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Interim Tax Manager (6-Month FTC)
Location: Hertfordshire (Hybrid Working)
Salary: Up to £75,000 pro rata
Contract: 6-Month Fixed-Term Contract
The Opportunity
A leading UK business is seeking an experienced Interim Tax Manager to join its finance team on a 6-month contract. Reporting into the Head of Tax, this role will play a key part in ensuring the effective management of direct and indirect tax compliance, while providing valuable tax advice across the wider organisation.
This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified tax professional with strong VAT expertise, experience in a large corporate environment, and the ability to support business-critical transformation projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end VAT compliance, including data extraction, reconciliations, VAT return preparation, and MTD submissions.
- Lead the tax workstream for a major systems implementation project, overseeing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and supporting rollout activities.
- Prepare corporation tax forecasts and quarterly instalment payments, ensuring accurate reconciliations.
- Support the preparation of tax disclosures and supporting documentation for statutory reporting.
- Oversee compliance across a range of taxes, including CIS, payroll taxes, and benefits-in-kind.
- Provide practical VAT and tax advice to stakeholders across finance, operations, IT, and commercial teams.
- Support HMRC enquiries, audits, and business risk reviews.
- Own month-end and year-end tax balance sheet reconciliations, investigating and resolving variances.
- Partner with project teams to ensure tax compliance is embedded within business and technology change programmes.
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About You
- CTA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualified.
- Proven experience managing VAT compliance within a large corporate environment.
- Strong understanding of UK VAT legislation and indirect tax compliance.
- Practical exposure to corporation tax processes and reporting.
- Experience working within a fast-paced commercial business.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail.
- Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with large data sets.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Able to work independently, prioritise effectively, and deliver to tight deadlines.
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What's on Offer
- Salary up to £75,000 pro rata.
- Hybrid working arrangement.
- Exposure to a high-profile tax and systems transformation project.
- Opportunity to work closely with senior finance and tax leadership.
- Immediate impact role within a dynamic and fast-paced organisation.
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