Job Title - Senior VAT and Tax Officer

Location: Bootle, L30

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract for 10 months covering maternity leave

Weekly Hours: 36 Hours per week

Work Pattern: Monday - Friday (Agile working between office and home)

Salary: £32,512

Or client are looking for a Senior VAT and Tax Officer support a comprehensive VAT and Tax advice service across their Group including administering the Groups VAT accounting systems, completing VAT and CIS returns, supporting the Corporation Tax compliance process and providing day to day advice and support on VAT, CIS and Tax related matters.

Purpose -

• Calculation and submission of the Groups VAT, CIS and Tax Returns as required.


• Provision of specialist VAT, CIS and Tax advice, in consultation with the Groups appointed VAT and Tax advisors and Auditors.


• Administration, co-ordination and accounting of any VAT Shelter arrangements in the Group, including update of the VAT Shelter tracker, and ensure that recovery under the shelter is maximised correctly.


• To ensure that the coding structure on the Financial Management System correctly accounts for VAT and that VAT returns produced are correctly processed and reviewed.


• To ensure that the Groups Partial Exemption Special Method in place is appropriate and that VAT recovery under the method is maximised correctly.


• To assist and liaise as appropriate with the wider Finance Team providing advice on transactions from a VAT and CIS perspective, including proactively reviewing transactions ahead of and post payment to promote compliance.


• To assist and liaise as appropriate with the Groups VAT and Tax Advisors and Internal/External Auditors.


• To provide advice and support to the Development and Construction Teams across the business to the most efficient and effective tax structure for development schemes.


• To administer the Groups registrations to VAT, CIS and Corporation Tax including monitoring of Charitable Status for Tax purposes.


• To assist and administer the Group Company Charges to Corporation tax including managing Payments on Account for Corporate Tax


• To provide management and mentoring of the VAT Officer position

Experience Required -

• AAT Accountant/ATT/Qualified by experience (or equivalent).


• Relevant financial, accounting and data analysis experience within a Registered Provider or large complex organisation.


• Knowledge and experience of the calculation and submission of VAT, CIS and Tax returns.


• Experience of working with Special and Standard Partial Exemption Methods.


• Experience in managing and interrogating large volumes of financial data within Excel

If you are interested in this position and meet the above criteria, please send your CV now for consideration.

If you require any additional information regarding the position, please call Ryan at Service Care Solutions on 01772 208 966 or send an E-Mail to ryan.curwen@servicecare.org.uk