Indirect Tax Advisory Senior Manager

The role sits within the Tax team and focuses on indirect tax advisory and risk management across the global business. The role’s purpose is to support the business on identifying and complying with indirect tax requirements as it continues to grow, together with managing the indirect tax risk, including leading on tax authority audits and ensuring compliance with legislative change. The role will work closely with the other tax teams (customs, direct tax and employment tax) as well as the wider business to ensure joined up business support is provided for existing and new business initiatives.

The Details

• Identity, monitor & assess new global indirect tax developments and their implications on ASOS, working with the indirect tax compliance and tax transformation teams to implement the required changes to ensure continued compliance;
• Identify and manage the indirect tax risks and risk reporting, identify cash savings opportunities, and lead initiative(s) to mitigate the risks or realise the opportunities;
• Work with the Director of Tax and the senior indirect tax compliance manager to set the strategic direction for the indirect tax function;
• Lead on communication and queries from HMRC and other tax authorities, including building relationships with key contacts;
• Work with the business to understand and support the many new business initiatives and associated change impacts from requirements through to successful implementation to ensure compliance and accurate reporting, working closely together with the indirect tax compliance senior manager and the wider tax team;
• Support the preparation and delivery of VAT training to the wider business.
• Supporting our culture by championing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategies.

We believe being together in person helps us move faster, connect more deeply, and achieve more as a team. That’s why our approach to working together includes spending at least 3 days a week in the office. It’s a rhythm that speeds up decision-making, helps ASOSers learn from each other more quickly, and builds the kind of culture where people can grow, create, and succeed.

• A tax accounting qualification (preferably ATT, CTA, ACCA or ACA) and at substantional years of indirect tax advisory experience;

About You

• Experience in advising on UK and international indirect tax matters, with a strong focus on the retail e-commerce sector.
• Proven track record of successfully managing tax authority audits and enquiries.
• Strong business partnering skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across finance, legal, and commercial teams.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.
• A proactive problem-solver who takes initiative and drives solutions independently.
• Skilled at distilling complex tax issues into clear, actionable insights for senior stakeholders.
• Commercially astute, with a deep understanding of how tax impacts business operations.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships at all levels.
• Adaptable and open to change in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Self-motivated and forward-thinking, with a continuous improvement mindset.

• Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
• Employee sample sales
• 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day for a special moment
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Private medical care scheme
• Flexible benefits allowance - which you can choose to take as extra cash, or use towards other benefits