The VAT Manager role will play a key role in supporting the Head of Indirect and Operational Taxes manage the indirect tax affairs of our global financial services client and will be responsible for:

 

• Acting as first point of contact for any VAT questions from the global business including the provision of prompt commercially focused indirect tax advice across all business vectors – Personal, Adviser and Investments and enhancing knowledge of indirect taxes across the business vectors.

• Monitor changes in global VAT and indirect tax legislation, including in digital reporting and interpretation to identify potential impact on the business and take appropriate action.

• Ensure indirect tax risks and opportunities are identified and managed in line with Tax Authority rules and company policies including developing and enhancing controls.

• Provide governance and oversight of VAT compliance for UK and EMEA businesses and UK, Luxembourg and Irish VAT registered Funds working with Finance Colleagues and third parties.

 

Key Outcomes / Responsibilities:

 

• Provide a key lead for the business on indirect tax technical questions arising in respect of the business and its product ranges.

• Stay abreast of developments in market practice and legislation in relation to VAT and other indirect taxes.

• Ensure the effective application and development of the tax risk and controls framework for indirect taxes together with supporting governance and reporting requirements

• Work closely with other tax colleagues to ensure consistency of approach, sharing of knowledge and effective risk coverage for the business globally 

• Work with key business and external stakeholders to ensure that both ongoing needs and ad hoc requests are met in a timely and appropriate manner

• Coordinate external advisors as required to assist on indirect tax queries

• Ensure effective processes to actively manage outsourced service arrangements exist so as to ensure that service providers meet key deliverables and appropriate oversight requirements are maintained

• Support with project work as indirect tax SME

• Support on tax audits and other tax authority responses

 

Qualifications:

 

• VAT professional at experienced manager level

• Professional qualification such as CTA, ACA etc

• Wide variety and spectrum of VAT advisory expertise gained in a practical roles

• Advanced user of data analytics tools/Excel an advantage

• Experience of ERP systems such as Oracle an advantage

• Experience working in Financial Services and/or multinational organsisations an advantage