In-house Indirect Tax Manager, Watford

A leading professional services firm are seeking an experienced Indirect Tax Manager to join their internal partnership tax team in Watford. This newly-created role offers the opportunity to join an international firm with all its perks, while maintaining a comfortable work-life balance.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Day-to-day management of the internal VAT Helpline, providing advice on indirect tax matters to employees of the UK firm
- Identifying and reporting on foreign indirect tax issues impacting the UK firm, working closely with the overseas tax manager and client service teams
- Managing the filing of overseas indirect tax returns for the UK firm
- Establishing, managing and submitting foreign VAT claims within the EU
- Delivering VAT training across finance, and coaching/managing junior team members
- Ensuring the UK firm's systems, processes, procedures and reporting methods remain compliant with current and upcoming changes in VAT legislation, alongside the Indirect Tax Senior Manager
- Provide backup to the VAT Assistant Manager during the compilation of the quarterly VAT return
- Acting as a contact for HMRC
- Keeping up to date with changes in legislation and other external matters that impact the firm's Indirect Tax obligations

The successful candidate will have the following skills and qualifications:
- CTA/ACA qualified
- Post-qualification experience either in an accounting practice, HMRC, or industry
- Excellent organisational skills
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- A sound understanding of UK VAT legislation and its application in practice
- A working knowledge of partial exemption and capital goods scheme calculations
- Able to communicate at different layers of technical ability, to get the right message across
- Experience of overseas VAT, while not essential, would be a plus

For more information, apply now through etaxjobs or contact Joe McWilliam at Wilkinson Partners for more information.