Indirect Tax Associate Director – Top 10 Firm – North

We're currently working with a Top 10 firm that's looking to expand their Indirect Tax team.

In recent years, there has been a domestic and global trend of governments shifting emphasis from direct to indirect taxation. Globally, while corporation tax rates have generally decreased, VAT rates have risen.

What's more, businesses now face complex VAT systems, case law, guidance and legislation. Companies need to comply with thorny VAT rules when entering new markets, stretching out globally or joining international supply chains. Meanwhile, liabilities, errors and assessments can also attract interest and penalties.

Their clients vary in size and structure and range from FTSE 100 global groups to fast growing entrepreneurial owner managed businesses.  They also work with clients across most sectors including consumer businesses, pharmaceutical, health care, financial services, insurance, not-for-profit, education, land and property.

A look into the role

As an Associate Director in their Indirect Tax team you'll:

• Be responsible for the scoping, delivery and billing of client work. Delivering high quality technical advice, working with a diverse range of clients
• Ensure that junior staff are guided in researching and producing work that meets the firm’s commitment to quality, whilst also supporting the Directors and Partners.
• Provide technically accurate advice on a range of Indirect Tax matters, supporting your decisions with appropriate knowledge of legislation, case law, and technical analysis.
• Be adept at business writing, able to tailor your style depending on the recipient. You will understand complicated technical issues and be able to explain them to stakeholders who may have limited tax knowledge.
• Produce technical work which requires minimal review and conveys key points to clients and stakeholders.
• Review the work of other members of the team.
• Be compliant with the firm’s risk management processes for clients starting from initial take on to completion of assignments.
• Take responsibility for financial hygiene including billing, gross margin, utilisation, WIP management.

Knowing you’re right for us

Joining as an Indirect Tax Associate Director the minimum criteria you’ll need is experience of VAT / Indirect Taxes, perhaps from an advisory or in-house environment. You’d probably also hold a relevant tax qualification (CTA / ATT). It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the way.

• Experience of managing a large and varied portfolio of indirect / VAT tax clients.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills required because you will be working with a number of different colleagues at any given time on work for a great many different clients and targets.
• Excellent inter-personal skills and be able to demonstrate that you are able to forge long standing business relationships.
• Comfortable when working as part of a mixed discipline team to take the lead and drive forward a project to its conclusion.
• Experience of advising on complex technical indirect tax matters across a range of VAT areas and sectors.

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