Tax Manager EMEA
About the role
At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, "Who are you working for?" - a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.
Bristol Myers Squibb | European Tax Centre of Excellence
- Eligible for participation in the company's
annual bonus plan
Family cover healthcare
- Attractive
contributory pension scheme
Hybrid working
26 days holiday
Career and qualifications support
Modern office
What if your tax expertise could do more than manage compliance — what if it could help change patients' lives?
Bristol Myers Squibb
Tax Manager
European Tax Centre of Excellence (COE)
Chester
- a role where your technical skills meet real business influence and where the work you do every day genuinely matters.
This is a tax role with real breadth. And real accountability for the outcomes across your markets.
lead a portfolio of European markets
- including the UK - working closely with local finance teams and external advisers to high-quality processes. You'll be the expert your finance colleagues come to when they need clarity, the professional who challenges external advisers, and the person who translates complex legislation into practical action to guide our stakeholders
Here's what your role will actually look like
You'll run the full direct tax cycle for your own markets
- leading corporate income tax return preparation with local external advisers, applying genuine technical challenge to their work, and making sure nothing falls through the cracks.
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You'll gain hands-on US GAAP experience
- preparing and submitting US tax reporting including quarterly current and deferred tax provisions using TaxStream technology. This isn't something most in-house European tax roles offer, and it's a genuine differentiator for your CV.
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You'll work across the full breadth of tax governance
- managing UK-specific requirements including Senior Accounting Officer (SAO), Tax Strategy publication, Corporate Criminal Offence (CCO), and the evolving world of
Pillar Two
You'll be a genuine internal consultant
- advising finance and business stakeholders on tax matters, explaining complex technical requirements in language they can act on, and building the kind of trusted relationships that make you indispensable.
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You'll shape how tax is done, not just do it
- contributing to the COE's strategy around standardisation, automation, and continuous improvement. If you're curious about tax technology and smarter ways of working, this team is actively investing in that space.
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You'll stay ahead of legislative change
- monitoring developments across your markets, analysing their impact, and proactively communicating what matters to the people who need to know.
What do you actually gain from joining this team?
Breadth that most tax roles simply don't offer.
Access to leading external advisers.
Real stakeholder visibility.
Flexible, hybrid working from our modern office in Chester.
50% hybrid-working
The BMS mission as your backdrop.
You'll thrive in this role if…
- You're a
qualified accountant and/or chartered tax adviser
(CTA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent) with solid experience in tax accounting, tax provisioning, and statutory audit support.
- You've managed external advisers and you know how to review compliance deliverables with the right level of technical rigour.
- You communicate confidently - able to break down complex tax matters for finance colleagues and non-tax stakeholders alike, without losing accuracy.
- You're genuinely interested in
tax technology, process improvement, and automation
and you see them as opportunities, not threats.
- You're organised, ownership-driven, and comfortable managing multiple markets and deadlines simultaneously.
- You're fluent in English - additional European languages are a bonus, but not a requirement.
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