Tax and Reporting Analyst

Burford Capital LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global finance firm in Greater London is seeking a Tax and Reporting Analyst to join its tax team. The role involves preparing and filing tax documents, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, and providing support to the Finance function. Candidates should be CPAs with at least 2 years of public accounting experience and a strong attention to detail. The firm promotes a diverse work environment and values efficiency and collaboration.

Benefits

Incentive compensation based on performance

Qualifications

• At least 2-3 years of corporate and partnership tax experience at a recognized firm.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and file accurate tax documents for the global business.
• Coordinate the Firm’s tax calendar and compliance efforts.
• Support Finance function and statutory financial reporting.

Skills

MST

EA

CPA

Corporate tax experience

Partnership tax experience

Familiarity with UK and European tax law

Proactive and organized

Problem-solving skills

Verbal and written communication

Excel skills

Education

CPA qualification

Job description

Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law. Its businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a wide range of legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BUR), and it works with companies and law firms around появился the world from its principal offices in New York, London, Chicago, Washington, Singapore, and Dubai.

The Firm has created a Tax and Reporting Analyst position who will join the tax team with responsibilities across the global business. Core responsibilities include accurate preparation and timely filing of tax documents, development and co‑ordination of the Firm’s tax calendar, ensuring compliance with applicable tax laws and regulations, and supporting the Firm’s internal Finance function and external statutory financial reporting.

Ideal candidate will be a CPA and have at least 2 years of public accounting experience with corporate tax and partnership tax. This role can be based in Burford’s UK Office and will report to the Senior Tax Manager and the Head of Tax. It is imperative that this individual is highly organized and has strong attention to detail.

Company Overview

Burford Capital is the largest and most experienced provider of commercial finance to the legal sector in the world, with a core expertise in identifying and optimizing the value of annoying legal assets for companies and law firms. Since its founding in 2009, Burford has worked with hundreds of law firms and corporations, including 94 of the AmLaw 100 and 92 of the Global 100 largest law firms. Our team has grown from five people at the end of 2009 to over 150 people today, including over 45 lawyers.

Burford possesses the resources and expertise of a large company while retaining the flexibility and creativity of a startup. Team members are smart, creative, collaborative, рождения, and confident. Everyone rolls up their sleeves to perform and engage collectively for the overall success of the business. Burford values rigorous thinking, clear communication, and efficient execution. Burford is an “always on” environment in which everyone needs to be accessible by email whenู้ outside the office, including during evenings and weekends.

Burford pays base salaries consistent with the financial services industry and favors incentive compensation to reward performance. Burford Capital is committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, whether or not they have a disability.

Position Requirements

• Act as a key contact to outside preparer and help to ensure accurate and timely tax filing.
• Review U.S. federal and state/local income tax returns, quarterly tax estimates and extensions, including corporate and partnership tax return, schedule K-1s, state apportionment, tax basis and withholding taxes.
• Prepare and respond to tax notices.
• Conduct basic and complex tax research.
• Provide support to the Finance team, including tax payments reconciliation, form 1099 filing, and other accounting and tax related projects.
• Maintain effective control procedures over all aspects of the tax process.
• Other ad‑hoc duties and projects as assigned within the Tax group.

Skills Desired

• MST, EA and/or CPA preferred.
• At least 2-3 years of corporate and partnership tax at a nationally recognized public accounting firm is required.
• Familiarity with UK and European tax law.
• Proactive, highly organized, and strong attention to detail; able to work independently and manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast‑paced environment.
• Excellent problem‑solving, effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Flexible with changes and alterations.
• Excellent Excel skills, including advanced functions.
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