Assistant VAT Manager (Group Tax, 9 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Join LBG as an Assistant VAT Manager in a 9-month fixed-term contract. In this role, you will manage the Group's tax affairs, ensuring compliance with statutory obligations and supporting VAT reporting and issue resolutions. You will work with finance and business teams, analyze complex data sets, and prepare documentation for compliance and audit requirements. The position offers a generous holiday allowance, flexible working options, family leave, health insurance, colleague discounts, financial products, share plans, and a pension scheme.

• Reviewing VAT Returns, reconciliations, and supporting analysis, and ensuring compliance with statutory obligations.
• Analyzing large and complex data sets to support VAT reporting and issue resolutions, and applying VAT rules to transactions.
• Identifying process gaps, control weaknesses, and supporting practical improvements in VAT processes.
• Ability to apply VAT guidance to transactions and data
• Proven experience reviewing complex VAT returns and supporting audits
• Ability to work independently, prioritise effectively, and meet deadlines
• Confidence working with large datasets and translating data into clear outputs
• Good working knowledge of UK VAT law and its practical application
• Experience with finance systems such as Oracle ERP and SAP Ariba
• A relevant qualification, such as ATT, VAT Compliance Diploma, ACCA or AAT, is preferred; alternatively, you may have gained equivalent expertise through substantial experience in a Finance function
• Clear communication skills and ability to work with a range of partners
• VAT compliance experience
• Experience in financial services or a large corporate
• Experience with Power Query or Alteryx
• Strong Excel skills