Description
VAT Manager
Reporting to the Deputy Director of Tax your key responsibilities will include:
- Providing actionable Indirect Tax insights and advice to both operational business units and central Corporate functions;
- Taking ownership for VAT issues across core UK B2C businesses both mitigating risk and delivering opportunities;
- Acting as the de facto lead on VAT matters with HMRC;
- Reviewing Indirect Tax outputs prepared by the Tax team in Scotland;
- Providing technical support to other members of the VAT team and fulfilling a leadership role within the Tax team more generally;
- Reviewing legal contracts and advising on the most efficient means of structuring arrangements;
- Providing the Indirect tax lead on M&A transactions in respect of the UK and all other territories;
- Raising awareness of Indirect Tax across the business particularly amongst legal and marketing teams
- Ensuring compliance with the group's SAO and risk control environment;
- Leading other members of the Indirect Tax team on business transformation projects;
- Formulating and executing the Group's Indirect Tax strategy.
Candidate Specification
- Strong technical ability preferably CTA qualified and with a good grounding from a Big 4 accounting or Magic Circle law firm;
- Strong and confident verbal and written communication skills, able to explain complex tax issues to non-finance individuals;
- Excellent time-management skills and reliability under pressure;
- A team player wanting to play an active role in driving forward the objectives of the wider tax team;
- Eagerness to take ownership and responsibility for casework under minimal supervision;
- Commitment to maintaining robust controls and promoting compliance with controls across the business in support of our SAO obligations;
- Good judgement and commitment to an open and transparent way of working;
- Strong behaviours evidenced in how results are delivered, consistent with core values: doing the right thing, giving clear direction, change & improvement, empowerment, collaboration & teamwork.
- Ideally a reasonable understanding of management and statutory accounting.