• Job Description

  Req#: 100318

  End Date

  Tuesday 02 April 2024

  Salary Range

  £77,301 - £85,890

  We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

  Flexible Working Options

  Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion

  Job Description Summary

  JOB TITLE: VAT Tax Manager
  
  LOCATION(S): London
  
  HOURS: Full-time
  
  WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites
  
  We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

  Job Description

  Group Tax is a key function within the Finance community of LBG, having responsibility for managing the Group’s tax affairs. The Group has a wide range of tax payments, deductions, and reporting obligations both for its own account but also for its colleagues and customers. Group Tax manages these obligations on behalf of the Group, ensuring the tax consequences of all transactions are understood and that the Group is in full compliance with its statutory obligations.

  What you’ll do:

  ▪ Provide informative, high quality sophisticated output, advice and mentorship tailored to senior stakeholder needs, operating as a Tax specialist.

  ▪ Handle relationships with important internal customers and act as their business partner, while taking mentorship from their senior peer group.

  ▪ Identifies shortcomings, suggests improvements and implements approved revisions to current compliance processes, systems and procedures within assigned unit and/or subject area.

  ▪ Analyses key themes using data from a wide range of sources and identifies possible impacts on the business.

  ▪ Writes and edits materials for a variety of target populations, tailoring the tone and content to match the needs and expectations of each audience.

  ▪ Grows own capabilities by pursuing and investing in personal development opportunities and provides specialised training or mentor in area of expertise to others throughout the organisation.

  ▪ Identifies shortcomings and suggests improvements, to deliver a plan for a small element of an organisational change programme with mentorship of a project/programme manager.

  ▪ Develops procedures and interprets and applies policy for a specific area of the business to achieve specified outputs, or provides advice to the wider business on application of policy, then monitors implementation of those procedures within the organisation.

  ▪ Delivers own small-scale or medium-scale projects by working within an established programme management plan.

  ▪ Delivers prescribed outcomes for a designated area, using risk management systems to ensure the organisation is not exposed to undue risks.

  ▪ Develops and/or delivers insightful observations for significant aspects of the tax systems with mentorship from senior colleagues.

  ▪ Develops and designs content for training courses in specific functional areas to fill gaps in established programs; runs sophisticated and/or customised training courses to improve employee performance within specific functional area.

  What you'll need:

  • ACCA/ACA and/or CTA qualified
  • Strong VAT / Indirect Tax Advisory experience in financial services.
  • Good understanding of Tax Technology and data management.
  • Experience working in either Big 4, Top Tier Accountancy or Financial Institutions organisations
  • Accuracy, time management and ability to meet tight deadlines.
  • Initiative and good people skills with ability to form effective working relationships with colleagues in all parts of the Group and with HM Revenue and Customs.

  About working for us:

  Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative, and it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

  We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

  • A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
  • An annual performance-related bonus
  • Share schemes including free shares
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
  • 30 days holiday, with bank holidays on top
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

  Ready to start growing with purpose? Apply today

  At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

  We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

  We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

• About the company

  For over 250 years we’ve been making a difference to the lives of customers, businesses and communities. Today, we're still driven by our purpose of helping Britain prosper. We're part of an ever-changing industry and are currently on a journey to shape the financial services of the future, whilst supporting our customers’ changing needs. The scale and reach of our Group means we can offer a broad range of opportunities to learn, grow and develop. Our values-led culture and approach to inclusion and diversity means we can all make a real difference together.

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