Director, VAT/Indirect Tax | Corporate Finance & Restructuring in City of Westminster

The practice is seeking a proactive Indirect Tax Senior Consultant to help the growth of our Indirect Tax practice. The role will require the individual to help the Indirect Tax team deliver a wide range of indirect tax advisory projects for clients operating in the real estate, large and complex corporate, life science, and investor sectors. The role will also involve a limited amount of VAT compliance work, mostly arising from insolvency appointments led by our Restructuring group, but this is not our focus area and would be incidental to the higher value and more complex advisory portfolio. The Indirect Tax team itself has an exciting growth trajectory and works with a wide range of complex and interesting international and domestic businesses on all facets of UK VAT, including supply chain advisory, due diligence and structuring advice on M&A and real estate transactions, dispute resolution, and risk and governance. We are a member of the WTS International network which specialises in providing tax advice to clients with a global footprint. The role will involve taking a lead in responding to queries from the network and assisting their client base with UK VAT matters.

What You\’ll Do

• Providing a high standard of indirect tax technical and project management support to the growth of the Indirect Tax team.
• Supporting Indirect Tax advisory engagements.
• Assisting with due diligences, transaction advisory and restructuring advisory work.
• Fielding and addressing queries arising from the WTS International network.
• Managing part of the practice\’s limited VAT compliance portfolio, acting as the lead with clients and dealing with HMRC queries.
• Delegating to and being actively involved in the development of the junior team.
• Keeping up to date on technical matters and taking an active role in educating the wider tax team on indirect tax matters.
• Helping to develop and execute business development initiatives.

How You\’ll Grow

We are committed to investing and supporting you in your professional development. We offer tailored programs focused on fostering leadership, growth and development opportunities, including on‑the‑job learning, self‑guided professional development courses, certifications, coaching, and advocacy for your professional growth. We also provide market‑competitive benefits, flexible benefits, health, lifestyle and family‑friendly options, wellness, recognition, community volunteering initiatives and flexible/hybrid working arrangements.

Requirements

• Solid experience working in Indirect Tax.
• Excellent understanding of UK VAT law is essential.
• Highly organised, good attention to detail and able to work to deadlines.
• Ability to communicate complex technical issues in a straightforward and practical way to tax and non‑tax specialists.
• Able to integrate with a team and interact with colleagues of all grades.
• Build and maintain client relationships.
• Able to prioritise and manage a varied workload under pressure.
• Desire to contribute to business development initiatives and to take some ownership of the growth of the Indirect Tax function with support from the senior tax team.
• Proven ability to take ownership of projects and come to decisions independently whilst being supported by the senior tax team.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Be aware of and be able to manage engagement financials and risk.
• Experience having advised on other Indirect Taxes (Customs, Excise, Environmental) is desirable but not essential.
• ACA or CTA qualified, or equivalent.