Senior VAT Manager

• Undertake reviews of existing VAT processes, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing best practice procedures to enhance accuracy and efficiency.
• Provide tax technical support for implementing a new tax engine, ensuring VAT determination logic is configured correctly.
• Conduct a holistic review of output tax treatment across all revenue streams, ensuring proper classification of liability and account for taxable supplies.
• Review input tax recovery processes, with emphasis on partial exemption special method, ensuring methodology is correctly applied.
• Provide technical support to the tax team when preparing and reviewing VAT returns and compliance obligations during the contract period.
• Develop and deliver training to finance and operational teams on VAT matters, and document processes, controls, and technical positions to support knowledge transfer.

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CTA, or equivalent)
• Post-qualification experience in UK VAT, ideally gained within a Big Four or mid-tier accountancy practice and/or in a senior in-house indirect tax role.
• Experience with tax engine implementations (such as Vertex, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE, or Avalara).
• Cross border and non UK VAT experience (EU/Australia)
• Analytical, with the ability to interpret complex VAT legislation and apply it practically to business operations.
• Experience in process improvement and able to manage multiple work streams simultaneously are also essential.

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• VAT processes
• tax determination logic
• input tax recovery
• partial exemption special method
• VAT returns
• compliance obligations
• process improvement
• analytical skills
• interpret complex VAT legislation

• ability to manage multiple work streams
• training development
• knowledge transfer

• ACA
• ACCA
• CTA