Interim VAT Manager Opportunity for a Pharmaceutical Group in London, to £400 per day

Interim VAT Manager Opportunity for a Pharmaceutical Group in London


A Global Pharmaceutical Group seeks an interim VAT Manager to take responsibility for the timely completion of tax fillings including VAT fillings, CIT fillings and payments for all jurisdictions within the international region.

Responsibilities include:

VAT Compliance:

* Manage the relationship with external service provider
* Ownership of the completion of all international region VAT returns, including providing relevant information to the service provider and verifying the draft returns before they are submitted
* Ensure all VAT payments are made on a timely basis for all jurisdictions
* Ensure all VAT control accounts are prepared and reconciled in accordance with SOX internal control requirements within Trintech reconciliation system
* Respond in a timely basis to any ad-hoc requests for statistical or audit data from external authorities or auditors
* Assist with the ongoing design and implementation of key controls for the accounting function

CIT compliance:

* Manage the relationship with external service provider
* Ownership of the completion of all international region CIT returns, including providing relevant information to the service provider and verifying the draft returns before they are submitted
* Ensure all CIT payments are made on a timely basis for all jurisdictions

Strategic responsibilities:

* Manage the relationship with external services providers (e.g. Deloitte for tax compliance)
* Participation in other ad-hoc accounting projects as required
* Build a partnership of trust and open communication between International Accounting team, European management and US corporate stakeholders

In essence the role requires pro-active management of the groups VAT process in order to ensure accurate external VAT reporting and financial control compliance with global policies and procedures.

What you'll need to succeed:

* ACA/ACCA/CTA qualified
* Good technical knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS GAAP and VAT accounting
* International experience preferred
* Oracle R12 an advantage
* Ability to work under pressure whilst still maintaining attention to detail and effective controls
* Established record in managing multiple and competing priorities
* Experience of US multi-nationals beneficial
* Strong working knowledge of excel

What you'll get in return:

* In return you will receive a day rate between £300-£400 (depending on experience)
* Long term role until June with possibility of going permanent.

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