VAT Manager / Senior Manager / Director

VITA; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

VITA, a specialist VAT and indirect tax practice, seeks a Manager in Glasgow to join the senior technical team on a growing advisory workload. The role is office-based three to four days a week with one day from home to balance collaboration with independence.

We are open to Senior Manager or Director level, including candidates based in the East Coast or Aberdeen. Roles at those levels offer more remote work and flexible arrangements tailored to the right person.

Qualifications

• Broad VAT advisory experience across a range of sectors.
• Strong client management and advisory skills.
• CTA, CA, ACA, ATT or equivalent is welcome, though relevant VAT experience carries more weight.

Responsibilities

• Provide high‑quality VAT advisory support to clients across sectors.
• Develop and manage client relationships and deliverables with senior technical guidance.

Skills

VAT advisory experience

Client relationship management

Cross-border VAT

Education

CTA / CA / ACA / ATT or equivalent

Job description

VITA is a specialist VAT and indirect tax practice. We were founded in 2019, we work across the UK from bases in Glasgow and Aberdeen, and every person in the team brings a unique value that improves the collective team. The firm has grown consistently over its 7 years and we are adding to the team again to keep pace with the work coming in.

The role

Our first preference is a Manager in Glasgow, working alongside the senior technical team on a growing advisory workload. That role would be office-based for three or four days a week with one from home, because at this level the value of sitting beside experienced people is hard to replicate remotely.

We are also open to appointments at Senior Manager or Director level. At those grades we would be just as interested in someone based in the East Coast or in Aberdeen, where a presence outside Glasgow would strengthen our geographic coverage.

Those roles would involve more remote working and more independence from the senior technical team, and we would shape the arrangement around the right person.

The work

This is predominantly advisory, with compliance only forming a small part of what we do. The caseload runs across land and property, construction, cross-border and import VAT, partial exemption, HMRC enquiries and assessments, VAT governance and controls, transactions, and the wide spread of one-off questions that reach a specialist practice.

You will have direct client contact from the start and you will work with the senior team - our workload is technically challenging, very varied and exciting.

What we are looking for

A broad base of VAT experience across a range of sectors is what matters most, and we would rather see genuine breadth than a narrow track record. A specialism on top of that is of real interest to us.

CTA, CA, ACA, ATT or equivalent is welcome, though relevant VAT experience carries more weight with us than the letters.

For the senior appointments we are looking for someone comfortable running their own relationships and their own diary without close supervision.

If you would prefer an informal and confidential conversation before applying, email us and we will arrange one.