Advisory role with a leading e-commerce organisation. Interim or Permanent.

Our client is a well recognised Fortune 500 e-commerce organisation with a high calibre tax function. As market activity picks up, there is an increasing demand for specialist indirect tax knowledge, leading to a newly created Manger/Senior Manager role. This role will focus on mainly advisory responsibilities, requiring a highly technical and flexible individual. Ideally the right candidate will have relevant experience in a multinational or professional organisation or practice.

The role

Advise business units to VAT issues, ensuring tax risk is managed appropriately for all transactions.
Provide expertise to business units regarding VAT issues.
Contribute ideas to the VAT/Indirect Tax strategy of the wider group.
Review business unit and group level VAT returns.
Identify and implement VAT process/system improvements where possible.
Provide ad hoc support to other tax team members where required
Have skills and knowledge around: cross border supplies; e-commerce and digital services
Be comfortable directly liaising with various business teams within the company to get a deeper understanding of the business vision and model to help implement change and potential tax requirements.
Review international policy decisions and support recommendations as necessary.

About you

In order to succeed in this challenging role, it is expected that you will have:

7 - 10 years indirect tax experience in a similar or equivalent business.
Excellent technical ability in VAT.
Experience in policy work preferred, but not essential.
Strong communication and written skills and the ability to work well in a team.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand process and systems.
Quick learner with a positive attitude and solid professionalism.
Ability to work with and communicate to all levels of management.

The next step

Please contact Rebecca McKerral for a confidential discussion on +44 7920 759470