VAT Tax Advisor

Dell's EMEA VAT team manages VAT and related compliance in the EMEA region. As part of a wider regional tax team, the team is involved in the management of central and local companies. The team reviews all transactions going through the VAT return preparation and analyses outputs and inputs in detail, working alongside our cosourced service providers. There is an ongoing effort to improve current processes and team members are involved in compliance projects and business process improvement. The work involves liaising with different functions across EMEA and interacting with a wide range of Dell teams from different backgrounds, countries and cultures, as well as local tax authorities, customers and suppliers.
This would be an ideal role for someone with minimum 4 years’ experience in a VAT role in practice (5 years mixed tax), or in a VAT shared services environment, preferably with some people management experience.

Principal duties and responsibilities:
· The candidate will be responsible with another individual for the day to day management of the VAT compliance team, responsible for in the preparation and review of VAT returns and statistical reporting, working with our partner external service provider to produce high-quality, accurate submissions;
· Work as part of a regional Tax manager group to establish the key objectives and priorities of the team and communicate those objectives to the team.
· Review changes and new opportunities in European VAT law and implement them into reporting, advising other functions of relevant changes;
· Proactively identify weaknesses in current processes and identify solutions;
· Support the business in identifying the correct VAT treatment of transactions e.g. purchases and sales requirements;
· Responsibility for internal and external audits and liaising with relevant tax authorities on ad hoc queries;
· Preparation of financial statements and supporting documentation relating to the VAT accounts
· Responsibility for the development, mentoring and training of junior staff