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Elevate your career in VAT advisory in a leading organisation in Birmingham Your new company This global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services believes in providing the training, opportunities, and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional experience will last a lifetime. Your new role Our client's Indirect Tax professionals provide pragmatic commercial help, so clients improve their day-to-day reporting for indirect tax. This includes improving working capital, reducing errors, reducing costs, and ensuring indirect taxes are handled correctly. They advise how indirect taxes such as value-added tax (VAT) or goods & services tax (GST) impinge on the client's supply chain and financial and accounting systems. They are seeking a highly experienced Manager or Senior Manager to join their regional Midlands team to drive the VAT practice forward. This opportunity would ideally suit a professional with a broad level of experience with clients in many industry sectors. They are looking for a candidate with core VAT advisory experience but welcome those with broader experience of other Indirect Taxes and technology. What you'll need to succeed You will be a client-driven self-starter with a proven track record of high-quality delivery, effective time management skills and be an enthusiastic team player. You will have significant experience Indirect Tax advisory, ideally with prior professional services experience. You will also have project management skills and the ability to plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines and monitor your own budget. What you'll get in return You will enjoy flexible hybrid working in a firm that truly encourages everyone to gain a positive work-life balance. The team are small but growing and pride themselves on being supportive, collaborative and a really nice place to work. The role offers a generous salary and benefits package including a car allowance, 28 days holiday (with the option to purchase extra), private medical insurance, pension and an annual bonus. This is a fantastic opportunity for a VAT Manager/Senior Manager to join a prestigious organisation and make a significant impact. Ready to elevate your career? Please get in touch to discuss how you can become part of their dynamic team in Birmingham! What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. #

Indirect Tax Senior Manager role with Hays Plc Hays Plc - Indirect Tax Senior Manager Background on Hays I'm working on an outstanding Indirect Tax Senior Manager role; the position sits within the global tax function of Hays Plc. We are listed on the FTSE250 and are experts at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide. The group is the market leader in the UK, Germany and Australia and one of the market leaders in Continental Europe, Asia and Latin America. The group operates across the private and public sectors, dealing in permanent positions, contract roles and temporary assignments and providing broader outsourced services for clients. The group employs over 9,500 staff operating from 207 offices in 31 countries, across 21 specialisms around the world. Overview of role With indirect tax throughputs of around half a billion pounds per annum, effectively managing indirect taxes is crucial for the group Reporting to the Global Head of Tax, the Indirect Tax Senior Manager will be accountable for all indirect tax affairs of the global Hays group, setting overall policies and processes, managing relationships with tax authorities and partnering with the business on new initiatives. Additionally, Hays Plc are going through a global finance transformation project and to that end there is the opportunity for interested candidates to take responsibility for leading initiatives within the tax team to drive overall technology and process improvements - considering the use of technology to take work out and reduce risk. Key Responsibilities: Accountable for all indirect taxes across all Hays jurisdictions, reporting directly to the Global Head of Tax. Building strong links with international markets - working closely with local and regional finance directors to ensure that indirect taxes are managed. Working with the shared service centre and individual finance teams who run the actual VAT processes to ensure the processes are robust and efficientPartnering with the business to ensure that tax concerns are factored into commercial decision-making and that business initiatives are well supported from a tax perspective.Providing technical advice on complex international and local indirect tax queries. Responsible for the design and governance of indirect tax processes worldwide - identifying weaknesses and inefficiencies and improving processes, driving standardisation across all markets. Building and developing the group's indirect tax relationship with tax authorities worldwide and supporting market finance directors with tax authority audits and challenges. Responsible for developing Hays' strategy across all taxes in relation to future threats and opportunities including e-invoicing and digital reporting (including VAT in the Digital Age), automation and artificial intelligence. Have the opportunity to take responsibility for leading initiatives within the tax team to drive overall technology and process improvements - considering the use of technology to take work out and reduce risk. Working with other members of the tax team to help them understand how their processes can be improved.Tax Governance lead: cross-tax responsibility for the development of tax governance within Hays, including group-level tax policies, the tax elements of the group's enterprise risk management framework, and supporting the Group Head of Tax in developing the tax target operating model. Primary tax subject matter expert supporting Hays' finance and digital transformation journey including global tech changes and finance process standardisation as well as compliance with "UK SOX" requirements. Required experience and skills Essential Strong general VAT knowledge, developed through working at a large accounting firm.Robust knowledge on specific VAT areas including place of supply of services; fixed establishment issues; and disclosed/undisclosed agency.Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to build links with stakeholders across the wider business.Highly commercial and able to understand the broader commercial context within which the tax position forms part.Strong project management skills and the ability to drive change. Desirable but not essential Strong technology and process implementation experienceSome experience of managing indirect taxes in houseExperience of self-billing E-invoicingTechnology solutions, for example Alteryx Experience working with shared service centre/global process owner models #