Assistant VAT Manager - Group Tax (9 Month FTC)

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 15%

Annual bonus

Share schemes

Discounted shopping

28 days holiday + bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives

Generous parental leave

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a VAT Compliance Specialist within Group Tax. You will review VAT returns, analyse large data sets, and apply UK VAT rules across systems to ensure accurate, compliant outcomes.

Operating with a hybrid working pattern across Leeds and Edinburgh, you will collaborate with finance and business partners to support VAT audits and continuous improvements, leveraging knowledge of VAT guidance and large datasets.

Qualifications

• A relevant qualification, such as ATT, VAT Compliance Diploma, ACCA or AAT, is preferred; alternatively, you may have gained equivalent expertise through substantial experience in a Finance function.
• VAT compliance experience.
• Proven experience reviewing complex VAT returns and supporting audits.
• Good working knowledge of UK VAT law and its practical application
• Ability to apply VAT guidance to transactions and data.
• Confidence working with large datasets and translating data into clear outputs.
• Experience with finance systems such as Oracle ERP and SAP Ariba.
• Ability to work independently, prioritise effectively, and meet deadlines.
• Clear communication skills and ability to work with a range of partners.

Responsibilities

• Review VAT Returns, reconciliations and supporting analysis.
• Analyse large and complex data sets to support VAT reporting and issue resolutions.
• Apply VAT Rules to transactions and ensure accurate treatment across systems.
• Support VAT assurance reviews and audits.
• Identify process gaps, control weaknesses, and support practical improvements.
• Work with finance and business teams to gather data and resolve VAT queries.
• Prepare documentation to support compliance, controls, and audit requirements.

Skills

VAT compliance

Data analysis

Clear communication

Independent work

Education

ATT

VAT Compliance Diploma

ACCA

AAT

Tools

Oracle ERP

SAP Ariba

Power Apps

Job description

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh & Leeds

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

Do you want to grow your career in Group Tax, work with varied collaborators, and help deliver meaningful change?

Group Tax is a key function within the Finance community of LBG, having responsibility for managing the Group's tax affairs. The Group has a wide range of tax payments, deductions, and reporting obligations both for its own account but also for its colleagues and customers. Group Tax manages these obligations on behalf of the Group, ensuring the tax consequences of all transactions are understood and that the Group is in full compliance with its statutory obligations.

What you'll be doing:

Use of tools such as Excel, Power Apps, Copilot and Alteryx to manage and transform data including:

• Reviewing VAT Returns, reconciliations and supporting analysis,
• Analysing large and complex data sets to support VAT reporting and issue resolutions
• Apply VAT Rules to transactions and ensure the accurate treatment across systems.
• Support VAT assurance reviews and audits.
• Identify process gaps, control weaknesses, and support practical improvements.
• Work with finance and business teams to gather data and resolve VAT queries.
• Use tools such as Excel, Power Query, and Alteryx to manage and transform data.
• Prepare clear documentation to support compliance, controls, and audit requirements.
• Deliver work in line with established tax control frameworks and procedures.
• Support the VAT team in responding to advisory queries from the business.
• Apply working knowledge of UK VAT legislation and HMRC guidance to support decisions.

We're on an exciting transformation journey to modernise and automate VAT processes, using technologies such as Power Apps, Copilot, and advanced data solutions. This role offers an outstanding opportunity to contribute to this automation agenda, driving efficiency, improving controls, and helping build a scalable, future-ready tax function.

We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone.

What we're looking for:

• A relevant qualification, such as ATT, VAT Compliance Diploma, ACCA or AAT, is preferred; alternatively, you may have gained equivalent expertise through substantial experience in a Finance function.
• VAT compliance experience.
• Proven experience reviewing complex VAT returns and supporting audits.
• Good working knowledge of UK VAT law and its practical application
• Ability to apply VAT guidance to transactions and data.
• Confidence working with large datasets and translating data into clear outputs.
• Experience with finance systems such as Oracle ERP and SAP Ariba.
• Ability to work independently, prioritise effectively, and meet deadlines.
• Clear communication skills and ability to work with a range of partners.

And any experience of these would be great

• Experience with Power Query or Alteryx.
• Experience in financial services or a large corporate.

This is a place for you

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health, or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares.
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
• 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

£40,000 - £45,000 per annum, Hybrid Working in our Amazing Leeds Office & Lots of Perks!