An exciting opportunity has arisen for a European VAT Manager to join the tax department of this diverse organisation and take ownership of overseeing local VAT and Indirect Tax compliance in Europe, with a principal focus on the UK and Belgium. You will share responsibility for VAT/GST, Customs Duties, and all other taxes as may be required.
Specifically, you will be required to assist in the following areas:-
* Research tax law questions that arise and act as in-house VAT advisor to explain legal ramifications to the company.
* Monitor and evaluate new and proposed global tax legislation, regulations, rulings and legal decisions, in relation to VAT, to identify their impact on the company.
* Together with the existing European VAT Manager, work to resolve outstanding indirect tax audits and queries, ensuring all documentation, accounting and processes are in order.
* Assist with and manage in-house compliance for UK indirect taxes.
* Working on regulatory matters, ensuring that all required legal compliance matters are identified and appropriately addressed in a timely manner.
Suitable candidates will be qualified, ideally possessing both professional tax and an accounting qualification, as well as having good interpersonal skills sufficient to function successfully in a highly visible and legally challenging position. Familiarity with European languages is preferred. Strong analytical skills and the ability to issue and propose viable solutions and handle multiple projects at one time will be expected. You will be confident to communicate effectively with different business units and will enthusiastically address a broad range of issues of varying degrees of complexity.
We request applications to be submitted in a word format only.
Pure Recruitment Group Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles. Pure Recruitment Group Limited aims to promote diversity and equal opportunity through its work - we monitor and evaluate our performance on a regular basis.
Please note our advertisements use PQE levels purely as a guide to the minimum level of experience that we anticipate will be needed to fulfil the position. However, we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role and they will be considered on an equal basis.
Pure Taxation was established in 1999 as part of the Pure Recruitment Group. Rather than imitate existing providers of tax recruitment consultancy, we sought to create a new methodology based on quality, relationships and integrity. Since then, Pure Taxation has become market leader in the UK because of our approach to recruitment and the excellence of our experienced consultants, making us a profitable business every year since inception.
Our current team comprises of 16 specialist consultants in London and Hong Kong focusing on permanent tax recruitment in the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific regions, three specialists in interim tax recruitment and four dedicated support and research staff, making us the largest dedicated tax recruiter in the UK.
