Head of Vat

Hybrid Chesterfield or London

In this varied and changing role, you will play a key part the group minimises VAT costs and ensuring compliance. This is a hybrid role

Job description:

- Play a key role in managing indirect tax and relationships with tax authorities, advisors and business partners
- Be an internally recognised expert source of knowledge on a very wide range of indirect tax issues. The focus is primarily on VAT issues but encompasses all other indirect taxes.
- Provide technical support and advice on a variety of projects (including IT systems and Brexit) to ensure compliance, minimise tax costs and maximise tax opportunities.
- Provide support to senior managers and advice to other team members on all areas of VAT compliance and planning.
- Review principal group VAT return, and review other UK and overseas subsidiary VAT returns, as required.
- Manage preparation of partial exemption special method calculations and gather relevant information from across the group.
- Keep appraised of changes in tax legislation and case law developments
- Provide training and guidance to staff at various levels.
- Identify opportunities for savings and process improvements help ensure Cost Reduction targets are achieved
- Determine VAT treatment of new products and income streams and ensure treated correctly within financial accounting systems
- Strong technical VAT ability
- Ideally at least seven years VAT experience either in practice, HMRC or an in-house environment
- Ability to drive change across processes, systems and people.
- Ability to effectively contribute to negotiations with tax authorities and other lobbying groups on complex issues to achieve a positive outcome for the group
- A Tax or accountancy qualification is preferred
- IT literate - with proficiency in Excel, Powerpoint and preferably SAP

For more information, please contact Mo Hanslod at Brewer Morris

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