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VAT Accountant, Banking - 6-9 month contract

VAT Accountant, Banking - 6-9 month contract

Posted 23 April by eFinancialCareers
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Competitive salary
London , South East England
Permanent, full-time
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This is a 6-9 month contract for an indirect tax accountant to join the London office of an international banking group. The role holder will sit in the international finance team, but work closely in conjuction with the UK tax team to ensure compliance responsibilities are completed. They have primary responsibility for the preparation of the UK quarterly VAT return for their UK branch operations containing their Leasing and Commercial Finance business lines.

The role will include:
  • Preparing the UK branch VAT return by extracting data from various IT applications, verifying the data, analysing transactions by applying UK VAT rules
  • Conducting product, fees/charges, transactional reviews by following internal SOPs and HMRC VAT compliance guidance
  • Ensuring adequate record retention and compliance with HMRC documentation and process requirements to include reviewing/addressing any changes in the data supplied for VAT Return purposes both driven by changes in IT applications and in the business
  • Active participation in ongoing MTD process and systems refinements as required
  • Maintaining up to date documentation of VAT processes, as required, via SOPs, process notes, checklists etc
  • Ensuring compliance with all relevant Internal Control requirements and identifying improvements, where required
  • Initiating and implement improvements in relation to the VAT return preparation process
  • Supporting the UK Tax team with ad hoc VAT advisory requests
  • Providing support on non-UK VAT related compliance tasks e.g. PAYE Settlement Agreement analysis

The ideal candidate will be an indirect tax specialist with 2-5 years' experience in preparation/oversight of UK VAT returns and providing ad hoc VAT advice on a range of topics. They will need to have strong Excel skills and ideally some prior experience working in financial services VAT.

Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Agency and references to pay rates are indicative.

BY APPLYING FOR THIS ROLE YOU ARE AGREEING TO OUR TERMS OF SERVICE WHICH TOGETHER WITH OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT GOVERN YOUR USE OF MORGAN MCKINLEY SERVICES.

Reference: 52522204

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