I’m partnering with one of the fastest growing indirect tax teams re exciting growth opportunities to join their teams, nationally. Due to domestic and global trend of governments shifting emphasis from direct to indirect taxation, businesses now face complex VAT systems, case law, guidance and legislation. Companies need to comply with thorny VAT rules when entering new markets, stretching out globally or joining international supply chains. Meanwhile, liabilities, errors and assessments can also attract interest and penalties.
Their clients vary in size and structure and range from FTSE 100 global groups to fast growing entrepreneurial owner managed businesses. They work with clients across most sectors including consumer businesses, pharmaceutical, health care, financial services, insurance, not-for-profit, education, land and property.
About the role
Responsibilities vary depending on grade/level:
- Delivering high quality technical advice, working with a diverse range of clients
- Ensure that junior staff are guided in researching and producing work that meets the firm’s commitment to quality
- Provide technically accurate advice on a range of Indirect Tax matters, supporting your decisions with appropriate knowledge of legislation, case law, and technical analysis
- You will understand complicated technical issues and be able to explain them to stakeholders who may have limited tax knowledge
- Produce technical work which requires minimal review and conveys key points to clients and stakeholders
- Review the work of other members of the team
- Be compliant with the firm’s risk management processes for clients starting from initial take on to completion of assignments
Requirements:
- Significant experience in VAT/indirect tax from a professional services background or in-house team
- ATT/ACA/CA or CTA qualification would be an advantage or relevant equivalent experience
- Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills required because you will be working with a number of different colleagues at any given time on work for a great many different clients and targets
- Excellent inter-personal skills and be able to demonstrate that you are able to forge long standing business relationships
- Comfortable when working as part of a mixed discipline team
- Experience of advising or supporting on complex technical indirect tax matters across a range of VAT areas and sectors
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