Indirect Tax Manager, International Publishing Business

The company

This instantly recognisable publishing business that provides economic and business news to millions of business enthusiasts the world over every day is looking expand their Tax team in London due to continued growth.

The role

Reporting to the Director of Tax, the successful incumbent will be responsible for maintaining VAT compliance and risk management process controls, as well as managing tax systems issues.

Key responsibilities

* Manage VAT compliance work for the UK VAT Group and overseas VAT registrations for the main UK trading entity.
* Actively manage relationships with external VAT compliance advisors.
* Provide oversight and assistance with the VAT compliance process for the group's overseas entities in Europe and Asia.
* Manage various tax systems issues, including Business As Usual (BAU) changes such as VAT rate and rule changes, new VAT registrations and digital product taxability; as well as overall responsibility for the indirect tax aspects of substantial systems implementations as required.
* Manage queries from HMRC on all indirect tax related issues.
* Provide indirect tax support to the commercial side of the business, for example providing advice regarding the indirect tax impact of new product lines or markets being targeted.
* Liaising with the Finance team on indirect tax accounting issues.

About you

The successful candidate will possess a mix of strong UK and EU VAT technical knowledge and hands-on compliance experience including:

* Sound knowledge of UK VAT legislation.
* Strong understanding of EU VAT Directives and compliance issues.
* Relevant tax qualification, ideally Chartered Institute of Taxation or equivalent.
* Experience of tax systems, especially Oracle R12 eBusiness Tax and/or Vertex desired, but not essential.
* Strong communications and excel analysis skills.

Next steps

Should you be interested in discussing this opportunity further, please contact Warren Williams

Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.