Indirect Tax Associate Director - Gatwick

Pro-Tax; Crawley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Pro-Tax invites applications for a senior VAT professional to join our Indirect Tax team in the South, with a clear path toward partnership. You will manage a portfolio of clients across sectors and support Directors and Partners with VAT services.

The ideal candidate will have up-to-date VAT technical skills, the ability to explain complex issues clearly, and a commercial mindset to identify advisory opportunities and contribute to tender proposals and staff training.

Qualifications

• Up-to-date VAT knowledge across large corporate and owner-managed businesses.
• Ability to handle VAT advisory matters and write reports.
• Understanding of key VAT principles.
• Ability to explain complex VAT issues simply.

Responsibilities

• Providing VAT advice on issues such as expanding into new jurisdictions, handling HMRC disputes, and VAT treatment of new income streams.
• Establishing and maintaining client relationships.
• Identifying profitable advisory work.
• Assisting with tender proposals.
• Training staff on VAT matters.

Skills

VAT knowledge

Client relationship management

Report writing

Team mentoring/training

Job description

This is an opportunity to join the best Indirect Tax Big 4 team in the South and embark on a journey to Partnership.

You will be working for a prominent Top 10 international firm that has experienced remarkable growth in recent years with 2024 looking to be their best year to date. In this role you will work with a broad client portfolio that will span all sectors from retail, technology, food and manufacturing and more.

About the Role:

Your primary responsibility will be to manage a portfolio of clients across various sectors. You will also assist Directors and Partners in providing VAT services and potentially managing team members.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Providing advice on VAT issues such as expanding into new jurisdictions, handling HMRC disputes, and VAT treatment of new income streams.
• Establishing and maintaining client relationships.
• Identifying profitable advisory work
• Assisting with tender proposals.
• Training staff on VAT matters.

This firm is ideally looking for an individual keen to progress to Director quickly with a commercial eye and real ambition.

The ideal candidate for this job should possess the following qualifications:

• An up-to-date knowledge and experience of VAT technical skills, covering a wide range of issues in large corporate and owner-managed businesses.
• Ability to handle VAT advisory matters and write reports.
• A comprehensive understanding of key VAT principles.
• Capability to explain complex issues in a simple manner that non-VAT experts can easily understand.

As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.