Location – Bristol
Our client’s Tax team thrives on keeping busy. Friendly, driven and diverse, they service clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across the firm 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, our client will give you the autonomy to drive your career forward.
The role
This role will provide VAT advisory and compliance services for a wide range of corporate clients in the FTSE100, FTSE250, AIM and private equity backed and privately owned businesses. UK VAT experience/knowledge is essential.
The primary responsibility will be to deal with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of existing clients and the development of targets in order to ensure the continued growth of the business. You will also provide assistance to senior members of staff in both client work and in the management of the group and on occasions the practice.
Key to the role is for the individual to be able to pro-actively manage their own workload, communicating with senior managers/directors/partners on a regular basis. This is essential due to the size and nature of the team. Furthermore, the individual will be expected to be able to consider and highlight further opportunities to develop new work.
Skills and attributes for success
- Significant understanding of and previous experience within UK VAT compliance, dealing with the annual process of both small clients and those with a much more extensive number of assignees
- In-depth knowledge of recent key updates and areas of focus in the area of VAT
- Responsibility for providing VAT advice to clients with a small amount of time spent on reviewing UK VAT compliance. You will also start to take advantage of business development opportunities and will be fully supported in 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 direct with HMRC
- Experience of dealing with client senior management and key stakeholders
- Educated to degree level, and ideally CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent
Benefits to you
Our client believes that when people feel valued and rewarded, their potential is unlimited. They offer highly competitive starting salaries and review remuneration packages regularly to ensure that pay always positively reflects performance. As well as offering support with tuition and professional qualifications, they also provide the following benefits, as standard:
- 28 days’ holiday
- Private medical insurance
- Access to a personal pension scheme, with matched employer contributions
- Life assurance cover
- Income protection insurance.
That’s not all. Our client understands that everyone is different so, they offer a range of voluntary benefits to suit every lifestyle. Their flexible benefits platform means people can choose from a range of tax efficient options to design a benefit package that best suits them. They can:
- Buy up to ten days’ extra holiday
- Add on personal accident, dental insurance or travel insurance
- Enrol in our client’s Bike to Work scheme
- Enjoy discounts off cinemas, dining, and gyms
- Receive an interest free season ticket loan or interest free graduate loan
- Access childcare vouchers
- Take an online health assessment and utilise our employee assistance programme.
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