Tax Consultant
Glasgow
£106 per day (contract)
Mon - Fri, 40 hours per week
I am recruiting on behalf of an Investment Bank for a Tax Consultant. The successful candidate will be offered an initial 12-month fixed-term contract. This role focuses predominantly on VAT queries, ensuring accuracy and compliance. You will join a team of five other consultants.
Key Responsibilities:
- Attend VAT return review meetings and analyse/challenge presented data.
- Collaborate with local LECs and the Budapest VAT compliance team to provide timely information to Tax Authorities in response to audit requests.
- Coordinate with advisors in various countries to source accurate VAT advice within budget.
- Review commodity trades to ensure compliance with regulations and work with Tech and Ops teams to enhance the current commodities billing system.
- Support the team, Finance, and Business Units with ad hoc advisory requests.
- Liaise with bankers and invoicing teams to advise on the VAT treatment of M&A deals.
- Develop and enhance procedures for the Indirect Tax team.
- Assist with new VAT registrations and subsequent amendments/deregistrations.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Familiarity with the banking/financial services industry is preferable.
- Experience in teamwork and collaboration, especially in team/project-oriented activities.
- Ability to assertively push back on approvals if necessary.
- Strong communication, organisational, and analytical skills.
- Ability to work independently.
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Professional tax qualifications (e.g., CTA) required.
- 7-15 years of indirect tax experience required.
Please apply now or contact Eilidh Smith for further information:
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