Octopus Energy is all about clean, green energy with transparent pricing and a relentless commitment to customer experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide expert indirect tax advice and support to various business units (e.g., Finance, Legal, Operations, and Technology) on new products, services, and expansion into new markets.
- Identify opportunities for indirect tax savings and efficiencies.
- Lead indirect tax due diligence for M&A activities.
- Assist in setting up the correct indirect tax processes for new international entities.
- Manage all VAT compliance obligations for the UK entities, including overseeing the timely and accurate preparation and submission of returns. The returns will be prepared by the tax assistant manager
- Provide support where necessary to the non-UK entities
- Ensure the Group's accounting systems and processes correctly capture and report indirect tax data.
- Coordinate with external advisors and internal finance teams to gather necessary data for tax filings.
- Monitor changes in indirect tax legislation across relevant jurisdictions and implement necessary changes to internal processes and systems.
- Advise on other indirect taxes as required eg customs duty and climate change levy
- Identify efficiencies and improve processes and systems to ensure we are keeping up with requirements
Requirements
- A recognised professional accounting or tax qualification (e.g. CTA, ACA, ACCA, CPA or LLM in Taxation).
- Strong post qualification experience in indirect tax, ideally gained in-house within a multinational business or at a major accounting firm.
- Proven technical knowledge of VAT/GST/Sales Tax regimes, particularly across multiple jurisdictions.
- Experience working within the energy or utilities sector would be a bonus.
- Experience with NetSuite and/or tax automation tools would be helpful.
- Great written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex tax topics clearly and confidently to people outside of tax.
- Comfortable working autonomously, managing multiple priorities and taking ownership of projects through to completion.
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