Job type
PermanentLocation
LondonWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
Tax And TreasuryIndustry
Staffing & EmploymentPay
+ car allowance + bonus + benefits
I’m working with a leading multinational business services group with operations stretching the globe
I’m working with a leading multinational business services group with operations stretching the globe. The Head of Tax is looking to recruit an Indirect Tax and Technology Senior Manager
Overview of role
With indirect tax throughputs of circa £1 billion per annum, effectively managing indirect taxes is crucial for the business. Reporting to the Global Head of Tax, the Indirect Tax and Technology Senior Manager will be accountable for all indirect tax affairs of the global group, setting overall policies and processes, managing relationships with tax authorities and partnering with the business on new initiatives.
The role is also accountable for leading initiatives within the tax team to drive overall technology and process improvements – considering the use of technology to take work out and reduce risk.
Key responsibilities
Indirect Tax: (50%)
- Accountable for all indirect taxes across all jurisdictions, reporting directly to the Global Head of Tax.
- Building strong links with international markets – working closely with local and regional finance directors to ensure that indirect taxes are managed.
- Working with the shared service centre and individual finance teams who run the actual VAT processes to ensure the processes are robust and efficient
- Partnering with the business to ensure that tax concerns are factored into commercial decision-making and that business initiatives are well supported from a tax perspective.
- Providing technical advice on complex international and local indirect tax queries.
- Responsible for the design and governance of indirect tax processes worldwide – identifying weaknesses and inefficiencies and improving processes, driving standardisation across all markets.
- Building and developing the group’s indirect tax relationship with tax authorities worldwide, including supporting market finance directors with tax authority audits and challenges.
Tax Technology lead: (50%)
- Responsible for developing the groups’ strategy across all taxes in relation to future threats and opportunities including e-invoicing and digital reporting (including VAT in the Digital Age), automation and artificial intelligence.
- Responsible for leading initiatives within the tax team to drive overall technology and process improvements – considering the use of technology to take work out and reduce risk.
Working with other members of the tax team to help them understand how their processes can be improved. - Tax Governance lead: cross-tax responsibility for the development of tax governance within the group including group-level tax policies, the tax elements of the group’s enterprise risk management framework and supporting the Group Head of Tax in developing the tax target operating model.
- Primary tax subject matter expert supporting Hays’ finance and digital transformation journey including global tech changes and finance process standardisation as well as compliance with “UK SOX” requirements.
Required experience and skills
Essential
- Ideally CTA or ACA qualified
- Strong general VAT knowledge, developed through working at a large accounting firm.
- Robust knowledge on specific VAT areas including place of supply of services; fixed establishment issues; and disclosed/undisclosed agency.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to build links with stakeholders across the wider business.
- Highly commercial and able to understand the broader commercial context within which the tax position forms part.
- Strong desire to develop knowledge of technology solutions that can be applied in the tax space and some experience of driving and implementing such solutions.
- Strong project management skills and the ability to drive change.
Desirable but not essential
- Strong technology and process implementation experience
- Some experience of managing indirect taxes in house
- Experience of self-billing
- E-invoicing
- Technology solutions, for example Alteryx
- Experience working with shared service centre/global process owner models
