Indirect Tax Manager

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The Role / Position Overview

Reporting to the Director of Tax, the successful candidate will bring a strong understanding of UK, EU and global indirect tax and have practical, hands-on compliance experience gained in an in-house position. This is an excellent opportunity to work at one of the world’s leading business news and information organisations that provides a broad range of essential services, including news, comment, data and analysis, to an international audience of highly influential business minds. 

Key Responsibilities

• Manage VAT compliance for the FT’s UK VAT Group, including in-house filing of UK MOSS, VAT and ECSL / intrastat returns;
• Manage compliance for various overseas VAT/GST/Sales Tax registrations, including some in-house filing;
• Manage outsourced compliance provider, including reviewing externally prepared draft VAT returns and ensuring reconciliation to internally generated data;
• Manage Digital Services Tax compliance and filing requirements;
• Actively monitor global indirect tax registration and filing requirements, especially B2C Electronically Supplied Services and Digital Services Tax registrations;
• Manage various tax systems issues, including Business As Usual changes such as VAT rate and rule changes, new VAT registrations and digital product taxability;
• Manage queries from HMRC and other tax authorities on all indirect tax related issues.
• Provide indirect tax support to the business, for example providing advice regarding the indirect tax impact of new product lines or markets being targeted.
• Liaising with the FT Finance team on indirect tax accounting issues and invoicing queries.
• Review and sign off balance sheet reconciliations for VAT/GST/Sales Tax balance sheet accounts;
• Management responsibility for an Indirect Tax Assistant Manager and Indirect Tax Analyst;
• Undertake ad-hoc duties and projects as required from time to time in relation to indirect tax.

Required Skills / Experience 

• Sound knowledge of UK VAT legislation and EU VAT Directives;
• Sound knowledge of international indirect tax, including US Sales Tax;
• Sounds knowledge of B2C Electronically Supplied Services VAT and Digital Services Taxes
• Sound understanding of indirect tax accounting, including general ledger journals;
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills;
• Relevant accounting or tax qualification desired (but not essential);
• Experience of tax systems, especially Oracle Fusion and/or Vertex desired (but not essential)
• Resourceful, practical, able to handle ambiguity, resilient, able to function effectively under pressure;
• Excellent organisational skills and active approach to risk management processes and controls.

What’s in it for you? Our Benefits

Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leave allowances, flexible working (including working from home), medical cover, enhanced parental leave packages, subsidised gym memberships and Giving Back opportunities. Full details of our benefits can be found here.

Further Information

The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We have implemented a hybrid working model and we also promote flexible working and will consider specific requests around flexibility for all roles where it can be accommodated. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please send an email to [email protected] and a member of our team will be happy to help.

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