Senior Manager – Indirect Tax (12 months contract)

　　Do you enjoy providing advice and guidance for all areas of indirect tax?

　　Do you want to join a cutting edge indirect tax team who has heavily invested in technology tools and resources to support our delivery model?

　　Would you like to provide an efficient service to our global business teams?

　　This role could be based in either Amsterdam or London

　　About our Team

　　A lean team of super-smart, super-hard working, local and remote colleagues who collaborate closely to support the RELX businesses, globally, on all matters related to indirect tax. The indirect tax team is supported by a Tax Operations team, located in 2 offshore locations.

　　We have heavily invested in specific tax technology solutions (tax determination software, data analytics & compliance tools) to support delivery models, along with non-tax specific technology tools, such as Alteryx, Tableau, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) & Microsoft power Apps & BI to ensure efficient tax operations, globally.

　　We use an outsource provider to support our compliance obligations globally, but also manage compliances internally in key jurisdictions, in line with our agreed Target operating model.

　　About the Role

　　As a Senior Manager, you will be involved with a huge variety of indirect tax aspects covering the EMEA region across the RELX enterprise. Providing VAT technical support on business-critical matters, in conjunction with the wider RELX ITX team. Including advice in response to queries, and proactively advice upon identification of any indirect tax opportunities and/or risk creating occurrences.

　　You will be working with external specialist tax advisors and colleagues in a collaborative, global team.

　　Responsibilities

　　Monitoring developments in indirect tax and other relevant tax regulations.

　　Maintaining relationships and providing advice to key stakeholders and business units.

　　Identifying indirect tax opportunities and/or risk creating occurrences, documenting / reporting these and supporting the mitigation / remediation of such risks across the enterprise.

　　Informing and implementation of non-established VAT and other Indirect Tax processes and policies.

　　Support the use of tax technology systems (eTax – internal tax rules and calculation engine).

　　Providing advisory and support from an EMEA VAT perspective for divisional projects and RELX wide projects.

　　Supervising compliance and reviewing VAT, ensuring that all indirect tax compliance responsibilities of the Dutch RELX entities are managed, maintained and statutory deadlines are met. (The c ompliance activity will mostly be undertaken by a RELX Group team located in India, with support from Tax Operations and the global VAT compliance outsourcer).

　　Supervising the implementation of VAT compliance processes for any new non-established VAT registrations of UK, NL and US companies in EMEA region and transition of compliance processes to Tax Operations and/or the global VAT compliance outsourcer.

　　Requirements

　　Extensive post-qualification experience in a large multi-national enterprise and/or similar broad experience in VAT work with a major practice .

　　Compliance experience.

　　Experience in a similar business (ecommerce/cloud/tech).

　　Have good communication skills in business English and be able to build relationships. with customers and stakeholders.

　　Have great analytical skills and have a real eye for detail and accuracy.

　　Enjoy collaborating with teams to solve problems and implement effective solutions.

　　Have excellent organizational skills and be able to adapt and flex to deliver multiple priorities.

　　Have ACA, ACCA, or CTA, or good equivalent experience indirect tax.

　　Work in a way that works for you

　　We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

　　Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productiveWorking for you

　　We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:- Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days- Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits- Wellbeing programs- Life assurance- Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme- Long service awards- Save As You Earn share option scheme- Travel Season ticket loan- Electric Vehicle Scheme- Optional Dental Insurance- Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave- Employee Assistance Programme- Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children- RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you- Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer- Access to extensive learning and development resources- Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

　　About the Business

　　RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.The group serves customers in more than 180 geographies and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs over 35,000 people, of whom almost half are in North America. The headquarters is in London. The market capitalization is about £54bn ($56bn), making it one of the 9 largest listed companies in the UK. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange, Euronext and NYSE.The company has four market segments. It develops information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers in the Risk, Scientific, Technical & Medical, Legal, and Exhibitions sectors.

　　RELX is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form: https://forms.office.com/r/eVgFxjLmAK .

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　　RELX is a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries.

　　We help scientists make new discoveries, lawyers win cases, doctors save lives and insurance companies offer customers lower prices. We save taxpayers and consumers money by preventing fraud and help executives forge commercial relationships with their clients.

　　In short, we enable our customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.