Indirect Tax Senior Manager

Indirect tax Senior Manager 

We are currently working with one of the big 4 firms to recruit a VAT Manager/Senior Manager who can be based in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle. This includes improving working capital, reducing errors, reducing costs and ensuring indirect taxes are handled correctly. The team advise how indirect taxes such as value added tax (VAT) or goods & services tax (GST) impinge on the client’s supply chain and financial and accounting systems.

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and ambitious individual to join my client's specialist Indirect Tax team. The team help support and deliver Indirect Tax advice for their clients across the UK. This role will provide an opportunity to be involved in a fast growth part of the Indirect Tax team, focusing on mid-market and large Corporates.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Enthusiastic manager with ability to create, sustain and lead effective teams

• Ensure delivery of quality work and take day to day leadership of delivery team

• Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff

• Significant involvement in the management of the team both in terms of strategy and operations and also through managing junior staff development and assignments

Your Client Responsibilities

• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional levels of client service

• Business development skills - able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work by proactively managing existing clients.

• Overall responsibility for quality of client service

• Manage possible leads from other areas of the practice

• Build networks and relationships internally and externally for the team to leverage from

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Client driven and strategically and commercially aware

• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral.

• Enthusiastic and flexible attitude to work

• Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget and working capital.

• Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and handle challenges

• Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines

• Enthusiastic team player with ability to create, sustain and lead effective teams

To qualify for the role you must have

• ACA/ACCA/CA; or Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training course; or Law qualification. CTA (or breadth of knowledge equivalent to CTA)

• Basic understanding of accounting principles such as journal adjustments and GL reconciliations

• Highly experienced tax practitioner with reviewing skills and expertise in functional area

• Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work

To apply, please submit your CV on Mia.Miao@changerecruitmentgroup.com