Chartered Accountant with 10 years experience offering Accountancy, Tax and Business lessons

Qasim's CV

Education and Qualifications
2013- 2016 ICAEW
ACA: 15 Exams Successfully Completed- ACA Qualified
2009- 2013 University of Leeds
BSc Accountancy & Finance (Industrial): Class II Division I
2007- 2009 Dixons City Academy, Bradford
3 A- Levels: Maths (B), ICT (B), BTEC Business (DIST)
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Work Experience
June 2019- Present UK Corporate Tax Manager at Virgin Media UK

Joining this consumer telecommunications business, the market leader in fibre broadband, is a significant career move within a well-established tax team at a recognised household name.

The UK tax compliance team manage the Virgin Media group tax affairs in the UK and Republic of Ireland including tax compliance, transfer pricing & tax reporting under international accounting standards, and ensuring filing of tax returns with HMRC and the Irish Revenue Authority.

My responsibilities include preparing UK tax figures for inclusion in consolidated quarterly provisioning under US GAAP, and UK consolidated and single entity statutory accounts under IFRS. I am also responsible for managing the withholding taxes process on funding streams, by liaising with external funding providers, filing tax returns & withholding tax exemption certificates.

My role is to ensure all UK group tax returns are prepared and filed on an accurate and timely basis whilst ensuring all aspects of corporation tax at consolidated UK group and single entity level are executed effectively. The UK group credentials from a corporate tax perspective are typically complex for a business of this size, funding and investor structure.

Given the evolving tax landscape and increasing focus on tax governance and reporting requirements in the UK, I am also involved in tax risk and governance projects in the UK including the Senior Accounting Officer regime amongst other governance areas. I am also responsible for coordinating worldwide country-by-country reporting notification requirements for the global group.

I also manage global initiatives such as country-by-country reporting (CBCR) notifications for all territories across the global group to ensure that each tax jurisdiction complies with OECD CBCR rules.

An interesting area of focus for the business is continuous process improvements using emerging technologies to ensure efficiency and effective ways of working.
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Jan 2018- May 2019 UK Tax & Reporting Manger at Lowell
• My first move away from practice into industry at the UK's largest collections business and a market leading UK group, critically acclaimed with several awards and accreditations in the debt management industry, has given me true insight into a highly regulated industry and financial services business.
• This role covers the management of Lowell UK group tax affairs which includes all aspects of tax compliance and tax reporting under internationally recognised accounting standards, and covers UK taxes such as corporate tax, VAT and PAYE settlement agreements.
• My role consists of a variety UK tax compliance and reporting aspects, including preparing UK tax figures for inclusion in group management accounts, budgets & forecasting and investor reporting. The role also includes assessing and managing tax risk and governance in the UK.
• My responsibilities also include ensuring all UK group tax returns are filed on accurate and timely basis whilst ensuring all aspects of corporation tax at UK group and single entity level are executed in an optimal manner. This role also requires group compliance from an indirect tax perspective by managing the regular VAT compliance cycle, and providing UK tax analysis to the board and investors on the impact of M&A activity, transactions and group restructuring 
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Sept 2013- Dec 2017 Consultant, Corporate Tax at Deloitte
• This role was within the Tax Service Line, and my work specifically was in Corporate Tax. The scope of my work and the range of clients was extensive, covering technical planning for large multinationals through to standard compliance for small-to-medium enterprises.
• My role consisted of a variety of different technical aspects, including preparing tax computations and corporation tax payment calculations, determining an entities tax accrual & deferred tax position for statutory reporting, participation in external audit engagements as a tax audit specialist, acting as tax agent on communications with HM Revenue & Customs, and determining accurate tax treatment on sensitive transactions using corporation tax legislation.
• Alongside my core role, I completed the ACA qualification with the ICAEW. This prestigious qualification required successful completion of 15 examinations, ethics training and 3 years technical work experience which are necessary to qualify as a Chartered Accountant.
• Beyond my primary role, I was appointed a school governor at a local Primary School, currently the IT user group lead for Deloitte North East Business Tax, been part of a successful Deloitte High-School partnership programme specifically focusing on the Micro Tyco project, and led various graduate recruitment events at Universities.
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Feb 2013- Aug 2013 Staff Accountant at Doability.co.uk
• This role was the sole accountant for an online retailer of disability related products.
• My main tasks included managing and reporting financial figures and statistics to the CEO. My role developed into creating costing profiles for the extensive product portfolio, and creating budgets for profit management and boardroom level analysis.
• This role provided a great base for understanding of the FMCG industry, and in particular the documentation required for tax and audit purposes.