VAT Senior Manager / Associate Director / Director

Bdo; Moor Side; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm is seeking a VAT Senior Manager to provide advisory services and manage a diverse client portfolio. Responsibilities include delivering quality VAT advice and seeking new business opportunities. Ideal candidates will have UK VAT experience and relevant qualifications. This position offers competitive salaries and a supportive work environment for career development.

Benefits

Health and Wellness Programmes

Pension Plan

Private Medical

Income Protection Plan

Holidays

Bike to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience managing a large and varied client portfolio.
• In-depth technical knowledge of UK VAT.
• Ability to negotiate with HMRC.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a portfolio of clients.
• Provide quality VAT advice to clients.
• Seek new business development opportunities.

Skills

UK VAT experience

Client portfolio management

Business development

Technical VAT knowledge

Education

Degree level education

CTA/ACA qualification

Job description

VAT Senior Manager / Associate Director / Director

Employer
BDO UK

Location
Leeds Bradford Airport

Salary
Competitive

Closing date
18 Oct 2025

Contract
Permanent

Hours
Full time

Sector
Finance & accounting, Financial director, Financial manager, Tax

Ideas | People | Trust

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

We'll broaden your horizons

Working hard and working together, our Tax team thrives on keeping busy. 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.

We'll help you succeed

This role will involve providing VAT advisory services to a wide range of corporate clients in the listed private equity backed and privately owned business space. UK VAT experience/knowledge across a variety of sectors is essential.

Responsibilities

• The primary responsibility will be to manage and develop a portfolio of clients in order to ensure the continued growth of the business.
• Significant understanding and previous experience of UK VAT with in-depth technical knowledge
• A sector specialism - this would be attractive but a generalist would also be welcome
• Responsibility for providing quality VAT advice to clients
• Ability to take advantage of business development opportunities with full support for this
• Ability to manage a large and varied client portfolio
• Ability to actively seek opportunities for selling new services to existing clients
• Experience of dealing and negotiating directly with HMRC
• Experience of dealing with client senior management and key stakeholders

Qualifications

• Education to degree level (preferred), and ideally CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent

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.

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.

Benefits

• 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.