Indirect Tax manager
Hybrid · London, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Oversee the UK outsourced VAT compliance processes, ensuring returns and related filings are accurate and timely; establish and maintain indirect tax controls, documentation and governance; respond to VAT audits and information requests; partner with finance, legal, operations and commercial teams to ensure VAT is considered early in decision-making; provide training to non-tax stakeholders on key VAT issues; work with external advisers for specialist input; identify inefficiencies and governance gaps and implement practical solutions; contribute to improvements in systems, reporting and documentation supporting indirect tax compliance and recovery; take ownership of PESM operation and governance; provide practical VAT advice on a wide range of matters for an international insurance intermediary group; advise on VAT treatment of insurance intermediary revenue streams and related transactions; support VAT implications of new products, business models, and contractual/operational changes; advise stakeholders on cross-border VAT issues including place of supply, reverse charge, invoicing and recovery implications; support ad-hoc Insurance Premium Tax queries;
Required Qualifications
- Significant VAT / indirect tax experience, ideally gained in an in-house tax team within financial services, insurance or a large international group; and/or a professional services firm with substantial financial services / insurance client exposure
- Demonstrable experience operating a Partial Exemption Special Method (PESM)
- Strong knowledge of insurance intermediary transactions and the VAT issues arising in an insurance broking / insurance distribution environment
- Experience of advising on exempt, taxable and outside-the-scope supplies in a complex partial exemption setting
- Experience managing VAT risk in a commercially focused business environment
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