Location – Gatwick/Guildford
This role will provide VAT compliance and advisory 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 desirable but not essential.
The primary responsibility will be to deal with the delivery of compliance work and support with the associated advisory requirements. You will be involved from an early stage with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of existing clients and assist with 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, seeking out and delivering process efficiencies, 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 new ways of using technology to drive efficiencies in the work delivery.
Responsibilities
To act as a key point of contact within the firm for the client, together with the Partner. This will involve responding quickly to, as well as anticipating, client requests/needs, keeping clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the service provided, and maintaining regular contact with clients
- There will be an expectation that you will eventually take full responsibility for project delivery on their portfolio
- Manage a portfolio of clients including control of billings and cash collection within the firms criteria
- Liaise with tax authorities
- Ensure that the firm’s quality control procedures are adhered to including second partner review
- Develop new processes that will introduce efficiencies with work delivery
- Identify risk and technical matters, as well as selling opportunities, to the Partner/Principle/ Senior Manager, whilst exercising judgement within agreed parameters.
Communication and representation:
- Develop contact with clients at senior level and maintain contact with other levels as appropriate to ensure the firm has the confidence of the client
- Act as a liaison between the client and other specialist service groups within the firm
- To work on own initiative
- Consult with colleagues and Partners on technical and risk matters.
Requirements
- Strong skill handling and manipulating data
- Advance excel skills and some experience of Alteryx, Power Automate etc. is desirable.
- Responsibility for VAT compliance for own portfolio and involved in any VAT advice required by your clients, assisting the Managers and Senior Managers in delivering 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 with client senior management and key stakeholders