Tax Accountant

Henkel

Join Henkel as a Tax Accountant and play a key role in supporting a high-performing team that values expertise, collaboration, and innovation. This is an exciting opportunity to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds while contributing to the business through strong corporate tax compliance, reporting, and advisory support.

If you are looking for a position where you can make a meaningful impact, develop your career, and be part of a global organisation that values individuality and growth, this could be the perfect next step.

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The Opportunity

As a Tax Accountant, you will be responsible for supporting Henkel’s corporate tax activities, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and timely delivery across a range of tax reporting and accounting requirements. You will also provide valuable input on projects, risk management, and changes in tax legislation that affect the business.

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Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will contribute across a broad range of corporate tax activities, including:

• Preparing annual external corporation tax returns and computations, ensuring submissions are completed accurately and on time

• Preparing quarterly internal corporation tax returns and related computations

• Producing quarterly and annual tax accounting schedules and supporting the annual tax review process with external auditors

• Reviewing corporation tax returns, computations, and accounting workings to ensure technical accuracy and compliance with current tax legislation

• Managing tax forecasting and payments to ensure all corporate tax liabilities are accurately projected and paid on schedule

• Providing corporate tax support for projects involving business transformation, organisational change, and system developments

• Identifying and monitoring corporate tax risks, while helping to implement appropriate corrective actions

• Maintaining transfer pricing documentation to ensure records remain complete and compliant

• Communicating tax law and tax authority updates to relevant stakeholders across the business

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What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a motivated and detail-oriented tax professional who can bring both technical capability and strong communication skills to the role.

Essential Requirements

• CTA qualification or another recognised professional accounting qualification

• At least 2 years of proven experience in corporate tax compliance

• Advanced spreadsheet skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Experience using corporation tax software and SAP

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Why Join Henkel?

Henkel offers a supportive and flexible environment where employees are encouraged to grow professionally while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. As part of the team, you will have access to a wide range of benefits and opportunities.

Benefits and Perks

• Flexible working arrangements, including flexible hours and a hybrid working model

• Work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year

• National and international development opportunities

• Global wellbeing programmes, including health and preventive care support

• Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks

• Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares

• Performance-related bonus and incentives

• Competitive pension and life assurance, with company contributions of up to 10% of basic salary

• Annual leave of 27 days plus 8 bank holidays

• Celebration vouchers

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Our Culture

At Henkel, diversity is more than a value — it is a strength. We are proud of the broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences across our teams, and we believe that individuality helps drive our shared success.

We welcome applications from people of all genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations. Bring your unique perspective to Henkel and become part of a team where you can truly make an impact.

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Apply Now

If you are ready to take the next step in your tax career and join a global organisation where your expertise will be valued, we’d love to hear from you.