Vat Tax Analyst - London, United Kingdom - ABL Recruitment

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Job title:
VAT Tax Analyst

Contract Length - 4 months (May extend to 12 months)

Pay Rate:
£210 to £290 Per day (PAYE - Inside IR35) + Holiday pay

Start:
Immediate

Location:
Central London - Hybrid working - 3 days in the office and 2 days from home

Our client is a global online retailer. They are looking for a VAT Tax Analyst to support the research and maintenance of indirect tax content.

In this role you will work collegiately, functioning as a VAT adviser to other stakeholders providing indirect tax guidance on global product classification and ensuring the tax calculation platform is in compliance with both global and domestic indirect tax laws.

Part of the responsibilities will be participation on cross-functional projects within Product Classification platform, support internal Audits, outlining business requirements for system enhancements and E2E process improvements and communicating with Product Classification Specialists to understand specific needs to be incorporated into the technical solutions.


Primary duties include:


  • Supporting and maintaining global and domestic indirect tax rates content.
  • Global indirect taxability maintenance for a broad array of products and services.
  • Providing guidance based on the research of tax laws and regulations.
  • Work with internal teams who classify products to make sure products end up in the right place for tax purposes.
  • Providing endtoend tax calculation requirements for projects and business initiatives.
  • Participating in team operational excellence programs and process improvements.
  • Assist in designing tools and services supporting the product tax classification function.
  • Actively participate in selected projects throughout their life cycle.

Requirement:


  • Degree in law or accounting
  • Chartered Accountant (or equivalent) or graduate degree in taxation preferred
  • Extensive experience in VAT across either a public accounting firm, major law firm, and/or in industry (5+ years)
  • Good understanding of EU VAT laws
  • Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
  • Excellent command of English, any other EU language is an advantage.

Preferred qualifications:


  • EU, US and Canada Indirect tax experience.
  • Detailoriented individual who takes ownership of projects
  • Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills
  • Able to extract, analyse, and review data and make appropriate recommendations
  • Work effectively in a team environment
  • Partner well with people at all levels within an organisation
  • Able to work in a fast paced, and often ambiguous environment
  • Excel and general computer skills is a nice to have

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