Indirect Tax – Vice President in London

As an Indirect Tax - Vice President in the Tax Department, you will be working in one of the top ranked Global and EMEA international banking groups as part of an experienced and broad VAT team. You will have the opportunity to develop deep knowledge of the banking sector across EMEA and get involved in all aspects of the VAT risk management for the business.

The role provides advisory services and support to the Global Investment Bank, as well as opportunities to support a range of other areas of the group, including International Consumer Banking business, Chase UK retail bank, and CHASE EU, an award-winning Digital Bank. You will also have exposure to support tax considerations within the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa) for a wide range of businesses including investment banking, markets (trading) businesses, private banking, asset management, and custody services.

Job Responsibilities:

• Analyses the Global Investment Bank line of business detailed model in several EMEA locations, including assisting in product and territory expansion.
• Focus on transformation of existing processes to enhance management information, drive efficiencies in reporting, and mitigate tax risks, including consideration of new technology solutions to support all aspects of the indirect tax profile of the business.
• Understands the line of business products and provides ongoing advisory services.
• Develops knowledge of local VAT regimes applicable to the relevant jurisdictions and transactions/products (both tax technical and practical).
• Communicates VAT risks succinctly and clearly to tax and non-tax colleagues and escalates risks internally within the team as appropriate.
• Advises internal senior stakeholders.
• Works with external tax advisors, as well as partnering internally with global Corporate Tax colleagues and non-tax colleagues (such as the Business, Legal, Finance, Operations, etc.).

Required Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities:

• Accounting or Tax qualification, e.g. ICAEW or CTA.
• VAT advisory experience of at least Manager level at Big 4 or equivalent in-house.
• A detailed understanding of UK/EU VAT principles.
• Some knowledge of VAT compliance requirements and processes.

Preferred Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities:

• Strong communication and structured written skills and the ability to work well in a team.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to formulate commercially sound solutions.
• Quick learner with a positive attitude and professionalism and interest in understanding new business operations and/or financial services product offerings.
• Able to work independently, managing own workload and projects.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Functional knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, and other applications is also desirable.
• CTA (indirect tax route preferable).
• Knowledge/experience of VAT issues in the financial services sector being desirable.

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives. We recognise that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company.