Tax Accountant

  • Tearfund
  • Sep 10, 2025
Full time Accounting

Job Description

Do you have a strong grasp of UK tax regulations, a passion for compliance, and a desire to use your skills for a greater purpose?

We are seeking an experienced Tax Accountant to join our Finance team, supporting the Head of Global Controllers and Deputy Financial Controller in ensuring charity tax compliance across the organisation.

Key responsibilities would include:

  • Preparation and submission of VAT and Corporation Tax returns
  • Providing expert tax advice and design - Monitoring tax developments and advising teams and senior leaders on complex charity tax matters
  • Maintaining and reviewing tax processes and systems

You will be a Chartered Tax Advisor or a qualified accountant with experience of partial exemption and reverse charge VAT and of providing tax advice in the charity sector.

If you are looking for an opportunity to utilise your technical expertise in a purpose-driven environment, we would love to hear from you.

Hybrid Working: This role is eligible for hybrid working and you will be required to work from the Teddington Tearfund office at least 2 days a month.

Please note: This is a part time role working 21 hours per week. The full time salary is £51,460 per annum and the part time salary is £30,876 per annum.

All applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs.

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and those from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds (in our UK workforce) as these groups are currently under-represented at Tearfund.

The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.