Role Overview Our client is seeking an experienced Lead VAT Consultant to join their advisory practice. This is a pure advisory role with no compliance responsibilities, offering the opportunity to lead on complex VAT and wider tax advisory projects for Owner-Managed Businesses (OMBs) and corporate clients. The role is ideally suited to someone from a mixed tax or OMB advisory background with a strong corporate bias, rather than a pure large-corporate specialist. Work involving large corporates tends to be less frequent and undertaken at a strategic, high-level.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead and deliver VAT advisory services to OMB and corporate clients
* Act as a senior technical adviser on complex transactions, restructurings, and planning projects
* Take ownership of client relationships, acting as a trusted adviser
* Provide VAT input into wider corporate and international tax advisory matters
* Collaborate with other tax specialists to deliver joined-up, commercial advice
* Support business development initiatives and contribute to the growth of the advisory practice
* Mentor and support junior team members on technical and client matters
Technical Expertise Required
* Group reorganisations, including:
o Demergers, Hive-ups and hive-downs
o Management Buyouts (MBOs)
* UK aspects of international tax, including:
o Corporate tax residency
o Corporate Interest Restriction
* High-level exposure to Transfer Pricing, CFCs and BEPS
* Loan relationships and the intangible assets regime
* Substantial Shareholding Exemption (SSE)
* Business Asset Disposal Relief (BADR)
* Corporation tax losses, associated companies, and Qualifying IPs (QIPs)
* Company purchase of own shares
* Tax clearances
* Share schemes ("e.g. EMI")
* Experience preparing share valuations (desirable but not essential)
A specialist background exclusively in:
* Share schemes
* Valuations
* A high-level, general tax advisory background across multiple taxes
Candidate Profile
* Significant experience in VAT and/or wider tax advisory roles
* Proven ability to operate at a senior advisory level and lead client engagements
* Strong technical knowledge with the confidence to advise on complex, multi-faceted matters
* Commercial and pragmatic approach to problem-solving
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
* Comfortable working in a non-compliance, advisory-only environment
Why Join Us?
* Senior, lead-level advisory role with real influence and autonomy
* No VAT or tax compliance work
* Exposure to varied, high-value advisory projects
* Opportunity to shape and grow the VAT advisory offering
* Collaborative, technically strong environment
Lead VAT Consultant Advisory Corporate OMB • Hinckley, UK
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