Tax AVP

Barclays • New York, NY

6d • $100,000 - $150,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Join Barclays as a Tax AVP, where you will play a critical role in preparing and overseeing income tax provisions across multiple Barclays entities for reporting and forecasting purposes. This role requires deep expertise in income tax accounting, GAAP/IFRS standards, and U.S. federal, state, and local tax regulations to ensure accurate tax positions, effective tax rates, and compliant financial reporting. You will partner closely with colleagues across the Tax function and broader Finance organization to analyze complex tax issues and enhance tax accounting processes and internal controls. The position calls for strong judgment, analytical rigor, and an organized approach to decision‑making, balancing independent analysis with collaborative problem solving. As a senior contributor, you will help strengthen Barclays’ risk and control environment by ensuring all tax activities align with regulatory requirements, enterprise risk frameworks, and internal policy standards.

Requirements

• Degree in Accounting with advanced study in tax accounting
• Experience preparing income tax compliance including federal and state tax returns, extensions, and estimate payments
• Experience preparing income tax provisions under ASC 740, including reconciliation and validation of effective tax rates, current tax payables, and deferred tax assets, while supporting FIN 48 and valuation allowance analyses, tax research, audits, and internal controls.

Nice To Haves

• Financial Services previous background and experience in working with tax accounting
• Excel skills and experience using tax software such as OneSource and Corptax
• Stakeholder management with both internal and external clients

Responsibilities

• Preparation or review of relevant tax returns in accordance with applicable tax law and agreeing compliance positions with the tax authorities.
• Preparation or review of tax accounting calculations and disclosures in accordance with applicable accounting standards for group forecasting, reporting and stress testing.
• Provision of technical insight, analysis and conclusions on a variety of tax technical areas to determine appropriate tax treatment.
• Analysis of relevant developments in tax law to ensure the impact on Barclays is understood and appropriately managed.
• Design and operation of tax process controls to ensure tax risk is appropriately managed and tax treatments can be supported.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level