EMEA VAT Manager

The company

Renowned as one of the biggest advertising and marketing businesses in the world, this global, multi-billion dollar company boasts a workforce of over 45,000 employees with luxurious offices across 6 continents. This company strives to consistently deliver top quality service through the people it employs, who have excellent resources and support at hand to help them achieve this.

The role

This is a newly created role working in the Tax department reporting to the Global Director of Indirect Taxes. The successful incumbent will be responsible for providing comprehensive VAT and other indirect tax advice and guidance to the Group and will be seen very much as the "right hand" of the Global Tax Director.

Key responsibilities:

* Assisting the Global VAT Director in the creation, planning and implementation of VAT optimisation initiatives across the EMEA regions.
* Identifying, mitigating and monitoring VAT risks for the Group.
* Lead Indirect Tax contact for the European market businesses.
* Ensuring resolution of open VAT issues, manage EMEA VAT audits as they arise and achieve positive outcomes.
* Manage and develop good relationships with VAT authorities, local VAT advisors and finance and account managers of agencies.
* Implement best VAT practices and procedures. Implement, test and report on effectiveness of controls.
* Providing practical and timely advice to in house legal, finance and wider tax team on the tax impact of specific business transactions (e.g. new services, acquisitions/ disposals, property deals and other commercial arrangements.

About you

The successful candidate will have the following:

* University degree (minimum 2:2), or equivalent.
* CTA or other relevant professional (e.g. legal) qualification.
* Experience with advisory practices or in house.
* Day to day knowledge of the international services sector would be preferable.
* Working knowledge of transfer pricing considerations and interaction with Indirect Taxes.
* Has credibility and confidence to make significant VAT decisions- with the support of the Global VAT Director.
* Good knowledge of the processes and tools for VAT reporting and compliance, disclosure and dispute resolution.

Next steps

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

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