Tax & Reporting Analyst

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 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 to support 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 details.

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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 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, curious, 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 when 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 national 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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