Job Description

You will be responsible for ensuring the effective management of the VAT related balance sheet accounts as well as gaining experience in indirect tax compliance. Due to the large volumes of data, strong analytical skills are essential.
Responsibilities

• Management of the Indirect Tax Receivable Balances for all companies supported by the GBS Business Tax team.
• Completion of the month-end VAT account reconciliations and posting of associated journals.
• Management of year-end statutory audit.
• Management of tax authority audit and queries.
• Support with quarterly VAT cash-flow and balance sheet forecasting.
• Support of month-end close activities where appropriate.
• Support with quarterly corporate tax provision workbooks.
• Setting-up new EU VAT registrations.
• Indirect tax compliance support.
• Ensuring the reconciliation of submitted VAT returns to the general ledger.
• Supporting internal audit and annual Senior Accounting Officer review.
• Responding to queries within GBS and the wider business.
• Drive continuous improvement within the team by reviewing current compliance processes with a view to improve efficiency while maintaining data integrity.
• Ad-hoc project support where required.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Strong MS Office skills, particularly MS Excel. Experience of working with large volumes of financial data. Unquestionable ethics and integrity with a high degree of transparency and trust. Strong personal work ethic. Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Clear and effective oral and written communication skills. Works well as a team member, actively listens and is responsive to others. Relentless in achieving results in a dynamic, changing, and demanding environment.