Royal Mail Recruitment – VAT Manager

Job Description:

We have an exciting opportunity at Royal Mail for a VAT Manager to join us, located in either London or Chesterfield (Hybrid Working with 2 days in the office).The Group VAT position is complex and changing and this a vital role in ensuring compliance .

Job Responsibilities:

• You will assist in management of indirect tax and relationships with tax authorities, advisors and business partners
• Carry out partial exemption special method calculations and gather relevant information from across the group
• Keep appraised of changes in tax legislation and case law developments
• Be an internally recognised expert source of knowledge on a very wide range of indirect tax issues. The focus is primarily on VAT issues but encompasses all other indirect taxes
• Provide technical support and advice to internal customers on a variety of projects (including IT systems) to ensure compliance and efficiency
• Provide support to senior managers and advice to other team members on all areas of VAT compliance and advice
• Review and support preparation of the principal group VAT return, and review other UK and overseas subsidiary VAT returns, as required
• Provide training and guidance to staff at various levels

Job Requirements:

• Develop knowledge of regulatory regime and support of colleagues in design of products and/or negotiations with Regulator
• Determine VAT treatment of new products and income streams and ensure treated correctly within financial accounting systems

Qualification & Experience:

• Ability to effectively contribute to negotiations with tax authorities and lobbying groups on complex issues to achieve a positive outcome for the group
• A Tax or accountancy qualification is preferred
• Strong technical VAT ability
• VAT experience either in practice, HMRC or an in-house environment
• Numerate and strong analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills and ability to deal with a cross section of the business at all levels
• Ability to drive change across processes, systems and people.
• IT literate – with proficiency in Excel, Powerpoint and preferably SAP

Job Details:

Company: Royal Mail

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: London, England

Application Deadline: N/A