Overview
In this role you will deliver high-quality VAT and indirect tax guidance to a diverse client base and help grow the firm’s VAT offering. You will partner with the VAT Partner, manage a varied portfolio, and handle advisory and compliance work across sectors and international considerations. You will build strong client relationships and act as a trusted adviser while leading engagements and HMRC interactions. This is a growth-focused opportunity within a forward-thinking professional services firm, offering development and visible impact on the tax function. You will work across cross-functional teams to shape the VAT function and contribute to thought leadership and business development.
Pay / Benefits
- Hybrid working arrangements
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Direct collaboration with an experienced VAT Partner
- Career progression opportunities
- Exposure to complex VAT advisory and compliance work
- Supportive and collaborative team environment
Responsibilities
- Provide high quality VAT and indirect tax advisory to a varied client portfolio
- Manage VAT projects end-to-end from scope to completion
- Deliver practical, commercially-focused VAT solutions
- Build and maintain strong client relationships as a trusted adviser
- Oversee client engagements, onboarding, AML, billing, and ongoing communication
- Lead HMRC enquiries, correspondence and negotiations
- Identify opportunities to offer additional VAT and tax services
- Collaborate with tax, audit, accounts and bookkeeping teams
- Provide technical VAT support and training to internal teams
- Monitor VAT legislation changes and communicate developments
- Contribute to business development, marketing content and thought leadership
- Support development and growth of the VAT function
Key requirements
- UK VAT and indirect taxation expertise
- Experience in a VAT-focused role in accountancy or professional services
- Experience managing advisory assignments and client relationships
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management
- Ability to manage projects independently with escalation for complex issues
- Proactive and collaborative approach
- Experience mentoring junior team members
- Strong commercial awareness and business development skills
- communication
- stakeholder management
- proactivity
- UK VAT and indirect taxation expertise
- VAT project management
- HMRC enquiry handling
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