Indirect Tax Consultant

We are recruiting for an experienced Indirect Tax Consultant to join our client, an investment bank in London, on a temporary basis until June 2027.

The role offers broad advisory responsibilities across a complex financial services environment, partnering with front office, finance, operations and external stakeholders on a wide variety of VAT and GST matters.

• Proven indirect tax experience, gained either in-house or within a Big Four or equivalent professional services environment.


• Strong understanding of VAT principles, with financial services VAT experience considered advantageous.


• Confident challenging technical positions and making well-reasoned decisions.


• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.


• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills are desirable.

• Review VAT returns and participate in VAT return review meetings, analysing and challenging data where appropriate.


• Support responses to indirect tax audits by working with legal entity controllers, shared service teams and tax authorities.


• Coordinate with external advisors across multiple jurisdictions to obtain commercially sound VAT advice.


• Review commodities-related invoicing to ensure VAT compliance and contribute to system enhancement projects.


• Provide day-to-day indirect tax advisory support to finance teams and business stakeholders.


• Act as a key point of contact for shared service centres, reviewing reverse charge treatments and other VAT-related queries.


• Assist with the development and enhancement of indirect tax processes and procedures.


• Support VAT registrations, deregistrations and amendments across multiple jurisdictions.


• Advise on a broad range of indirect tax issues affecting a global financial services business, from regulatory changes to new business initiatives.

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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Core-Asset Consulting offers specialist recruitment services to asset management, accounting & finance, asset servicing, legal and the wider financial services sector in Scotland.