VAT MANAGER, Risk & Assurance, London or Manchester : to 110k package including shares, depending on location

Overview

In this new permanent role, you will review, validate and embed VAT risk controls across business operations to strengthen compliance and support informed decision-making. You combine VAT advisory expertise with operational assurance to help de-risk VAT exposure through robust testing, evidence collection and assessments aligned with regulatory and policy requirements. You will work in a dynamic, large, and complex organization, contributing to consistent, risk-based controls across the enterprise. This is an opportunity for a VAT professional with experience from a Big 4 UK advisory team or a regulated business who wants to shape how VAT risk is managed at scale.

Responsibilities

• Review and validate VAT risk controls across business operations
• Design and implement testing and evidence collection processes for VAT controls
• Conduct compliance assessments aligned with regulatory and organizational requirements
• Collaborate with operational teams to de-risk VAT exposure
• Ensure controls are robust, consistent and embedded into business processes
• Support informed business decision-making through VAT risk insights

Key requirements

• Technical grounding in UK VAT advisory from Big 4 or experience in a large regulated business
• Strong knowledge of VAT risk and controls
• Experience with testing, evidence collection and compliance assessments
• Ability to operate across a large, complex organization
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills

• dynamic and proactive
• analytical mindset
• strong communication
• VAT advisory expertise
• operational assurance
• risk assessment and controls design

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