SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• ACA / CTA qualified (or equivalent) with demonstrable experience in indirect taxes (in-house preferable), or ATT qualified with significant relevant experience.
• Experience with USA sales taxes and European VAT is highly desirable.
• Previous experience with NetSuite is also advantageous.
• Ability to communicate complex technical topics to key stakeholders including non-finance / tax people.
• Experience of working across multiple key projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently, identify key priorities, take ownership, and respond quickly to demands as they arise.
• A critical mindset and ability to recognise where efficiencies and process improvements can be made.
• Proven record of supervising colleagues.

As Indirect Tax Manager you’ll have responsibility for ensuring accurate and timely indirect tax reporting in multiple jurisdictions. You’ll have the opportunity to step into a key technical business advisor position as our businesses expand globally both organically and through M&A.
You’ll have exposure to, and be expected to work closely with, key stakeholders within the business including the Group CFO and Business Finance Directors.
As a business we operate on a hybrid working model, where colleagues are required to be in the office two days a week. This role will be based from our Bristol office (Tuesday & Wednesday). As well as this, you may be required to travel to some of our other offices, including overseas offices where necessary.
In this role your key responsibilities will include:

General indirect tax compliance

• Ownership of all indirect tax filing requirements including:
• Multiple UK VAT groups, including partial exemption calculations.
• Two Irish VAT groups.
• USA State Sales Tax returns and Nexus monitoring.
• Implementing and overseeing indirect taxes more globally as we expand (to include, but not limited to, Philippines, Swedish and German VAT returns).
• Reviewing contracts, products and revenue streams to ensure correct tax treatment and preparing papers to document appropriateness.
• Taking a lead role in any indirect tax audits / enquiries, including direct consultation with inspectors and advisors where required.
• Performing VAT health checks to ensure compliance across all entities.

Business partnering

• Building and maintaining direct relationships with key business contacts.
• Acting as internal advisor to proactively assess indirect tax issues associated with new commercial business plans and geographical growth.
• Providing indirect tax expertise to support M&A due diligence activity.
• Supporting the businesses for all indirect tax issues associated with the integration of newly acquired businesses.

Tax risk management, governance and controls

• Advising and supporting the Group Tax Manager to build an appropriate governance framework and reporting mechanism for Senior Accounting Officer (SAO), Business Risk Review (BRR), and Corporate Criminal Offence (CCO) regimes.
• Critically reviewing VAT cash forecast prepared by our offshore service centre to ensure accuracy of assumptions and calculations.
• Ownership and review of the indirect tax balance sheet accounts.
• Monitoring and implementing any relevant changes in indirect tax legislation.

This role will benefit from the support of one colleague based in Kochi (India) and will also hold the associated responsibilities for direct line management of that colleague.