Assistant Tax Manager - VAT

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Assistant Tax Manager - VAT, Peterborough

Location:

Peterborough, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

9

Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

Job Description:

Job Title: VAT Assistant Tax Manager

Location: Peterborough (occasional travel to the Peterborough office)

Markerstudy is a leading provider of private insurance in the UK, insuring around 5% of the private cars on the UK roads, % of commercial vehicles and over % of motorcycles in total premium levels of circa £1.2b. The majority of business is written as the insurance pricing provider behind household names such as Co-op, Sainsbury’s, O2, Halifax, AA, Saga and Lloyds Bank to list a few and Markerstudy also has a large and growing direct presence in the market as well.

Role Overview

The role of the VAT Assistant Tax Manager is to ensure all reporting requirements in respect of indirect taxes across all jurisdictions are met for all the Markerstudy Group of entities.

This includes preparation, review and submission of VAT returns and related ancillary reporting.

Responsibilities

• Accurate preparation and submission of VAT tax returns/quarterly VAT returns for all Group entities or individually registered entities including liaison with external outsourced tax providers where applicable.
• Providing input into recommendations on the most efficient VAT group structure.
• Management of external auditors and colleagues to ensure timely and efficient delivery of tax statutory audit.
• Understanding the Making Tax Digital requirements and ensuring these are complied with in a timely and cost-efficient manner.
• Working in close partnership with the Head of Tax Advisory on any emerging tax issues, particularly around M&A activity and legal entity structure.
• Managing the Senior Accounting Officer review and sign-off process.
• Ambassador for tax governance across all business activity.

About You

• Experience of tax reporting within a large company or audit practice
• UK CT/VAT technical specialist
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills