Tax Accountant Vat

For a VAT Accountant/Analyst seeking a role within a globally listed and reputable organisation in the consumer sector. This business is based in Central London (3 days expected on-site a week)

Key Responsibilities:

• Partnering closely with the VAT controllership manager to proactively partner tax advisory, VAT compliance and business teams to ensure good governance, controls and risk is mitigated.
• Supporting cross functional project launches end-to-end, from scoping through to testing and launch;
• Working with the tax advisory, tax and AB tech teams and business partners on the implementation of controls, including identification of internal risks and solutions to mitigate them, and mapping out business processes to ensure there is a clear understanding of risk areas.
• Actively contributing in the AB risk and the FAS 5 VAT provision process;
• Providing data and metric support to the AB tax team and data analysis review processes;
• Providing support and adhoc advice around the controllership processes to Tax colleagues as well as the Business and Accounting teams

Ideal Candidate

• Professional qualifications in ACA, ACCA or CTA or similar accounting experience
• VAT expert (compliance), not financial accountants
• Strong accounting/reconciliation skills
• Strong excel skills - pivot, vlookup
• Ability to time manage and work autonomously
• 3 years post qualification