Indirect Tax Systems & Ops Manager - 12 months - Media business

Reporting to the Director of Tax, this interim role (12 months FTC) will significantly enhance a relatively new in-house tax team. It will require a flexible and hands-on approach, an ability to function effectively in a complex and dynamic environment and the successful candidate will need to possess a mix of indirect tax technology experience and technical knowledge of indirect tax, ideally including US sales tax. The role will focus on technology maintenance, as well as implementing strong compliance and risk management process controls.

Key responsibilities

* The main purpose of this role is the maintenance and development of indirect tax operational controls and systems, including:
* Maintenance of indirect tax technology solutions, including Oracle and Vertex (US) as well as legacy systems.
* Working with Financial Systems Support and Accounting Services teams to roll out tax logic for new indirect tax registered countries, trouble shooting tax logic and invoicing issues and working with AR and customer service teams to minimise the risk of tax logic errors.
* Carrying out risk and control analyses for indirect tax processes to identify areas where controls can be enhanced, make improvements to minimise risk and documenting processes and controls.
* Supporting the indirect tax compliance functionality globally and assisting with the management of the UK VAT return process in particular, including key trend analytics.
* Preparation and filing of US sales tax and Canadian GST returns in-house and management of historic issues in the US and Canada.
* Assistance with any indirect tax audits, including US sales tax audits.
* Close involvement in carrying out / reviewing monthly balance sheet indirect tax account reconciliations, including closure of outstanding historic issues.
* A potential to work on new business systems implementation project, focussing on the integration of indirect tax logic.
* Undertake ad-hoc duties as required from time to time in relation to indirect tax.

Experience and personal attributes

* Working knowledge or practical experience of maintaining and operating tax calculation systems, especially Oracle R12 eBusiness Tax and Vertex desired.
* Sound knowledge of UK and EU VAT legislation and global indirect tax issues.
* Working knowledge of indirect tax compliance processes, from data extraction to return submission.
* Ideally a qualified accountant, with relevant tax qualification.
* Strong communications and excel analysis skills.
* A willingness to carry out technical research and make recommendations based on risk.
* Resourceful, practical, able to handle ambiguity, resilient, able to function effectively under pressure.

For more information, please contact Mo Hanslod at Brewer Morris

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