Head of Indirect Tax - In-house, Leeds

In-house Tax Team seeks a Head of Indirect Tax. In this role you will provide expert advice, ensure compliance, and drive efficiencies in tax processes. Working with senior stakeholders across the business, you’ll play a key role in managing tax risks, shaping strategy, and maintaining strong relationships with HMRC.
What You’ll Be Doing
As Head of Indirect Tax, you’ll be responsible for:
• Leading the Indirect Tax function, managing a team of 2–3 professionals.
• Providing practical, commercially focused VAT/IPT advice across the business.
• Building strong relationships with HMRC, ensuring compliance and proactive engagement, particularly on PESM.
• Overseeing VAT/IPT submissions, meeting statutory deadlines, and managing queries.
• Ensuring core systems and controls are VAT/IPT compliant for External Reporting/SAO requirements.
• Supporting major business and finance projects, ensuring tax implications are well managed.
• Monitoring industry tax developments and contributing to consultations via the ABI.
• Collaborating with offshore tax teams to enhance operational efficiencies.
• Owning balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Supporting the Head of Tax in managing tax risks, reporting, and strategic initiatives.
This role needs someone with a strong mix of technical expertise, leadership skills, and commercial awareness. You should have:
• Suitable tax qualification, either Chartered Institute of Taxation or Association of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales
• Experience of a Big 4 Tax environment
• An in-depth understanding of an FS business and its impact to the Tax Function.
• Experience with tax processes, controls, and compliance requirements.
• The ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across the business.
Ways of Working
Hybrid working available minimum 2 days a week in the office in Leeds or London. Great team in a well known business.