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Interim Tax Lead (VAT) £500 p/d

Interim Tax Lead (VAT) £500 p/d

  • Location

    Hertfordshire

  • Sector:

    Finance

  • Job type:

    Contract

  • Salary:

    £400 - £500 per day

  • Contact:

    Jamie Mackinlay

  • Contact email:

    jamie.mackinlay@1st-executive.com

  • Salary high:

    500

  • Salary low:

    400

  • Job ref:

    JM336_1666967645

  • Published:

    over 1 year ago

  • Duration:

    12 months

  • Expiry date:

    2022-11-27

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

  • Consultant:

    ConsultantDrop

Interim VAT Lead

An excellent interim opportunity for a VAT Lead to join a Global Manufacturing Lead, and play a key role in the review and transformation of all VAT and Indirect Tax activity.

This is a 12-month contract, based in Hertfordshire, with a hybrid approach to working from home offering between £500 p/d.

The Role:

You will hold full responsibility for all VAT end-to-end processes and submissions in the relevant business unit, primarily UK-centric, but with a view for future global scope. Ensuring that VAT transactions are correct and compliant, you will oversee indirect tax issues, risk, process efficiency and drive capital savings.

  • Lead the transformation of end-to-end VAT processes.
  • Ensure a good working knowledge of processing and completing VAT transactions across the team.
  • Oversee VAT and GST compliance, ensuring accurate VAT reporting.
  • Ensure appropriate controls are in place in Tax control accounts.
  • Provide information and reporting to Group Tax, external auditors and tax authorities.
  • Support leadership with transactional tax queries.
  • Support Supply Chain in accuracy and completeness of customs tax transactions.
  • Oversee the update of manuals and procedures, and drive the improvement of tax processes.

Requirements:

  • Accounting or Tax qualified - ACA, CIMA, CTA or equivalent.
  • Experience managing the transformation of Tax processes and controls, within a global, matrix organisation.
  • Strong understanding of local tax rules.
  • Excellent skills of influence and engagement to a senior level, across functions and geographies.
  • Good tax compliance, tax management and Change competency.

This is an urgent requirement - if interested please apply asap.