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VAT Director

TPF Recruitment
Posted 16 hours ago, valid for 18 days
Location

Maidstone, Kent ME15 8ED, England

Salary

£90,000 - £100,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • My Client is a reputable firm of chartered accountants located in Maidstone, Kent, seeking a VAT Director for their indirect tax team.
  • The role requires significant experience in providing VAT advice, ideally within a practice environment, and a working knowledge of UK and EU VAT requirements.
  • The position offers a highly competitive salary of approximately £90,000 to £100,000 per annum, depending on experience.
  • Key responsibilities include leading the VAT team, conducting technical research, and managing client relationships while also focusing on business development.
  • The firm provides excellent career prospects, including opportunities for future partnership and benefits such as 25 days of holiday and hybrid working options.

My Client, is a well known and highly reputable firm of chartered accountants based in Maidstone, Kent. We're assisting them in their search for a VAT Director to further strengthen their well-established and highly reputable indirect tax team in Kent and the Southeast. This position will be advisory focused, while overseeing the compliance function, working with a wide array of clients across the South-East. There are excellent career prospects on offer as you develop within the position including future partnership.

You will be responsible for:

  • Leading the VAT team on all areas of VAT advice
  • Technical research for a breadth of topics and keeping the wider tax team apprised of technical developments
  • Drafting reports and letters of advice for a wide range of clients and industries
  • Liaising with clients and attending meetings
  • Business development including marketing areas of opportunity
  • Managing and developing members of the VAT team.

Advisory Exposure:

  • Leading topical advisory matters to clients across the practice
  • Advising businesses on VAT efficient structuring of their affairs
  • Advising on VAT considerations for international trade
  • Implementing partial exemption special schemes
  • Ad hoc advice on a wide range of VAT matters for the firm’s diverse client base
Requirements

VAT Director in Maidstone:

  • You will have significant experience providing VAT advice, working within a practice environment, in house, or at HMRC.
  • You will have had broad exposure to most areas of UK VAT, with a working knowledge of EU VAT requirements as they apply to UK businesses.
  • ACA / ACCA / CTA or equivalent, or qualified by experience.
Benefits

VAT Director in Maidstone:

  • Highly competitive salary dependent on experience and background, negotiable- circa £90,000- £100,000 per annum
  • 25 days holiday (plus public holidays) and the option to buy or sell up to 5 days;
  • On site parking
  • 5% matched pension
  • Private Medical
  • Informal Bonus Scheme
  • Hybrid/ flexible working
  • Please apply for the vacancy or contact Tristan Finch for a confidential conversation.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.