VAT Accountant - Interim
6 days ago
Coventry
VAT Accountant - Interim Statutory Reporting & VAT Accountant £350 - £400 per day | Hybrid - Coventry An excellent interim opportunity within a large, complex, and growing organisation , supporting a key division with statutory reporting, VAT, and wider regulatory requirements across the UK and Europe. This role would suit a hands-on, technically strong qualified accountant who enjoys ownership, stakeholder interaction, and improving processes in a fast-moving environment. The Role You will take end-to-end responsibility for statutory and VAT reporting across multiple legal entities, acting as a key point of contact for auditors, tax advisors, and internal stakeholders. Key responsibilities include: * Preparation and submission of statutory accounts for multiple legal entities • Ownership of VAT compliance across the group (monthly, quarterly, and annual returns), • Intrastat and wider regulatory reporting across EMEA, • Full responsibility for international entities, ensuring accounting and tax obligations are met on time, • Preparation and review of balance sheet reconciliations, • Weekly cash flow forecasting for European businesses, • Acting as the main liaison with external auditors, corporate tax advisors, and internal tax teams, • Supporting month-end close and ensuring all reporting deadlines are achieved, • Driving process improvements to enhance efficiency, consistency, and controls, • Supporting audits by providing accurate, timely financial information, • Ad hoc project support as required About You You will be a confident, delivery-focused finance professional with strong statutory and VAT experience. Essential experience: * Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA) - practice or industry background • Strong statutory reporting experience across EMEA entities, • Solid VAT compliance experience, including complex and multi-entity environments, • Experience working with international entities and intercompany processes, • Comfortable managing multiple stakeholders across finance and non-finance teams, • Proven ability to improve processes and implement best practice, • Able to work autonomously and take ownership in an interim capacity Why Apply? • Clearly defined scope with real ownership, • Exposure to a complex, international finance environment, • Opportunity to add value through process improvement, • Hybrid working model, • Competitive day rate and a well-supported finance team TPBN1_UKTJ