Indirect Tax Manager - Canary Wharf - 9 month contract - Hybrid working model (3 days Office based/2 days WFH)

The candidate in this role will be temporary maternity cover (initially 9 months) in the Indirect Tax (VAT) team reporting to an Executive Director covering our Trade Finance business area.

Job Summary:

The role involves the following:

* Understanding the transactions / products of the Trade Finance lines of business.
* Developing knowledge of UK and other EMEA VAT regimes that are applicable to these transactions / products (both tax technical and practical).
* Advising/training internal stakeholders, for example, teams processing expenses.
* As needed assisting colleagues in relation to the Markets business line.
* Communicating VAT risks succinctly and clearly to non-tax colleagues.
* Reviewing tax compliance submissions.
* Escalating risks internally within the team as appropriate.
* Working with external tax advisors, as well as partnering internally with global Corporate Tax colleagues (including colleagues covering directs taxes) and non-tax colleagues (such as the Business, Legal, Finance, Operations etc.).