In-House Senior Tax Manager. LilyLifestyle

Senior Tax Manager

Affordable housing association looking to recruit a Senior Tax Manager based in the city who will be responsible for all day-to-day tax matters across a range of taxes including VAT, SDLT and CIS.

• Review all VAT returns prepared by the Tax Accountant, ensuring accuracy and completeness before sign off by the Head of Tax.
• Support operations teams with CIS support and supplier verifications.
• Review Capital Goods Scheme, Partial Exemption Special Method and Partial Exemption Standard method calculations.
• Identify tax compliance risks and opportunities.
• Ensure the Group’s full compliance with all new VAT, SDLT and CIS tax legislation.
• Inform the business of any changes that may affect the organisation, monitor VAT rate changes and ensure Finance systems are updated accordingly.
• Organise and deliver VAT training sessions to the wider business.
• Provide detailed holistic tax advice on all new development/land projects, liaising with project teams as necessary.
• Respond to ad‑hoc tax queries from the business.
• Manage the group’s relationship with HMRC on VAT, SDLT and CIS.
• Provide support on Corporation Tax and Employment Tax issues.
• Identify and implement opportunities for tax savings.
• Ensure appropriate controls are in place.

• URL qualification or working towards a professional tax qualification (e.g., CTA).
• Qualified accountant or significant experience in an accountancy environment.
• Significant indirect tax experience covering both technical VAT and systems work.
• Experience in the social housing/charity sector (desirable).
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills; experience of Oracle preferred.
• Excellent communication skills; proven record of preparing and delivering persuasive, high‑quality written and verbal reports and presentations to Executive and committee level and externally.