VAT Manager recruitment
Key Accountabilities:
- Together with the Tax Manager, providing a one-stop technical and commercially responsive tax / VAT advice and support service to the business.
- Preparation and submission of quarterly UK VAT returns, ensuring maximum recoveries are made under the current partial exemption regime.
- Preparation and submission of the Annual Partial Exemption calculation.
- Assisting in preparation and submission of Corporation tax returns, in both UK and USA.
- Supervising information gathering to ensure that all P11D PSA requirements are met. Assist in phasing in improvements to the P11D / PSA process.
- Involvement in VAT audits, including implementation of any recommendations arising.
- Involvement in the streamlining, standardisation and increased automation of tax related processes.
- Assisting the Tax Manager in providing tax support and advice to operating departments involved in company wide projects.
- Taking an active role in ensuring Visa Europe regional offices are compliant with local tax requirements where applicable.
- Ad hoc project work as required by Tax Manager.
- Reporting to the Tax Manager, the individual will play a key role in tax compliance on an International basis.
Essential Criteria:
- Experience of dealing with VAT issues in the Financial Services Sector
- Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent
- Ideally a Qualified Accountant ACA/ACCA and/or CTA
- Ability to use their own initiative and manage workload to deadlines
- Good technical knowledge of each of the main taxes (direct and indirect), although training can be provided in any new areas
- Analytical skills with good attention to detail
- Ability to work cross functionally across the business and adapt to changing circumstances
- Strong interpersonal skills
Visa Europe is owned and operated by more than 4,000 European member banks and was incorporated in July 2004. In October 2007, Visa Europe became independent of the new global Visa Inc., with an exclusive, irrevocable and perpetual licence in Europe. As a dedicated European payment system it is able to respond quickly to the specific market needs of European banks and their customers - cardholders and retailers - and to meet the European Commission’s objective to create a true internal market for payments.
Visa enjoys unsurpassed acceptance around the world. In addition, Visa/PLUS is one of the world’s largest global ATM networks, offering cash access in local currency in over 200 countries.
February 26, 2012
• Tags: Accounting & Finance careers in the UK, VAT Manager recruitment • Posted in: Financial