Senior Tax Manager - Indirect Tax

Lloyds Banking Group; Ledston; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 15%

Annual performance bonus

Share schemes

Discounted shopping

30 days holiday + bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives & parental leave

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group in London seeks a Senior Tax Manager – Indirect Tax to lead VAT risk management and provide expert guidance across the Group. You will advise on new income streams and ensure VAT compliance, partnering with key stakeholders to optimize processes and controls.

The role emphasises collaboration, data-driven insights, and the leverage of technology to streamline VAT activities, with a strong focus on governance and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• CTA or equivalent professional experience within Financial Services.
• Strong VAT advisory capability with risk management focus.
• Ability to interpret complex tax rules and propose compliant solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality indirect tax advice across the business on VAT matters.
• Build relationships with internal partners as a trusted business advisor.
• Ensure VAT compliance by reviewing returns and dashboards for senior stakeholders.
• Lead systems and process assurance reviews to identify VAT risks and governance issues.
• Improve VAT activities and processes using tax technology resources.
• Document processes and controls and monitor implementation.
• Design and deliver training to address capability gaps.
• Analyze data from multiple sources to identify trends and impacts.
• Develop procedures and interpret policy to deliver desired outcomes.

Skills

VAT expertise

CTA certification

Tax technology

Data analysis

Stakeholder comms

Tools

Tax software

Job description

Description

JOB TITLE: Senior Tax Manager – Indirect Tax

SALARY: As per range

LOCATION: London, Old Broad Street

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: 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

The VAT Team sits within Group Tax and plays an important role in managing VAT risk across Lloyds Banking Group. You’ll join a collaborative team, using your technical expertise to provide high-quality analysis and practical, insightful advice to colleagues across the Group.

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide high-quality indirect tax advice across the business on new income streams, products and transactions.
• Build strong relationships with key internal partners, acting as a business partner to understand new products and transactions.
• Ensure VAT compliance by reviewing returns, working with business areas and providing dashboards to senior colleagues.
• Lead systems and process assurance reviews, identifying indirect tax risks and working with owners to resolve issues and establish effective governance and controls.
• Improve and streamline VAT activities and processes using the Group’s tax technology resources.
• Work with the business to document processes and controls, and monitor their implementation.
• Design and deliver tailored training to address capability gaps and improve performance.
• Analyse data from multiple sources to identify key themes and potential business impacts.
• Identify shortcomings and improve VAT processes and structures across owned business areas.
• Develop procedures and interpret policy to deliver required business outcomes.

Why join us?

If you think all banks are the same, you’re wrong. We’re a pioneering, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. If you’re after a role where you can have an impact and do the best work of your career, you’ve just found it.

What we’re looking for:

• Trusted VAT Advisor: strong capability in applying VAT expertise to ensure VAT reporting obligations are fulfilled, tracked and appropriately managed. Preferably CTA or equivalent work experience within the Financial Services industry.
• Risk Management: the ability to consider tax risk holistically, anticipate emerging issues and apply sound judgement when priorities or circumstances are complex.
• Tax Technology and Data Management: the ability to interpret technical information objectively, identify assumptions or gaps and develop well-reasoned solutions and advice.
• Communication: the ability to understand different perspectives and explain complex information clearly, meaningfully and in a way that suits the stakeholder.
• Collaboration: the ability to develop effective working relationships and work across organisational boundaries to achieve shared outcomes.

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 were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We want to ensure all our candidates have the opportunity to shine. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to make the sure the assessment process works for you.

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

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
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.