VAT Reporting Specialist

Altum Consulting; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global business is seeking a VAT Reporting Specialist to join its finance and tax function in the UK. This role involves owning the VAT reporting process and working closely with finance leadership and external advisors to ensure compliance. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial reporting, solid knowledge of UK VAT regulations, and a project-management mindset. This highly visible position offers significant responsibility in managing indirect tax risks and reporting.

Qualifications

• Strong financial reporting background with experience in VAT.
• Solid understanding of UK VAT rules and reporting requirements.
• Experience working with external advisors on compliance or reporting processes.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end UK VAT reporting process.
• Act as primary contact with external advisors (EY) for VAT.
• Manage VAT compilation work transitioning in-house.
• Ensure VAT data is correctly reflected in financial reporting.
• Identify opportunities to improve controls and reporting efficiency.

Skills

Financial reporting experience

Understanding of UK VAT rules

Project-management mindset

Ability to operate in a multi-stakeholder environment

Job description

VAT Reporting Specialist - UK Indirect Tax

A global business with a significant UK footprint is looking to add a VAT Reporting Specialist to its finance and tax function. This role has been created due to increasing VAT reporting and compliance requirements and will become a central point of ownership for the UK's indirect tax position.

You will work closely with senior finance leadership and external advisors to ensure VAT filings are accurate, timely, and aligned with both regulatory and internal reporting standards.

What you'll be doing

Own the end-to-end UK VAT reporting process, including review, validation and submission of VAT returns.

Act as the primary day-to-day contact with external advisors (EY), coordinating data flows, queries and deliverables.

Manage the transition of VAT compilation work in-house, taking ownership of processes that are currently externally supported.

Ensure VAT data is correctly reflected in financial reporting and reconciliations.

Identify opportunities to improve controls, documentation and reporting efficiency around indirect tax.

Partner with finance, shared services and operational teams to resolve VAT issues and support audits or reviews.

What they're looking for

A strong financial reporting background with experience in VAT.

Solid understanding of UK VAT rules and reporting requirements.

Experience working with external advisors on compliance or reporting processes.

Project-management mindset - able to take ownership of a growing workload and bring structure to evolving processes.

Comfortable operating in a global, multi-stakeholder environment.

Why this role

This is a highly visible role that sits at the crossroads of tax, reporting and operations, offering genuine ownership of a growing compliance area and direct exposure to senior leadership. As VAT continues to become more complex and data-driven, this position will play a key role in how the business manages its indirect tax risk and reporting.