Job Title VAT Advisory

Location London

Corporate Title Vice President

Group Tax’s responsibility is to manage the Bank’s worldwide tax position, with responsibilities ranging from advising on the tax consequences of transactions, ensuring compliance with local tax obligations, producing tax data for financial and other reporting purposes, handling tax audits and disputes, to working with industry and governmental bodies on the development of legislation and practice.

You will report directly to the Head of Indirect Tax and will be based in London. Although this is an advisory role, the individual must be willing to contribute in all areas of the team’s work. The team is small and everyone is expected to pitch in to achieve key deliverables, including compliance work at peak times.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

Hybrid Working

We understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a Hybrid Working Model that enables employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them.

You can expect: or a part of their working

• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days

• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family

• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits

• The opportunity to support a wide-ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Provide support and advice to business product teams in reviewing new products, including providing VAT transactional level rulings. This will involve direct interface with front office teams, as well as colleagues in Corporate M&A and other Infrastructure functions.

• Undertake ‘second line of defence’ review of key risk controls and processes identified for each of the product groups with the aim of assessing whether the controls are operating effectively and engaging in a continuous cycle of process and control improvement.

• Assist in maintaining the inventory of Indirect Taxes across the Region to ensure this is regularly updated.

• Undertake/assist in business VAT reviews.

• Liaise with Tax Authorities in the UK and provide support to Finance coordinators across the wider region in dealing with their local tax authorities.

Your skills and experience

• Proven experience of tax advisory work within the tax department of a professional services firm or equivalent experience within the advisory team of an in-house tax function

• A broad base of technical UK/EU VAT knowledge.

• Comfortable handling escalations, consistently communicating and upholding Group Tax requirements through engagement with senior stakeholders; responsive to business and management requests

• Able to summarise complex technical subject matter, with clear conclusions and recommendations, for a non-technical audience, both in written form and in oral discussions.

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities

• Coaching and support from experts in your team

• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression

• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

About us and our teams

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Our values define the working environment we strive to create – diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer.

We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, beliefs and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

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