The opportunity
We’re working with a Big 4 firm that’s experiencing market-leading growth in their Financial Services Indirect Tax (VAT) team that’s created an opportunity for strong VAT tax professionals to join their team. You’ll be able to own projects and work with the management team to further identify business opportunities. You’ll have the support of a strong team with proven expertise in this area and the opportunity to progress, learn and accelerate your career.
You’ll have the opportunity to work with clients in the Financial Services industry as part of a globally integrated network of specialists with high quality economics, tax authority, legal, commercial and technology backgrounds. The work is technically challenging, creative and requires you to work closely with our clients’ businesses.
This is a period of unprecedented change in the tax arena, which is resulting in huge demand for delivery of a wide range of Indirect Tax Advisory services. For the right candidate this role will be a springboard to a successful career in FS – we have an excellent track record of internal promotions and place development at the centre of our people strategy. We’re an active and friendly team and are excited about the continued growth of our group. You’ll work closely with the senior managers and directors who will provide you with the support and opportunities to assist you in realising your full potential.
The projects that the team are working on are innovative and bring to life the UK’s ‘open for business’ strategy which makes it one of the most exciting places to work in tax, but also a place where you can learn and build upon your understanding of a broad range of Indirect Tax concepts to develop your career as a skilled and trusted tax professional.
Your key responsibilities
- Enthusiastic manager with ability to create and sustain effective teams
- Ability to build and strong client relationships with evidence of go to market
- Ensure delivery of quality work and take day to day management of delivery team
- Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff
- Contribute to people initiatives, including retaining and training international tax professionals
- Significant involvement in the management of the team both in terms of strategy and operations and also through managing junior staff development and assignment
Skills and attributes for success
What we look for
- Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional levels of client service
- Negotiation skills, able to gain buy-in and handle challenges
- Business development skills – able to identify and convert opportunities by proactively managing existing client relationships and winning new clients
- High level management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding consulting projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical / business driven approach taken
- Overall responsibility of quality of client service
- Manage possible leads from other areas of the practice
- Build networks and relationships internally and externally for the team to leverage from
- Contribute to successfully extracting maximum value for both the firm and clients from the tax services delivered whilst managing risk appropriately for both client and the firm
- Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral
- Team player with ability to create, sustain and manage effective, inclusive teams
Ideally, you’ll also have
- Appropriate experience working within Financial Services
- Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget
- ACA/ACCA/CA or comparable qualification; or Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training course; or Law qualification. CTA (or breadth of knowledge and experience equivalent to CTA).
As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.
