About us

We are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels. 

Great journeys start with Trainline 🚄 

Now Europe’s number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 125 million monthly visits and £5.9 billion in annual ticket sales, we collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries. We want to create a world where travel is as simple, seamless, eco-friendly and affordable as it should be. 

Today, we're a FTSE 250 company driven by our incredible team of over 1,000 Trainliners from 50+ nationalities, based across London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Edinburgh and Madrid. With our focus on growth in the UK and Europe, now is the perfect time to join us on this high-speed journey. 

Purpose of the Role

We are looking for a Senior Tax Analyst to report directly to the Group Senior Tax Manager in our growing listed global tech business.

Alongside the Head of Tax, the Group Tax Manager is focused towards building out the Trainline in-house tax function, with a view to managing the transition from a fully outsourced function to a value-added internal advisory and compliance function. We are looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious tax analyst to join the team and help build on this vision and continue on the journey.

In our fast-moving business, no day is the same, but your role will:

• Provide you with exposure across the business where you will be working with various teams to increase the visibility and profile of the tax department.

• Cover a wide range of all taxes, where you will take ownership of the Corporation Tax, VAT, Employment taxes and Transfer Pricing.

• Process improvement – in our fast-paced world things change quickly and we need to adapt our processes to make sure they adapt too. We want you to bring new ideas and insight into the best practices to adopt.

• Keeping up to date with the ever-evolving tax legislation and as we grow acting proactively to ensure Trainline group are ready to meet the requirements of the legislation.

And lots, lots more…

We are looking for a confident candidate, with strong communication and analytical skills but also the ability to stand back and tell the story. We want someone who is excited by a fast-paced environment and who will be a great cultural fit for our brilliant team.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the monthly UK VAT return preparation for the UK, and managing the non-UK submissions with external advisors, reconciling back to the monthly management accounts.

• Work with the Group senior Tax Manager and Head of Tax on general ad-hoc tax matters that arise within the business, this will cover employment taxes, VAT and corporation tax, including liaising with internal stakeholders

• Assist with the implementation of automation to adopt efficient process improvements and compliance obligations around Making Tax Digital and establishing efficient process improvements for the UK and International Markets. You will work with external advisors on this implementation

• Assist with the UK corporation tax compliance process, including the collection of data for our compliance service provider, preparation of UK tax disclosures, review and submission of UK tax returns

• Manage the outsourced corporate tax compliance activities for non-UK jurisdictions

• Assist with forecasting, particularly in relation to the group effective tax rate and tax payments

• Handle the tax governance platform to ensure that all group tax deadlines are identified, appropriate timelines for workflows are included and tasks are assigned to the correct person

• Input on the tax governance for the group including maintaining the CCO risk register and SAO annual process including review of our tax accounting controls and the maintenance of process notes

• Display impressive organisational skills with strong attention to detail

• Work with the wider finance team to maintain appropriate tax accruals and ensure that journals and tax postings are made using Microsoft D365

• Complete the tracking of the tax budget for external advisors

• Prepare the PAYE Settlement Agreements and monthly accruals.

The right candidate will be….

• Experienced in tax (2- 3 years), either in industry or practice, with a strong foundation in VAT

• Keen to expand their knowledge and skills across all tax heads

• Ideally qualified or part-qualified accounting/tax professional (ACA, ACCA, CTA etc.) and have a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance

• Microsoft suite proficient with very good/excellent analytical skills

• A strong communicator and have interpersonal skills with a customer service focus

• A proactive person with a hands-on mentality and the ability to act and operate independently and collaborate with colleagues to accomplish objectives

• A champion of process development and continuous improvement

• Able to approach their work with a ‘can do’ attitude, willing to take on new and unfamiliar tasks

• Detail-orientated with the ability to communicate any findings from their work

• A team player who can collaborate with the tax and finance function, but also with other areas of the business

• Confident in their ability to overcome challenges and approach work with a positive attitude

• Familiar with working in a fast-paced environment and open to new challenges

More information:

Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare & dental insurance, a generous work from abroad policy, 2-for-1 share purchase plans, an EV Scheme to further reduce carbon emissions, extra festive time off, and excellent family-friendly benefits. 

We prioritise career growth with clear career paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, and regular learning days. Jump on board and supercharge your career from day one! 

We're operate a hybrid model to work and ask that Trainliners work from the office a minimum of 60% of their time over a 12-week period. We also have a 28-day Work from Abroad policy.

Our values represent the things that matter most to us and what we live and breathe everyday, in everything we do: 

• 💭 Think Big - We're building the future of rail 

• ✔️ Own It - We focus on every customer, partner and journey 

• 🤝  Travel Together - We're one team 

• ♻️ Do Good - We make a positive impact 

We know that having a diverse team makes us better and helps us succeed. And we mean all forms of diversity - gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, nationality and diversity of thought. That's why we're committed to creating inclusive places to work, where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.

Interested in finding out more about what it's like to work at Trainline? Why not check us out on LinkedIn, Instagram and Glassdoor!