VAT Senior Manager

BDO UK; England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent accountancy and advisory firm in the UK seeks a Tax Manager to lead a VAT team. You will manage a diverse client portfolio, engage with senior management, and ensure business growth through effective planning and strategy. Ideal candidates will possess significant UK VAT experience, a degree, and strong client management skills. This role offers flexibility and a range of benefits.

Benefits

Health and Wellness Programmes

Pension Plan

Private Medical

Income Protection Plan

Holidays

Bike to work scheme

Qualifications

• Significant understanding of and previous experience within UK VAT.
• In‑depth knowledge of recent key updates in VAT.
• Experience dealing directly with HMRC.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio including control of billings and cash collection.
• Develop business and seek opportunities for team growth.
• Collaborate with senior managers, directors, and partners.

Skills

UK VAT expertise

Client management

Communication with senior management

Portfolio management

Opportunity seeking

Education

Degree level education

CTA qualified or equivalent

Job description

Ideas People Trust

We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially‑spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy – and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

We'll broaden your horizons

Working, achieving, and thriving together, our Tax team move with every challenge. Friendly, driven and diverse, they service our clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across BDO to deliver wider business solutions. From meeting clients' evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team. If you're after a career that will keep you on your toes, we'll give you the autonomy to drive your career forward.

Make an impact in one of the UK's largest Indirect Tax teams

Our Indirect Tax business continues to grow at a rapid pace. Indirect Taxes raise significant revenues for governments globally and gain increasing focus from tax authorities, the media and the public. For you it's the chance to hone your client‑service skills with interesting and complex assignments to help clients of all sizes succeed.

The team comprises a mix of 'home‑grown' (including at partner level) and externally recruited talent. This strength and diversity of knowledge creates an environment where our team can bring fresh thinking and a varied perspective to every project, enabling us to deliver creative, commercial and robust solutions for our clients.

We'll help you succeed

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long‑lasting relationships.

You'll be someone who is both comfortable working pro‑actively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

As a Tax Manager, you'll be joining a high performing VAT team who provide services to a diverse portfolio. These include household names, global multinationals and fast paced privately owned businesses. You'll deal with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio including control of billings and cash collection within the firms' criteria and liaising with HMRC. You'll develop business and seek opportunities to ensure the continued growth of the team. This role is a key one and will work in close partnership with our Partners & Directors.

You'll be someone with

• Significant understanding of and previous experience within UK VAT.
• In‑depth knowledge of recent key updates and areas of focus in the area of VAT.
• Ability to manage a large and varied portfolio.
• Ability and desire to actively seek opportunities for further work.
• Experience of dealing directly with HMRC.
• Experience of dealing with client senior management and key stakeholders.
• Educated to degree level.
• CTA qualified or equivalent an advantage.

You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand.

Rewards & Benefits

We offer a wide range of core and voluntary benefits, with a few examples below.

Health and Wellness Programmes

We promote a positive working environment where our people can thrive.

Pension Plan

A Group Personal Pension Plan, with matched employer contributions.

Private Medical

Access to private medical treatment for you and your family.

Income Protection Plan

Provides a proportion of your basic salary if you suffer a loss of earnings because of illness or injury.

Holidays

Our holiday benefit enables you to purchase up to 10 days of additional leave.

Bike to work scheme

A convenient, environmentally friendly and tax‑effective way to acquire a bike for travelling to and from work.