VAT Advisory Manager

Job Details

VAT Manager

London | Northern England

cer Financial are delighted to be partnering with a Top 20 accounting firm who are looking to appoint an experienced and ambitious VAT Manager to join their team.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a portfolio of VAT clients across sectors such as finance, insurance, fintech, property and retail.
• Provide VAT advisory support on complex issues, including restructurings, transactions, HMRC disputes and cross-border matters.
• Build strong client relationships and identify opportunities for additional advisory work.
• Prepare and review VAT reports, due diligence and complex VAT returns.
• Manage WIP, billing and fee proposals to ensure profitable client delivery.
• Review junior team members’ work and provide technical guidance.
• Support tenders, audit assignments and staff training.
• Manage direct reports where required.

The candidate needs:

• Strong VAT advisory experience gained in practice.
• Thorough knowledge of UK VAT principles and current legislation.
• Experience advising corporate and owner-managed businesses on complex VAT matters.
• Strong report writing, analytical and attention-to-detail skills.
• Ability to explain technical VAT issues clearly to non-specialists.
• Commercially aware with strong client-management skills.
• Good Microsoft Word skills; Excel and PowerPoint beneficial.
• ACA/CA/CTA or equivalent is desirable but not essential.

Company

cer Financial is a specialist Financial Services Recruitment consultancy who have a dedicated team of consultants who work with our core values in mind. We are committed to developing long lasting relationships with clients and candidates, providing recruitment services across the following areas:

• Operations
• Financial Control
• Tax
• Compliance
• Financial Crime
• Relationship Management
• Audit
• Projects / Change / Business Analysis
• Risk
• Credit

Our team specialises in permanent and contract recruitment across all levels of seniority.

cer Financial strive to exceed expectations by providing clients with the most innovative “search and selection” of high calibre candidates from across the financial services industry. Our consultants thoroughly understand your recruitment brief, delivering a professional and quality experience to ensure a simple and successful recruitment process for everyone.

The consultants at cer Financial partake in an intensive training process ensuring they have an excellent technical knowledge of their individual specialist markets. All of this makes us the premier choice for a growing number of recruiting clients and job seeking candidates.

We understand that the recruitment and hiring process can be stressful, and we are here to ensure that the experience is as succinct as possible.

cer Financial are always looking to form new business relationships with both clients and candidates so if you need any further information from us, please don’t hesitate to call on 0207 626 6065 or email us at [email protected]