Position: VAT Assistant Manager

4 weeks ago


United Kingdom Wilson Wright Full time

Job Title : VAT Assistant Manager (Advisory Role)

Location: Hybrid Working (London EC4M/Remote)

Days/Hours worked: Monday-Friday,35-hour week (Flexitime)

Report to : VAT Director

What makes us different:

Established 130 years ago, Wilson Wright is now part of BKL an accounting, tax and business advisory firm based in London.

As a longstanding member of DFK International, a worldwide association of accounting firms, we can support our clients globally when the need arises.

Traditionally, we were an audit-focused firm. However, over the past decade, our tax practice has grown, and we now offer our clients a range of highly specialist tax services including tax dispute resolution and tax transactions in addition to our audit, accounting, and wider business advisory solutions.

Our clients range in size from small sole traders to multinational groups. We believe they all have one thing in common; they want cutting edge technical excellence with a hands-on, professional and personal service that they can rely on to add value and deliver results.

Our holistic approach to service delivery means that our clients always have a central point of contact with a person who understands their issues.

We are proud of our people-centric culture. By providing the support, guidance and motivation needed to grow and develop, our culture fosters a close-knit team working together to deliver complex and exceptional work for our clients.

Our purpose is to Make it Count: we aim to inspire and support each other to be at our best, so we can make a lasting difference to our clients, the community and our firm. We also pay lot of attention to our culture and how everyone feels about working at Wilson Wright. Take a look at this video showing what some of our employees think about our working environment

If you are looking for a role where you will be challenged and supported to learn, develop, and grow, come and join us

What we value:

We take great personal pride in helping our clients to achieve their goals.

  • We are one team, together we make it count.

    People are our greatest asset and together we all work as one team.

    • We do the Wright thing.

      Integrity is central to everything we do. Clients depend on us and trust us to do the right thing

      • We all strive to be the best we can be.

We set high standards in everything that we do and hold ourselves accountable for achieving them.

Day to Day Responsibilities include but not limited to :

  • Directly assisting the VAT Director & VAT Manager with technical VAT advisory work
  • Managing smaller distinct VAT advisory queries and smaller VAT clients and projects as appropriate for skill set
  • Advising and supporting the compliance team with their.
  • Working closely with and providing support to the TDR (Tax Disputes & Resolution) team dealing with complex disclosures and negotiations with HMRC.
  • Assisting with VAT training for the VAT Advisory and Compliance teams and more widely the firm.
  • Assisting the VAT Director & VAT Team with developing and implementing the VAT marketing initiatives.
  • Working with and developing relationships with our strong international network to provide support and source new work
  • Assisting the VAT Director develop the VAT offering and team to target new industry sectors and new technical areas of VAT (i.e. developing new technical skills and experience).
  • Assisting the VAT team integrate with and develop work with the BKL arm of the newly merged, expanding business.
  • Quoting and budgeting for VAT work and billing for work undertaken

Qualifications, Experience & Skills required

  • 1-5 years’ experience of providing VAT advice
  • Experience of the below would be an advantage:

    • Property development, construction, and sales
    • VAT inspection, dealing with HMRC, voluntary disclosures and penalties
    • Due diligence (reviewing VAT returns and treatment)
    • Schools, academies, not for profit
    • Financial services
    • Manufacturing, retail
    • VAT compliance requirements (registration, returns, VAT groups etc) and HMRC procedures
    • Cross border Experience of EU VAT rules and other VAT regimes outside the UK would be very welcome
    • Working with overseas contacts as part of a multinational network would be very welcome.
  • Personable and approachable and keen to be involved in marketing initiatives
  • Experience and competence with the usual Microsoft and billing software packages.
  • Any university or professional qualifications in the Accountancy, Law or Tax would be an advantage.

In addition to the responsibilities listed above, you will be required to undertake GDPR training in order to fully understand the regulations and ensure all work is carried out in a compliant manner. As part of any recruitment process, the Firm collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The Firm is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations. Wilson Wright is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified candidates eligible to work in the UK.

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