We're on the lookout for an experienced, enthusiastic, and highly motivated VAT Accountant to become part of our Treasury, Tax and Insurance (TTI) team within the Finance Directorate. Based at our Bridge office in Stepps, the TTI team may be small—but our impact is big. As VAT Accountant, your main purpose will be to ensure full VAT and indirect tax compliance across the Scottish Water Group. You’ll work closely with both internal and external stakeholders, building strong collaborative relationships that support VAT compliance and reduce tax risk. You’ll also act as our in-house Subject Matter Expert, offering guidance and support across the organisation when it comes to VAT matters. Reporting to the Tax & Treasury Accountant, your role is central to keeping us on track and up to date. As responsibilities will include ensuring VAT compliance throughout the Scottish Water Group, you’ll carry out compliance audits and deliver training where required. You’ll develop and maintain procedures and guidance to support ongoing compliance, and continuously improve VAT processes across the business, ensuring they follow best practice and are robust enough to meet our needs. As part of your remit, you’ll also support compliance with other indirect taxes by establishing effective processes and procedures. You’ll liaise with HMRC during audits and ad hoc enquiries, provide VAT advice across the business, and identify risks and implement any necessary remedial actions. You’ll have a key role in supporting new system development and business initiatives that carry VAT implications. Staying up to date with legislative changes will be crucial, as will reviewing and embedding key developments in VAT law. You’ll also be responsible for reviewing our monthly VAT return and managing the submission using Making Tax Digital. And you’ll input into the Group’s Tax Strategy while representing Scottish Water through engagement with other industry counterparts in the Water UK Indirect Tax Group. To succeed in this role, you’ll bring strong VAT knowledge and demonstrable experience—ideally within a large corporate setting. You’ll hold a relevant tax or accounting qualification such as ATT or ACCA, or be suitably qualified by experience. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are a must, along with the ability to break down complex issues for non-technical colleagues. You’ll be confident when engaging with stakeholders at all levels, and be equipped with excellent IT skills, particularly in Excel and accounting software. Your strong analytical skills and ability to manage priorities will help ensure all deadlines are met without compromise. It would be desirable for you to bring an understanding of AlphaVAT software or other Making Tax Digital systems, as well as some working knowledge of other indirect taxes. Looking out for you While the work we do is important, we know it’s not the only thing that matters. That’s why we make sure you have everything you need to find a good work-life balance. This is a full time (35 hours per week) role, Monday to Friday. But you’ll get plenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays). And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take paid time off to volunteer in your community. When it comes to major life events we have family-friendly policies around adoption, maternity, and parental leave. And for the everyday? We embrace flexible working. For your future, there’s our pension (the ‘know-what-you’ll-get-when-you-retire’ kind), as well as life assurance. As for some nice extras? You can expect an annual company bonus. Not to mention access to SW Splash – handy rewards that can save you money on holidays, bills, and shopping. The not-so-small print This role will be a Grade 7. If you’re new to Scottish Water, you’ll join us on a starting salary of £41,000. Performance-driven pay progression would then allow you to move through the range to a maximum of £51,970. If you’re interested in this role – or know someone else who might be, we’ll be accepting applications until midnight on Sunday 6th July. Job offers at Scottish Water are conditional. We’ll be able to confirm your start date once you pass our Pre-Employment Screening. This is done for us by a third party. We’ll ask for your permission before we initiate the checks. A few final things worth knowing… Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If you’re interested in this job, but don’t tick all the boxes, apply anyway! We hardly ever hire people who can do every part of a job from Day One. Everyone has a learning curve. So don’t rule yourself out! Let us know if there are any changes we can make to our recruitment process to help you perform at your best. Lots of our people have disabilities or neurodiverse conditions (including some of our recruiters!). We're also aware that some people might be experiencing temporary challenges because of life events, like menopause. We’re very used to making adjustments, so please don’t be afraid to ask. As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland, it’s important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us, your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you don’t already live here, you'll need to commit to moving here within your first three months. Finally (finally!), candidates who haven’t submitted an application in the last 12 months will have their records removed from our recruitment database. 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