Indirect Tax Manager

Overview

As an Indirect Tax Associate Director or Manager, you will lead scoping, delivery, and billing of client work within a top-tier advisory team. You’ll guide junior staff and provide technically sound VAT/Indirect Tax guidance, supported by legislation and case law. You’ll translate complex concepts for stakeholders who may not be tax specialists and deliver high-quality outputs with minimal review. You contribute to a collaborative, inclusive culture and help manage risk and financial hygiene across engagements. This role offers broad client exposure, leadership opportunities, and a flexible working approach within Grant Thornton’s purpose-driven firm.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working options
• hybrid working model
• work-life balance

Responsibilities

• Scope, deliver, and bill client work in indirect tax
• Mentor and guide junior staff to ensure quality deliverables
• Provide technically accurate VAT/Indirect Tax advice using legislation and case law
• Explain complex tax issues to stakeholders with varying levels of tax knowledge
• Produce technical work that requires minimal review and clearly conveys key points
• Review work of other team members
• Maintain compliance with the firm’s risk management processes
• Manage financial hygiene including billing, gross margin, utilization, and WIP

Key requirements

• Experience of VAT / Indirect Taxes, advisory or in-house environment
• Relevant tax qualification (CTA / ATT)
• Experience managing a large and varied portfolio of indirect tax clients
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and relationship-building ability
• Ability to lead in a mixed-discipline team and drive projects to completion
• Experience advising on complex technical indirect tax matters across VAT areas and sectors

• interpersonal skills
• organizational skills
• relationship-building
• VAT
• Indirect Taxes
• case law

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