VAT Associate -- Oxford
Our Client is a growing top 50 accountancy practice who provide expert solutions for entrepreneurial businesses and private individuals in Central and Southern England. They invest in their teams of high-quality specialists who work with the best-in-breed technology to create value for their clients which exceeds expectation.
Their culture is very important to us and is based on their company values of expert, respectful, innovative and collaborative. They develop high performing teams diverse in experiences, backgrounds and ideas. As a growing company, there are plenty of opportunities for development and quick progression. Their practice is known for having a friendly and supportive team culture where everyone receives training and development to increase their technical knowledge and their commercial and management skills. They put their people first and are constantly looking for ways to improve their people experience. With respectful as one of their values, they are committed to creating an inclusive culture that respects, values and celebrates cultural and individual differences.
They have several offices in Central and Southern England and have ambitious plans to expand their business. To support the organisation's growth, they have created a new opportunity for a VAT Associate to join their VAT team in either Oxford or Farnham. This is a permanent full time role with hybrid working and flexible working options (flexing your hours on different days to suit your lifestyle).
The Role
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Contributing to the efficient and successful delivery of indirect tax services to the client
- Liaising with staff, assisting and advising where necessary
- Providing technical relevant advice on a range of Indirect Tax matters, supporting your decisions with appropriate knowledge of legislation, case law, and technical analysis
- Liaising and negotiating with HMRC on behalf of clients
- Planning and managing assignments ensuring these are completed to a high standard and within budget
- Providing clients confidence with their VAT systems by conducting in-depth reviews of their business tax systems to establish if their VAT is being dealt with thoroughly and accurately
- Providing support to the wider business with demand led VAT queries
- Assisting in promoting the VAT advisory service both internally and externally
- Dealing with HMRC correspondence, telephone calls and enquiries
- General support to the VAT team as required
What they can offer you
- Exposure to a broad range of clients across many industry sectors such as healthcare, property, advertising and PR. These will include sole traders, partnerships, landlords and trusts
- A comprehensive induction to help you get up to speed
About You
A minimum of 2 years UK practice experience, preferably within a VAT team. The following attributes would be preferred:
- Experience of providing VAT advisory services within practice or industry
- Demonstrate good judgement of risk & be commercially minded
- Strong analytical skills
- ACCA qualified or part qualified with the desire to become CTA qualified
- Experience & willingness to network
- Experience of communicating with HMRC
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
- Organised and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Strong aptitude for IT - able to pick up new technology quickly
- Can do attitude, positive
- Confident, tactful and discreet manner
- Strong team spirit but also effective working independently