Job responsibilities
- Analyses the operating model in several EMEA locations
- Understands, reviews, and updates tax compliance procedures
- Provides input into the strategic technology programme to ensure it will facilitate a robust filing process in locations
- Reviews tax compliance submissions
- Develops a high level understanding of the products of the relevant lines of business relevant to the locations.
- Develops knowledge of local VAT regimes applicable to the relevant jurisdictions and transactions / products (both tax technical and practical).
- Advises/trains internal stakeholders.
- Communicates VAT risks succinctly and clearly to non-tax colleagues.
- Escalates risks internally within the team as appropriate.
- Works with external tax advisors, as well as partnering internally with global Corporate Tax colleagues (including colleagues covering directs taxes) and non-tax colleagues (such as the Business, Legal, Finance, Operations etc.).
Required Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree.
- Accounting or Tax qualification, e.g. CTA indirect tax route,
- VAT advisory experience (Big 4 or equivalent in-house) for financial services sector work experience
- A detailed understanding of UK/EU VAT principles, with knowledge/experience of VAT issues
- A knowledge of VAT compliance requirements and processes.
Preferred Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities
- Strong communication and structured written skills and the ability to work well in a team.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to formulate commercially sound solutions.
- Quick learner with a positive attitude and professionalism.
- Being able to work independently, managing own workload and projects.
- Strong interpersonal skills to build working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Functional knowledge of VAT technology systems an advantage
- European language knowledge an advantage