VAT Senior Manager

BDO UK; Reading; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm in the UK is seeking a VAT professional to manage a diverse client portfolio and drive growth. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with UK VAT regulations, strong client management skills, and a degree-level education. This role involves direct interaction with HMRC and requires a proactive approach to business development. The firm offers agile working and a strong focus on professional growth.

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 and areas of focus in VAT.
• Experience dealing directly with HMRC.

Responsibilities

• Manage a large and varied portfolio of clients.
• Develop business and seek opportunities for growth in the team.
• Oversee control of billings and cash collection.

Skills

UK VAT understanding

Knowledge of recent VAT updates

Portfolio management

Client management

Education

Degree level education

CTA qualified or equivalent

Job description

Overview

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 service skills with interesting and complex assignments to help businesses of all sizes succeed.

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
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.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We’re in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

We’re looking forward to the future
At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy.

Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions

We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.

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.