Senior VAT Executive / Accountant

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and submit UK/EU VAT returns and statutory filings within prescribed deadlines.
• Ensure timely payment of VAT liabilities and maintain complete compliance with indirect tax regulations.
• Respond to and resolve VAT audit queries from tax authorities.
• Extract Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) reports for VAT validation.
• Perform detailed VAT reviews on invoices and identify discrepancies requiring corrective action.
• Analyze financial and transactional data through sampling and variance analysis.
• Identify VAT compliance risks and recommend sustainable tax planning opportunities.
• Perform data cleansing and formatting to meet external VAT compliance provider requirements.
• Reconcile VAT control accounts and analyze FX differences and irrecoverable VAT impacts.
• Process accounting journal entries related to VAT transactions.
• Support AP and AR teams by providing VAT-related guidance and training.
• Participate actively in business meetings, project discussions, and issue resolution sessions.
• Prepare management reports, dashboards, trackers, and compliance status reports.
• Coordinate with internal finance, tax departments, and external VAT compliance providers.
• Perform online VAT return submissions and maintain supporting documentation.
• Continuously identify ERP process improvements related to VAT compliance.

Required Skills & Experience VAT & Taxation

• Strong knowledge of UK and EU VAT regulations.
• Expertise in:
  • Cross-border supply of goods and services
  • VAT invoices
  • VAT rates
  • VAT recovery
  • Reverse Charge Mechanism
  • Domestic Reverse Charge
• Hands-on experience preparing:
  • VAT Returns
  • Statistical Returns
  • Other indirect tax compliance reports

Accounting & Finance

• Strong understanding of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable processes.
• Experience performing VAT validations on AP/AR invoices.
• VAT control account reconciliations.
• Journal Entry processing.
• Financial data analysis and reporting.

ERP & Technical Skills

• Experience with ERP systems (Workday preferred).
• Knowledge of taxation software and VAT compliance tools.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including:
  • Pivot Tables
  • VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP
  • INDEX-MATCH
  • Power Query (preferred)
  • Data validation
  • Advanced formulas
• Strong data manipulation and reporting capabilities.

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