Treasury Officer

Ambition; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Treasury & Indirect Tax Officer to join their collaborative team in London. The role involves supporting VAT returns, liaising with auditors, and managing cashflow. Ideal candidates will have accounting experience and a proactive approach to learning new skills.

Benefits

Referral scheme with £200 shopping vouchers

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years accounting or Treasury experience.
• Experience in preparing and filing VAT returns.

Responsibilities

• Support VAT return filing and compliance management.
• Assist Treasury team with cashflow and intercompany billing.
• Process cash collection journals and review accounts.

Skills

Technical experience

Systems/IT literacy

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Job description

One of my top clients are seeking a Treasury & Indirect Tax Officer to join a close-knit, supportive and collaborative team where the reason for the role is due to internal promotion. This is a varied role and the great thing about this is that they are not expecting someone to have experience of everything on the job description, but to have to desire to learn and develop the additional skills whilst using some of your current expertise!

The purpose of the role is to support the filing of global VAT returns, liaise with external auditors and governing bodies to manage compliance, and work with the Treasury team to manage global cashflow and banking requirements.

Main Duties and Responsibilities of this Treasury and Indirect Tax Officer role:

• Support the Senior Compliance and Indirect Tax Officer with various duties including invoice sampling for multi-national offices, Ireland VIES filing, VAT year-end reconciliations, VAT to trial balance reconciliations, and non-applicable VAT review.
• Work closely with the Treasury Team to support reporting of intercompany lending/interest calculations and intercompany billing across various entities.
• Process cash collection journals monthly and handle Benefit in Kind weekly filing and review.
• Review Interpractice and general ledger accounts.
• Prepare VAT returns ensuring compliance with local and overseas VAT regulations and requirements.
• Arrange UK VAT payments on account.
• Liaise with auditors, HMRC, and other governing bodies.
• Help manage cash balances and report these figures.
• Provide assistance to the Treasury Manager with ad hoc tasks.

To be successful in this Treasury & Indirect Tax Officer role you will ideally have -

• Minimum of 2 years previous accounting experience or experience in a Treasury role.
• Experience with a Practice Management system is preferable but not essential.
• Proven audit and technical skills or understanding of audit processes.
• Experience in preparing and filing VAT returns.

Key Skills:

• Proven technical experience.
• High level of systems/IT literacy.
• Sound communication skills (written & oral).
• Accuracy and good attention to detail.
• Sound time management skills and proven ability to meet deadlines.

Personal Qualities/Behaviours:

• Ability to make informed decisions and judge urgency and importance.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and within a team environment.
• Proactive approach.
• Flexibility in approaching new tasks, especially when cover is required.
• Approachable and good at forming relationships with people at all levels.
• Positive outlook.
• Good team player.

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