VAT Advisory Manager

VAT ADVISORY MANAGER - HYBRID / REMOTE (UP TO £70,000)

Growing Multi-Practice Group | Flexible Working

Lead VAT Advisory Work - Advisory-Focused Environment

We're recruiting a VAT Advisory Manager to join a specialist VAT team within a growing, UK-wide multi-practice group. You'll manage a portfolio of advisory clients, lead on complex VAT matters, and work in a genuinely flexible environment where remote working is the norm and advisory work is the priority.

What You'll Do:

• Manage a portfolio of VAT advisory clients (education, public sector, charities, housing focus)
• Deliver complex VAT advisory and planning work
• Lead on partial exemption, non-business apportionment, property transactions, grant funding VAT treatment
• Support clients through HMRC interactions and inspections
• Act as key point of contact for clients, providing practical VAT guidance
• Contribute to business development and identify advisory opportunities
• Mentor junior team members
• Develop thought leadership and client training
• Liaise across tax and audit teams on joined-up client advice

What You Need:

• 3-5 years' VAT advisory experience (ideally professional services, consultancy or in-house)
• Strong background in education and/or public sector VAT work
• CTA, ATT, or HMRC experience (or working towards qualification)
• Deep understanding of partial exemption, non-business apportionment, capital goods scheme
• Client-facing confidence and relationship-building skills
• Ability to manage time and multiple deadlines
• Commercially minded with clear client focus

Why This Firm Is Different:

• Advisory-focused - VAT compliance is outsourced; you focus on high-value advisory work
• Genuine flexibility - work from anywhere in the UK; team members typically office 1-2 days/week
• Significant volume of work - demand currently outstripping capacity; real pipeline of advisory matters
• Growing VAT team of 7-8 specialists within a wider Tax Advisory Division (30+ people)
• Multi-practice group with strong acquisition-driven growth
• Emerging sector specialisms in education VAT (recent acquisitions bring education focus)
• Real mentoring and development opportunities
• Collaborative culture across tax, audit, and corporate finance teams

Salary & Benefits: Up to £70,000 + 25 days leave (buyable to 30) + flexible benefits platform (PMI, critical illness, dental, eye care, cycle to work) + pension + life assurance x4 salary + enhanced family leave + EAP + business closure at Christmas

Contact: [email protected] | 07580 216 907

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