Department: Finance

Reports to: Group Treasurer

Salary: Competitive

The Role

The Tax Manager leads the end-to-end management of Serica Energy’s UK tax affairs, ensuring full compliance alongside accurate, transparent and timely reporting. The role carries clear accountability for maintaining robust, well-governed tax positions that align with both legislation and industry practice, reinforcing confidence in the company’s financial integrity.

Operating within a complex and evolving fiscal landscape, the Tax Manager provides technical leadership across key upstream regimes and supports strategic decision-making on transactions, asset development and business planning. Through a strong focus on empowerment and accountability, the role ensures tax considerations are embedded in commercial and operational outcomes.

A central aspect of the role is building strong, collaborative relationships across the business and with external stakeholders. Through clear and effective communication, the Tax Manager translates complex tax matters into practical insight, enabling confident decision-making while acting as a trusted interface with HMRC.

The Tax Manager monitors changes in UK tax legislation and policy, assessing their impact on Serica’s operations and strategy. By promoting a culture of learning, the role provides timely guidance to senior leadership, identifying risks and opportunities to ensure the business remains well positioned in a dynamic environment.

With a focus on continuous improvement, the role strengthens governance, controls and processes, supporting a resilient and scalable tax function. Through collaboration and mutual respect, the Tax Manager encourages shared ownership of tax across the organisation, contributing to disciplined growth and long-term value creation.

What we are looking for in potential candidates:

We are seeking a technically strong and commercially aware tax professional who can lead with clarity, influence and integrity.

Leadership & Responsibilities

• Act as the subject matter expert for UK upstream oil & gas taxation
• Lead tax compliance and reporting, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
• Provide strategic tax advice on transactions, investments and business planning
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders and translate complex issues clearly
• Manage HMRC interactions, enquiries and audits with confidence
• Strengthen governance frameworks and continuously improve tax processes

Experience & Qualifications

• Significant experience in UK oil & gas taxation (upstream focus preferred)
• Strong technical knowledge of UK corporate and ring fence taxes, including EPL
• Proven track record in statutory tax reporting and compliance
• Solid understanding of UK tax legislation and policy impacts on the sector
• Professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CTA or equivalent) desirable
• Experience engaging with HMRC and supporting audits or enquiries preferred

Our Culture

Serica offers the opportunity to be part of a busy, vibrant working environment with a strong culture rooted in mutual respect and trust.

We are passionate about building an inclusive culture that attracts and encourages diversity. We want our employees to feel that they can bring their true self to work, as we recognise the potential that this unlocks and the value that it brings.

We have created an environment that puts people at the heart of everything we do, based on a shared set of values.  This means not just doing the essentials of looking after everyone’s health, safety and wellbeing but their development, their sense of belonging and their success.  Only by making our values a real part of everyday life at Serica can we achieve our goals and grow as individuals and together.

In real terms this means being truly supportive of the things that matter to our people.

What can a career at Serica Energy offer you?

We offer the opportunity to be supported with further training if required and access to competitive benefits such as

• Company Pension
• Private Medical & Dental Insurance
• Health Cash Plan
• Share Save and Share Incentive Plan
• Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Personal Accident Insurance and Business Travel.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work
• Electric Vehicle Scheme

We also offer the opportunity to work flexibly.

Next Steps

If, having read the information above, you would be interested in a conversation to take things forward, the next step is to contact Michael.DaCosta@orioneng.com at Serica’s Recruitment Partner, The Orion Group.

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Serica’s Equal Opportunity statement

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer and conduct our recruitment and selection process in a fair and consistent manner that does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex or sexual orientation, religion or belief. 

Serica will make reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010.

A copy of the full job description can be found here.