Senior Manager - Indirect Tax Technology, London, to £85k + Car + Bonus + Pension

Our client is top tier consulting firm, and with a highly successful team operating in the tax technology field. They now seek a forward thinking VAT / indirect tax specialist with connected IT / software knowledge and experience to take a lead client facing Senior Manager role. Leading a team of Consultants, the base location of this role is flexible - it is Europe-wide, although preference is for someone to be based in London or Benelux region.

Key activities and responsibilities will be:

Providing a leadership consulting role with clients (multinational companies) on indirect tax systems projects, and overseeing the delivery of IT solutions and processes

Leading on project planning and deciding on outline and approach

Seen as an expert and able to provide consultancy on the ERP-indirect tax field

Managing a small team of professionals on client services and support

Being responsible for project costs, financial budgets and resourcing of client projects

In order to match with the requirements of this role, you will have substantial experience to date in the VAT field, and ideally with experience within the Indirect Tax determination and/ or VAT compliance and reporting areas. You may have developed this experience within a Big 4 / consulting firm or operating within an in-house tax / VAT operations team in industry. If in industry, you will be recognised as an indirect tax specialist within the company, being a large multinational / FTSE / European HQ group. Also VAT compliance and process experience gained within a shared services environment of a multinational group would be highly valuable. It is a strong possibility you have a background in EU VAT compliance, now with additional experience of technologies and software for VAT / indirect tax compliance. Also a knowledge and strong appreciation of how VAT data works within a SAP / Oracle system and use of Excel for data extraction would be a strong advantage to success in the role.

This is a role seeking a proactive and professional VAT based systems project manager, and NOT requiring an IT programmer. This is an excellent opportunity to progress a VAT technology and systems career within a structured environment, and to have a high visibility client leadership role within an international technology business.