This role will provide VAT compliance and advisory services for a wide range of UK and international clients reporting to the relevant Manager, Director and/or Partner. You will be self-motivated, able to work to tight deadlines, have excellent interpersonal skills together with an ability and interest in understanding the client's business. The candidate may have a background in industry and not be qualified or part-qualified with a background in a small to medium size firm. This role offers the opportunity to start or complete CTA qualification.
Responsibilities
Projects:
*Accountable for all day to day VAT compliance affairs of clients, and involved with related advisory matters, whilst being supervised by Manager/Director/Partner
*Provide VAT support to teams in other service lines
*Draft letters and reports for review by Manager/Director/Partner
*Identify risk and technical matters, as well as selling opportunities to the Manager/Director/Partner, whilst exercising judgement within agreed parameters
*Understand and adhere to cost budgets and meet reporting timetables
*Ensure WIP is monitored and liaise with the line manager on client billing Sales
Marketing:
*Involvement in tenders for new work
Management:
*Ensure professional standards are met and supervise, support and develop more junior staff, as appropriate Communication &
Representation:
*Develop professional relationships with clients and within the firm
*Provide an efficient and pro-active service to clients and ensure that the clients' needs are fully met
*Pay attention to self-development and continuing professional education with a view to progressing within practice
*Support and work as a team player in achieving activities for the business area - Ideally to work on own initiative
*Consult with colleagues and Partners on technical and risk matters
Requirements
*VAT advisory and compliance experience essential
*Knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint
*Able to demonstrate the keenness to develop a career within the profession
*Ideally educated to degree level with no fewer that 280 UCAS points and a 2:1 degree
*Ideally ATT qualified or equivalent
*Ideally working towards CTA qualification We request applications to be submitted in a word format only.
Pure Recruitment Group Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles. Pure Recruitment Group Limited aims to promote diversity and equal opportunity through its work - we monitor and evaluate our performance on a regular basis.
Please note our advertisements use PQE levels purely as a guide to the minimum level of experience that we anticipate will be needed to fulfil the position. However, we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role and they will be considered on an equal basis.
Pure Taxation was established in 1999 as part of the Pure Recruitment Group. Rather than imitate existing providers of tax recruitment consultancy, we sought to create a new methodology based on quality, relationships and integrity. Since then, Pure Taxation has become market leader in the UK because of our approach to recruitment and the excellence of our experienced consultants, making us a profitable business every year since inception.
Our current team comprises of 16 specialist consultants in London and Hong Kong focusing on permanent tax recruitment in the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific regions, three specialists in interim tax recruitment and four dedicated support and research staff, making us the largest dedicated tax recruiter in the UK.
