Manager – VAT Risk & Assurance, Amazon Tax Advisory & Planning Team

Overview

In this role you will strengthen VAT risk controls across business operations, combining advisory insight with operational assurance. You will validate testing, evidence, and controls to support compliant, scalable processes across multi-jurisdictional operations. You will work with VAT advisory teams to translate guidance into practical application and provide actionable recommendations to reduce VAT exposure. This position offers impact through improving governance and supporting strategic decision-making. You will engage with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement in VAT processes.

Responsibilities

• Review and validate operational assurance activities to ensure alignment with VAT requirements and internal standards
• Evaluate testing methodologies, evidence collection, and sampling approaches for robustness and effectiveness
• Identify gaps, risks, or weaknesses in operational compliance and provide actionable mitigation recommendations
• Collaborate with VAT advisory teams to ensure outputs meet controllership expectations
• Support continuous improvement of VAT processes, assurance practices, and operational risk controls across multi-jurisdictional operations
• Provide evidence-based insights and guidance to the Senior Manager for strategic oversight and risk prioritisation
• Challenge operational readiness and monitoring by reviewing SOPs and controls for VAT policy alignment
• Support issue identification and escalation by flagging systemic or high-risk matters to leadership

Key requirements

• Extensive experience in VAT advisory or assurance, ideally from top-tier firms or large regulated environments
• Strong technical knowledge of VAT legislation with practical, business-focused advisory capabilities
• Exposure to assurance frameworks or operational risk management for review and validation of testing and controls
• Experience operating in multi-jurisdictional environments with complex VAT obligations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

• analytical thinking
• collaboration
• problem-solving
• VAT legislation knowledge
• operational risk management
• control frameworks

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