Tax Officer

Job Introduction

What You’ll Do

Are you looking to build on your early experience in tax and take the next step in your career? We’re looking for a motivated Tax Officer with 9 to 18 months of relevant experience to join our finance team at NHG.

In this role, you’ll work closely with the Tax Manager and Tax Associate to ensure our tax processes are compliant, efficient, and aligned with our mission to deliver affordable homes across London. You’ll play a key role in maintaining VAT accuracy, spotting tax opportunities, and helping shape financial practices that support the residents and communities we serve.

This is a great opportunity to grow your skills in a purpose-driven organisation where your work will have a real-world impact.

How You’ll Do It
• Prepare VAT returns for NHG and subsidiaries, ensuring adherence to HMRC regulations and deadlines.
• Assist in posting VAT journals, reconcile control accounts, and maintain schedules aligned with monthly reporting cycles.
• Assist in group audits related to tax matters, providing accurate data and resolving queries promptly.
• Support Partial Exemption calculations and identify tax planning opportunities to reduce risks and enhance efficiency.
• Handle complex datasets in Excel and internal systems, ensuring precision in tax records and compliance tracking.
• Drive enhancements in financial controls and tax processes to support NHG’s strategic goals.

The ideal candidate

We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation .

Essential:
• At least 9 - 18 months experience in Tax
• Hold or studying towards CCAD recognised accounting qualification (AAT/CTA/ACCA or equivalent)
• Experience in tax compliance and VAT partial exemption
• An understanding of stamp duties and corporation tax
• Proficiency in Excel and experience managing financial data/reconciliations.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret tax legislation and support data-driven decisions.
• Excellent communication abilities for collaborating with internal/external stakeholders.

Desirable:
• Experience with VAT compliance in large organisations.
• Familiarity with housing sector finance

Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential. Benefits include:
• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
• Generous pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
• Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations .
• Health cash plan
• Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
• Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance x 4 annual salary

All About Us

Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 60,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,500 staff.

For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:

We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation . We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments .

To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit:

Selection Process

Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is 04 August 2025.  

Step 2: Successful candidates will be invited to a screening call

Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interview and assessment

Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via jobs@nhg.org.uk.  

Should a redeployee apply for this role, their application will be considered before any others.

NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity Read more