project support, and operational enhancements

• Line managing a Tax Analyst, providing coaching, development, and day-to-day support

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Why This Role Stands Out

This is more than a compliance-focused tax role. It is a chance to join a supportive in-house team during an exciting period of change and development, where you will be encouraged to learn, take ownership, and expand your career.

You’ll gain broad exposure across a complex international business, develop both your technical tax knowledge and commercial understanding, and build valuable leadership experience through managing and developing a junior team member.

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About You

We’re looking for someone who combines strong technical grounding with curiosity, initiative, and a collaborative working style.

You’ll ideally bring:

• A professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CTA, or equivalent

• Experience in Direct Tax, Indirect Tax, or both

• Strong technical knowledge in corporate tax, VAT, or a combination of the two

• A willingness to continue developing across both tax disciplines

• Experience in the preparation or review of tax returns, tax accounting, or VAT returns gained in either practice or industry

• Familiarity with tax and finance systems such as SAP, OneSource, GVRT, or similar platforms

• Confidence working with data, producing reports, and carrying out analysis to support tax reporting and compliance

• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing deadlines across both routine and project-based work

• Clear communication skills and the confidence to work with a range of internal and external stakeholders

• A proactive, self-motivated approach and a readiness to get involved in new areas

• An interest in process improvement, automation, or tax technology—this would be a real advantage

• The capability and enthusiasm to manage and develop a junior team member

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Reward & Benefits

At Halfords, we recognise the importance of rewarding our colleagues fairly while supporting their growth and wellbeing.

What you can expect:

• A competitive salary, benchmarked against market data

• Annual discretionary bonus scheme

• Pension and life assurance

• 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays

• Enhanced family leave

• Ongoing support for your personal and professional development

• A hybrid working model, combining home working with time in our Support Centre

• Access to a wide range of employee discounts across Halfords products and services

• A strong focus on wellbeing and inclusion, with dedicated support resources and active Colleague Networks

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Working Arrangement

Halfords operates a hybrid working policy for this role, with the successful candidate expected to work 2 days per week from our Support Centre in Redditch, West Midlands, and the remainder from home.

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Our Culture

We are proud to create an environment where colleagues can contribute, grow, and thrive. At Halfords, inclusion is central to our culture, and we are committed to building a workplace where everyone feels welcome and supported.

We are an equal opportunities employer and actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. If you don’t meet every requirement listed, we’d still love to hear from you—if this role excites you, we encourage you to apply.

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Ready to Take the Next Step?

If you’re looking for a role where you can broaden your tax experience, take on meaningful responsibility, and be part of a supportive and ambitious team, this could be the perfect next move.

Apply today and help keep Halfords moving forward.