Indirect Tax Adviser - FTSE 100

My client, an online entertainment business within the sporting industry is seeking an Indirect Tax Adviser to join their high-quality tax team.

The firm are a FTSE 100 business, but also a UK Top 20 taxpayer, operating in more than 40 countries.

As an Indirect Tax Adviser, you'll be at the forefront of helping us to manage both existing tax obligations as well as emerging obligations in the fast-developing and leading-edge world of the taxation of digital services.

You will be working closely with people from across the business and around the world - from accountants to lawyers to commercial specialists, product specialists and technology experts in the UK, Gibraltar, Malta, India and a variety of other locations - to understand and advise on the indirect tax implications of existing operations and expansion plans.

You'll need to stay abreast of international developments in VAT, GST and gambling taxes, including the evolving areas of taxation of digital businesses, taxation of electronically supplied services (ESS) and point-of-consumption taxes.

Key responsibilities:

* Prepare and file VAT tax returns for a variety of different jurisdictions (primarily UK and Europe) in collaboration with finance colleagues to help the business comply with its international indirect tax obligations.
* Identify and implement opportunities for compliance process streamlining and improvement.
* Act as a trusted business partner: assisting accounting, procurement, legal, commercial, regulatory and other colleagues in understanding, in plain English, the VAT, GST tax considerations of their work and the impact on the wider business.
* Support other members of the tax team with special projects, such as M&A, corporate restructuring, litigation, analysis of new products, and addressing the tax aspects of entry into new markets, and the launch of new products, to ensure compliance and optimise business decisions.

Experience required:

* VAT technical experience, including:

* preparation of VAT/GST (or other) indirect tax returns
* partial exemption (pro-rata) calculations
* cross-border transactions (particularly services)
* Experience of working directly with accounting/ERP systems
* Experience in the preparation and review of indirect tax returns, including using Excel
* Self-starter, able to rapidly understand compliance and project requirements, become familiar with systems and processes, and proactively develop rapport with a variety of colleagues
* Ability to juggle competing demands and take charge of completing tasks that require input from multiple different teams
* Ability to rapidly establish and maintain relationships with a variety of both internal and external stakeholders (such as tax, finance, legal, and regulatory colleagues, tax advisers, and tax authorities) and be recognised as a trusted expert
* Excellent communication skills, including written and spoken English

* Desired:
* Achieved, or studying towards, or interested in achieving, a recognised tax or accounting qualification (such as ATT, CTA, ADIT, AAT, ACA, CA, ACCA)
* Experience with:
* Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Compliance, or similar tax tool
* Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials
* Taxation of digital services (such as VAT on Electronically Supplied Services)

* Proficiency in another major European language (such as French, German, Italian, Spanish)