Job Description

The Role

As a VAT Manager, you lead the preparation and review of VAT returns, ensuring compliance with UK VAT regulations. You will manage client portfolios, provide strategic advice on complex VAT issues, and oversee a team. Your role ensures accurate reporting, effective tax planning, and helps clients manage their VAT obligations efficiently.

Core Skills

Client Focus

Is able to respond to client queries relating to role with minimal input from others Demonstrates a clear understanding of clients' business, objectives, challenges and risks sufficient to brief more junior colleagues on assignment and direct work accordingly Demonstrates a broad understanding of client/customer market and environment and understands the importance of driving new business Manage flexible working of self and assistants based around client needs and business deadlines Reviews WIP on a monthly basis to ensure that fees are raised for any work that is completed or at a billable stage and that any doubtful time that may not be recovered is adequately provided, by updating CCH with the required provision Gain experience of winning new work through input into the preparation of proposals, fee quotes and attending client tenders.

Technical Excellence

Committed to developing knowledge in specialist area and actively communicates/feeds back salient areas to team members Delivers departmental training and development initiatives Maintains up to date technical knowledge and awareness of wider business advisory opportunities through technical reading and attending in house departmental seminars, to identify potential issues and emerging opportunities in own and other service areas of the business.

Commitment

Identifies skills and knowledge gaps in department and actively makes suggestions to resolve Aware of their unconscious bias and ensures this is appropriately considered throughout the candidate selection and recruitment process. Considers whether candidates fit within the wider Azets values, doesn't solely focus on technical skills Takes responsibility for actioning departmental development initiatives Checking on a weekly basis all staff timesheets ensuring work is posted to correct matter and any unusual non chargeable entries challenged Takes responsibility for the work flow planning of the team Demonstrates real enthusiasm and motivation at work and engages in team/corporate activities beyond core role
Identifies, agrees, and delivers personally challenging objectives.

Attention to Detail

Demonstrates a commitment to developing team members by assigning challenging work ensuring to give support where appropriate and necessary Empowers team members to think independently Is able to make rational and informed decisions even if they may appear unpopular Is able to process constructive feedback and take ownership of their mistakes and performance.

Decision Making

Confident in taking decisions within agreed remit Deals with instances of colleagues failing to adopt core values and respect by either addressing or escalating to senior team members when aware Suggests solutions to problems rather than waiting for suggestions from senior colleagues Supporting managers in delegated aspects of team management such as sickness reporting and holiday approvals. Participate in the interview and selection process for new junior hires.

Efficiency

Challenges and assesses client fee levels against job recovery trends Challenges existing approaches and offers alternative suggestions to deliver work more efficiently without compromising of quality of output Champions new technologies aimed at improving quality and efficiency and takes the lead in departmental implementation of them.

Living Our Values

New to Azets: Shows good understanding of our company values, and making good progress towards consistently demonstrating required behaviours Existing Colleague: Consistently 'lives our values' - demonstrates expected behaviours in line with our company values.

Technical Skills

Preparation of:

(i) applications for single VAT registrations;



(ii) VAT group registrations;



(iii) VAT group changes;



(iv) applications to deregister;



(v) notifications of options to tax ("OTT")


Able to oversee the preparation of both standard and complex applications with minimal supervision and no adjustment required.

VAT Reviews/Healthchecks/Due Diligence

Be the main point of contact for clients and/or colleagues leading the project Manage timescales for delivery including, senior sign off time Able to produce client deliverable, with minimal adjustment required.

Tax advisory work and technical research

Able to build good relationship with the client for any future opportunities and become direct point of contact for VAT

Training and coaching (including internal VAT training for ABAS)

Able to confidently present on firm wide webinars, at client events etc. and knowledgably deal with questions arising.

Liaising with HMRC

Able to build a relationship with the HMRC officer and progress matters in a practical and pragmatic manner.

Winning work (existing clients and new clients)

Able to recognise and communicate fee winning opportunities arising from legislative/case-law changes Generates leads with existing clients and demonstrates ability to secure new work.

Qualifications

Holds a accountancy and/or tax qualification or qualified by experience (e.g. ATT/CTA/ACA/ACCA/CA).

Essential Experience

It is expected that the above core and technical skills will have been developed through study alongside work experience in an accountancy practice.





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Job Reference: AZ04339