VAT Senior Manager

Ideas People Trust

We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially‑spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy – and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

Working, achieving, and thriving together, our Tax team move with every challenge. Friendly, driven and diverse, they service our clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across BDO to deliver wider business solutions. From meeting clients' evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team.

If you're after a career that will keep you on your toes, we'll give you the autonomy to drive your career forward.

Our Indirect Tax business continues to grow at a rapid pace. Indirect Taxes raise significant revenues for governments globally and gain increasing focus from tax authorities, the media and the public. For you it's the chance to hone your client‑service skills with interesting and complex assignments to help clients of all sizes succeed.

The team comprises a mix of 'home‑grown' (including at partner level) and externally recruited talent. This strength and diversity of knowledge creates an environment where our team can bring fresh thinking and a varied perspective to every project, enabling us to deliver creative, commercial and robust solutions for our clients.

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long‑lasting relationships.

You'll be someone who is both comfortable working pro‑actively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

As a Tax Manager, you'll be joining a high performing VAT team who provide services to a diverse portfolio. These include household names, global multinationals and fast paced privately owned businesses. You'll deal with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio including control of billings and cash collection within the firms' criteria and liaising with HMRC. You'll develop business and seek opportunities to ensure the continued growth of the team.

This role is a key one and will work in close partnership with our Partners & Directors.

• Significant understanding of and previous experience within UK VAT.
• In‑depth knowledge of recent key updates and areas of focus in the area of VAT.
• Ability to manage a large and varied portfolio.
• Ability and desire to actively seek opportunities for further work.
• Experience of dealing directly with HMRC.
• Experience of dealing with client senior management and key stakeholders.
• Educated to degree level.
• CTA qualified or equivalent an advantage.

You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand.

We offer a wide range of core and voluntary benefits, with a few examples below.

We promote a positive working environment where our people can thrive.

A Group Personal Pension Plan, with matched employer contributions.

Access to private medical treatment for you and your family.

Provides a proportion of your basic salary if you suffer a loss of earnings because of illness or injury.

Our holiday benefit enables you to purchase up to 10 days of additional leave.

A convenient, environmentally friendly and tax‑effective way to acquire a bike for travelling to and from work.