Job Description

Drive NHS Financial Excellence - Become Our Next Finance VAT Analyst!
Are you passionate about working with data and ready to make a real difference in the NHS?
Join the VAT team at NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) and play a key role in delivering financial services that help the NHS save time and money.
We're a unique partnership between the Department of Health and technology experts Sopra Steria, providing market-leading corporate services to NHS organisations across the UK. Our culture is collaborative, innovative, and focused on continuous improvement.
In this role, you'll take ownership of the VAT cycle-analysing files, performing high-value checks, and building accurate VAT returns-while collaborating with clients and internal teams to deliver exceptional service.
We can offer Great career progression opportunities, alongside training and development including VAT specific learning resources. Not only do we offer you the chance to work on important projects that support the NHS, we also offer flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.
You'll work from home most of the time, with occasional mandatory visits to the Leeds office for meetings or training.
What you'll be doing:

• Owning the VAT cycle: From analysing test files and performing high-value checks to building VAT returns and submitting them to clients.
• Working to key deadlines: Delivering VAT returns at two critical points each month (working day 12 and 25), ensuring accuracy and compliance with HMRC.
• Managing client relationships: Handling a caseload of around five clients, organising your day strategically, and responding to amendments promptly.
• Collaborating and communicating: Engaging with clients and internal teams to resolve queries and provide exceptional service.
• Analysis based on Excel: Applying advanced Excel techniques to manipulate large data sets and deliver accurate results.
• Supporting continuous improvement: Participating in team initiatives to enhance processes and service delivery.

What you'll bring:

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent Excel skills, including V lookups and pivot tables.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and organise your workload effectively.
• Great communication and customer service skills for client interaction.
• Experience working with numbers and complex data.
• A proactive, methodical approach to problem-solving.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Leeds
Security Clearance Level: DBS
Internal Recruiter: Becky
Salary: 26,400
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy extra days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund
Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.
Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions are underpinned by cutting-edge technologies and our teams' expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence.
We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level.
Would you like to join us on our journey?

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