# Head of Employment Tax (6M FTC) at Sainsbury's

AI Level 1, AI centrality 36 out of 100. London, London, United Kingdom.

## Details

- Company: [Sainsbury's](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/sainsbury-s)
- AI level: AI Level 1 (score 36 out of 100)
- Location: London, London, United Kingdom
- Posted: October 7, 2026
- Apply: https://jobsbylevel.com/go/5ae086c1-778c-42f6-a886-d50c5875af33

## Description

Location: London, Coventry or Manchester Store Support Centre & Home. Please note, this is a 6-month FTC between 14 th December – 9 th July 2027. We are open to full time and part-time applications working between 25.5 and 37 hours per week, over 3-5 days. Why join us? Joining Sainsbury's as the interim Head of Employment Tax means becoming an integral part of a dynamic and forward-thinking Tax team. You will have the opportunity to lead and shape expert employment tax advice and governance strategies across the business, ensuring compliance, managing key external relationships and anticipating legislative changes. By embedding robust employment tax practises aligned with Sainsbury's long-term objectives, you will play a crucial role in minimising risks, enabling informed decision-making and supporting the delivery of the business strategy. With a focus on continuous improvement, leadership and technical excellence, this role offers a challenging, yet rewarding, environment where you can drive change, contribute to strategic initiatives and make a significant impact within a leading retail organisation. What you'll do You will be responsible for providing expert advice and governance on all employment tax matters across the business, ensuring compliance with UK domestic legislation. Your role will involve maintaining key external relationships, particularly with HMRC, and anticipating legislative changes to minimise risks and support the overall business strategy. You will play a crucial role in analysing, submitting, and managing the annual PAYE settlement agreement, as well as educating and advising stakeholders on employment tax risks and best practice. Your leadership skills, commitment to continuous improvement and technical excellence in tax will be essential in driving and supporting change within a fast-paced, evolving environment. Who you are You are a tax expert with a deep understanding of UK domestic employment tax legislation, including CIS, and a commitment to continuous improvement and tax technical excellence. You possess strong leadership skills, ability to build partnerships, drive change, and navigate a fast-paced, evolving environment with energy, resilience, and a focus on delivering business objectives while ensuring compliance and minimising risk. Your ability to communicate tax rules clearly to non-specialists, work across various stakeholders and identify and address new legislative impacts make you a valuable asset in embedding robust employment tax practises aligned with the organisation's long-term goals. Essential Criteria Professional tax qualification (e.g. CIOT, ATT or equivalent recognised tax qualification) Demonstrable knowledge and experience in UK employment tax legislation, including CIS, gained either in-house or with Big 4 professional services firms Proven ability to identify and implement process improvements, delivering greater efficiency, effectiveness or compliance Evidence of leading or influencing stakeholders to deliver tax-related outcomes, including building effective working relationships across teams Experience operating effectively in a changing environment, including managing competing priorities and adapting to evolving business or regulatory requirements Demonstrable line management experience is desirable; this role has 1 direct report #LI-CE1 We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we’re not handling projects, we’re helping all corners of the wider group with what they’re trying to achieve. And around here, you can see the results of your work as soon as you walk into a store, which gives you a real sense of purpose and responsibility. Better still, the team around you will listen to your ideas and opinions, and you’ll have every chance to try something new. The sheer scale and complexity of our set-up means there’s always something else around the corner,

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