Indirect Tax - VAT Advisory - Real Estate - Associate Director (3808)

Forvis Mazars, City of Westminster

Indirect Tax - VAT Advisory - Real Estate - Associate Director (3808)

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Forvis Mazars, City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 8 Oct | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: db3df41f1cec4c4f9715746ea90b6eaf

Full Job Description

  • To play a key role in developing the VAT advisory practice at Forvis Mazars, notably in Real Estate; working closely with the London VAT Partner and other members of the VAT team
  • Delivering high quality technical advice, working with a diverse range of clients.
  • To be responsible for the scoping, delivery and billing of client work. You will also be required to be compliant with the firm's risk management processes for clients.
  • Ensure that more junior staff are guided in researching and producing work that meets the firm's commitment to quality, whilst also supporting the relevant VAT Partner.
  • Provide technical relevant advice on a range of Indirect Tax matters, supporting your decisions with appropriate knowledge of legislation, case law, and technical analysis. Whilst the role is mostly advisory, it will also encompass the provision of specialist technical support for audits.
  • Produce technical work which requires minimal review and conveys key points to clients and stakeholders in plain English., Manage a portfolio of clients as the main point of contact for indirect tax, develop your portfolio to grow your base of profitable work.
  • Develop a portfolio of businesses to target, using your business development skills to start new relationships and generate new work for indirect tax and other teams.
  • Work with colleagues across the firm to contribute to proposals for new work and provide technical input to tax-wide projects.
  • Contribute to the indirect tax leadership team with ideas on management, projects, strategy and focus.

    The position would suit a current senior manager with strong technical, business development and personal skills or an experienced manager seeking progression.
  • The individual should have a strong interest in the technical side of VAT and should expect a high level of technical work commensurate with the role.
  • Substantial experience in VAT advisory work, ideally including a good knowledge of real estate VAT issues.
  • The individual must have strong client handling skills and the ability to develop good relationships with clients and other professionals.
  • Must have excellent interpersonal, communication and writing skills.
  • CTA or legally qualified.

    Forvis Mazars cares about your career progression, offering individually designed career paths that help you pursue your interests, match your changing needs, and explore your true potential. We work with diverse, prestigious clients across a range of sectors and geographies, giving you the opportunity to constantly update and grow your skills for lifelong professional development., Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network. The network operates under a single brand worldwide, with just two members: Forvis Mazars LLP in the United States and Forvis Mazars Group SC, an internationally integrated partnership operating in over 100 countries and territories.
  • Both member firms share a commitment to providing an unmatched client experience, delivering audit & assurance, tax and advisory services around the world. Together, our strategic vision strives to move our clients, people, industry and communities forward. Through our reach and areas of expertise, we help organisations respond to emerging sustainability issues in the global marketplace including human rights, climate change, environmental impacts and culture. We are one diverse, multicultural, multi-generational team with a huge sense of connection and belonging. This is a place where you can take ownership of your career, get involved, believe in yourself and put your ideas into action. At Forvis Mazars, we empower our people and celebrate individuality. We thrive on teamwork and are agile. We have bold foresight and give people the freedom to make a personal contribution to our shared purpose. We support one another to deliver quality, create change and have a deeper understanding, to help make an impact so that everyone can reach their full potential., We provide bespoke advice in all areas of taxation, helping our clients to navigate the complexities of tax codes, often in multiple jurisdictions, and to help them ensure they are fulfilling all their obligations and paying the correct amount of tax. In this way we help them to manage an area of significant financial and reputational risk and to make properly informed decisions about their tax position whether they are an individual, a business owner or a corporate organisation. We also help clients resolve any disputes they have with the tax authorities as swiftly as possible.