UK VAT Accountant

Location: Bengaluru

Review/preparation and completion of VAT filings, ensuring payment of final VAT liability is made on a timely basis.
Ensuring tax office audit queries are properly addressed and resolved with the authorities.
Extracting AP/AR reports; performing critical invoice VAT checks; identifying and resolving issues, initiating remediation, where required.
Analysing data and translating it into meaningful information, including sampling and variance analyses, where required.
Ability to apply VAT technical skills to identify risk areas and sustainable planning opportunities.
Data cleansing/formatting to align with external VAT compliance provider requirements and/or templates.
Training of AP/AR teams.
A keen interest in identifying and resolving issues with ERP system.
VAT control account reconciliations, including advising of profit and loss aspects of FX differences and irrecoverable VAT as required.
Processing journal entries.
Active participation on business calls and meetings, driving issue resolution as required.
Preparing trackers, dashboards, etc.
Planning/prioritization of workload.
Providing support, maintaining communication and updating senior team members on progress.
Liaison with internal tax/finance teams and external VAT compliance providers.
Online return filing.

Qualifications:

Your Knowledge/Skill/Experience Requirements:
UK/EU VAT knowledge – in particular, cross border supplies of goods and services, VAT invoices, VAT rates, VAT recovery, VAT reverse charge, VAT domestic reverse charge.
UK/EU VAT compliance experience – VAT returns, statistical returns, etc.
ERP knowledge/experience (ideally Workday).
Ability to manipulate and interrogate data.
Ability to perform VAT checks on AP/AR invoices.
Knowledge and proficient understanding of taxing software and tools