Indirect Tax Manager (inhouse), VAT Assurance

A leading UK Retail bank is looking to hire a VAT specialist into their Tax Assurance & Advisory team based in Edinburgh (hybrid)

A leading UK Retail bank is looking to hire a VAT specialist into their Tax Assurance & Advisory team based in Edinburgh (hybrid)

The VAT Team is part of Group Tax and is responsible for handling the VAT risk of the Banking Group as a whole. This role involves working as part of a team and would provide insightful, high quality technical output, advice and mentorship tailored to senior partner needs, operating as a Tax specialist.

Key responsibilities

• Provides a proactive comprehensive advisory and assurance service supporting senior peer group to ensure that the business is aware of the risks of non-compliance
• Handle relationships with important internal customers and act as their business partner, while taking mentorship from their senior peer group.
• Analyses key themes using data from a wide range of sources and identifies possible impacts on the business.
• Identifies shortcomings and suggests improvements, to deliver a plan for a small element of an organisational change program, with mentorship of a Project/program Manager.
• Develops procedures, controls applies policy for all areas of the business to achieve specified outputs to ensure compliance obligations are met.
• Provides advice to the wider business on application of policy, then monitors implementation of those procedures within the organisation.

Skills and experience

• The job holder should have a strong detailed technical knowledge of UK law and practice in respect of VAT and a good understanding of the workings of HM Revenue and Customs.
• The job holder requires strong skills in negotiation, leadership, task and process management.
• Excellent oral and written skills with an ability to communicate and influence at all levels.
• High level of credibility throughout the businesses advised
• Ability to analyze complex problems or transactions and develop and implement solutions.
• Maturity and credibility to present the Group’s case and negotiate its position with H M Treasury, H M Revenue and Customs, trade bodies and external advisors.

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