Indirect Tax In-house Contract 6 months - UK Remote

Georgiana Head Recruitment Limited; Manchester; Remote; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a VAT specialist for a 6-month contract role. Responsibilities include reviewing VAT returns and intrastat reports, assisting with VAT queries, and supporting the Indirect Tax Team. The position can be performed remotely from the UK or France, with travel to Manchester required. Candidates should have strong reporting skills and experience with SAP and Excel.

Qualifications

• Experience in VAT reporting and compliance.
• Ability to resolve customer service VAT queries.
• Familiarity with intrastat reports.

Responsibilities

• Review intrastat reports and VAT returns for multiple entities.
• Assist customer service with ticket resolution for VAT queries.
• Support the Indirect Tax Team with general queries.

Skills

Strong reporting skills

Knowledge of SAP

Good Excel skills

Tools

Vertex

Job description

Great in-house role for a VAT specialist with strong reporting skills. Working for this global group you will:
• Review of intrastat reports and VAT returns for approx. 25 entities, this team file around 85 reports per month although some are reviewed by local controllers. Returns are prepared by a Big 4 firm the VAT accountant reviews, comments, and then agrees they can be sent for approval. Probably about 2 weeks per month.
• Assisting customer service with ticket resolution for VAT queries
• Assisting with queries for import and export queries (mainly into UK)
• VAT Balances sheet overviews – completed by others by the Indirect Tax Team control and review
• General support to Indirect Tax Team
Ideally you will have:

Knowledge of SAP
Knowledge of Vertex helpful but not essential
Good excel skills
This is a 6 month contract role - can be remote worked from the UK or France with some travel to Manchester. Would consider a full time or part time hire.