VAT Manager Job Description
VAT manager
provides strategic VAT advice to the business and ensure business is appropriately aligned with VAT developments and practice.
VAT Manager Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
European VAT specialist - researching European VAT issues such as cross border transactions, detailed property advice (ie VAT treatment of lease surrenders, lease premiums, options to tax), general contract reviews on an “as needs” basis
Responsible for review of reconciliation of VAT Returns to SAP ERP GL Codes and management of follow up actions required
Manage updates of the configuration of SAP systems and their implications for VAT compliance and reporting
VAT support with the SAP deployment for global mining company
Negotiating with VAT authorities
Manage VAT compliance for insolvent businesses
Interaction with HMRC, Insolvency team and other VAT teams
Prepare and deliver VAT training to more junior team members
Review and recommend for approval VAT returns for SPE UK and Irish entities, ensuring accurate, timely and complete submission
Review and reconciliation of EC Sales Lists, EC Purchase lists (as required), and Intrastat Declarations for all VAT registrations, ensuring accurate, timely and complete submission of all returns
VAT Manager Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for VAT Manager
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPA, BLS, CTA, ACCA, ACA
Education for VAT Manager
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the VAT manager job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Accounting, Law, Business, Finance, Management, Economics, Taxation, MBA, Business/Administration, Legal
Skills for VAT Manager
Desired skills for VAT manager include:
VAT
UK VAT law and practice
Irish and European VAT legislation and case law
SAP and Vertex
SAP
VAT Accounting
Business divisions to optimize organization’s indirect tax strategy
Finance systems
Liaising with the various business units regarding changes to existing systems
Policies and procedures
Desired experience for VAT manager includes:
UK Experience
ACA/ CA/ Tax inspectors with full Technical Training Course/ Law qualification/ CTA qualified
Client focussed and commercially aware, able to build strong client relationships and manage expectations
Project management skills, be able to prioritise and plan work to meet deadlines within budget constraints
Build and maintain relationships with clients and provide high levels of service
Manage successful delivery of tax projects, ensuring technical excellence with a business driven approach
VAT Manager Examples
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VAT Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of VAT manager. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for VAT manager
- Act in an advisory capacity to the business, responding to day to day queries and providing VAT support for business projects and the indirect tax implications with them
- Ensure VAT risk is managed appropriately for all business transactions and make appropriate recommendations to the business
- Maintain VAT risk analytics, policies, processes & systems ensuring compliance with EU regulations
- Deal within special projects to make sure that new business scenarios are correctly implemented from a VAT point of view
- Manage complex international VAT projects and consult outside advisers
- Analyze and support the implementation of changes to VAT legislation
- Carry out ad hoc projects to review selected business activities and processes to manage VAT risks
- Support the VAT Manager with the review and analysis of indirect tax regimes
- Build technical knowledge of VAT legislation globally, and potential case law developments that may impact the business
- Develop key relationships, delivering on compliance requirements and advising on wide ranging VAT issues
Qualifications for VAT manager
- ATT/CTA qualified
- Working closely with Managers and Senior Manager
- Strong technical and knowledge of taxation
- Experience in staff management and supervising juniors
- ATT/CTA qualified or part-qualified
- Assisting in winning work by managing existing cleitns and contribute to winning new client
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VAT Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a VAT manager. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for VAT manager
- Experience of sophisticated VAT planning with demonstrable skills and proven experience
- Working knowledge of European VAT rules within major European markets
- Responsible for delivery of all European VAT compliance submissions and payments in line with set deadlines
- Manage relationship with VAT Authorities in Europe
- Manage relationship with external VAT advisors
- Provides responses to European VAT enquiries and proactively manage US Tax Dept /external advisors to respond to tax authorities on a timely basis
- Identifies areas to improve the effectiveness of our VAT planning activities and initiates and drives efforts to streamline or improve processes, tools and reporting
- Keeps self technically up to date with evolving VAT tax legislation
- Functional expert on department procedures & practices also adept at predicting how new VAT legislation will impact the business
- Develops strong business partnerships, provides relevant & reliable timely VAT information to all key customers to enable them to manage their budgets and business
Qualifications for VAT manager
- Responsibility for running a client portfolio
- Maintaining and developing strong relationships with clients
- Assisting in winning work by managing existing clients and contribute to winning new client
- Working closely with other people in the M&A team
- Identifying resolutions and driving their completion
- Schedule payments, raise payment requests, and reconcile accounts for payments ensuring such payments are made in a timely fashion
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VAT Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a VAT manager. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for VAT manager
- Oracle financials configuration for Accounts payable and i-expense, maintenance of VAT rates in EBiz module
- If required support setting up & planning VAT aspects for new country growth
- Identify, document, and recommend client business requirements for implementing VAT and other non-US indirect tax compliance processes and system improvements
- Overseeing VAT reporting and filing operations in cluster of countries
- Reviewing VAT calculations and preparing filings
- Creating and executing controls to ensure quality of VAT filings
- Creating and executing controls to ensure correct VAT accounting and reconciliations
- Coordinating VAT payments and ensuring timely payments
- Acting as first level consultant for countries’ VAT rules and interpretation
- Working in projects as VAT representative of the countries
Qualifications for VAT manager
- Liaise with Record to Report function to manage GL postings
- Review voluntary disclosures to tax authorities
- Develop and maintain relationships both with clients and within the firm
- Play a part in winning new work and clients
- Experience in working for a large firm
- Be able to solve problems in a creative and pragmatic way
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VAT Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a VAT manager. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for VAT manager
- Working closely with Country Controllers and EMEA VAT organization
- Liaising with internal and external auditors regarding all VAT and related accounting items
- Participate in the continuing improvement of the VAT Compliance of the company
- Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of VAT processes execution
- Own the W2W VAT process for the country or region
- Support the Tax & VAT SME colleagues in any system (including ERPs and Tax Engines) or Tool related developments
- Manage possible leads from other areas of practice
- Providing tax services to clients
- Working closely with other people in the team
- Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders across the group's finance and business functions
Qualifications for VAT manager
- ACA, ACCA, ATT, CTA qualified or equivalent
- Confident with accounting concepts
- Experience in International Indirect tax issues
- CTA qualified or working towards it
- Project management skills, be able to prioritise and plan
- Previous experience in charity and not for profit highly desirable
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VAT Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of VAT manager. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for VAT manager
- In total more than 30 VAT registrations
- Addressing any other VAT issues that comes up within Europe
- Assisting with EY audits on VAT area for above entities
- VAT Accounting
- Develops guidance and works closely with Purchase to Pay (P2P) and Accounting to make sure the accounting treatment of VAT is accurate and complete
- Works closely with Accounting to make sure VAT returns reconcile to the General Ledger for the various entities
- Coordinate the completion and submission of VAT returns with Account Executives
- Coordinate completion of VAT registrations
- Liaising with the business to collect relevant data
- Ensuring external advisers work to deadlines and budgets
Qualifications for VAT manager
- CTA, AIIT qualified or equivalent
- Background within an in-house or professional services background
- Proven experience of providing sound VAT advice
- Experience of UK or Irish vat returns
- Knowledge of SAP and Vertex a plus
- ATT/CTA qualified equivalent or working towards qualification