Role overview:The focus of the role is 75% indirect tax compliance and 25% corporate & income tax. The tax accountant will be part of the London corporate accounting team (5 person team). As the role develops it is expected that the successful candidate will build on their relationship with the US tax dept, developing their knowledge so that they can increase the level of tax support that they can provide to the US tax dept
Responsibilities:Indirect tax Accountant - 75%
To ensure that Koch is fully compliant with all VAT requirements
-Accumulate return data (VAT, Intrastat & EC Sales List returns) for KST trading businesses (metals, petroleum, gas & power) operating out of London, Geneva, US
-Review data for returns for accuracy & completeness. Provide feedback to schedulers, and other providers of information where applicable.
- Prepare reports from a range of source systems for monthly/quarterly returns
- Reconcile VAT balance sheet accounts to source systems on a monthly basis.
- Prepare draft returns, including core data support, for review by VAT Advisors
- Assist schedulers in chasing outstanding AAD's on chains
- Resolve queries from VAT advisors or VAT authorities
- Prepare VAT returns for office costs for Dutch, US and UK entities
- Maintain up-to-date database of VAT procedures.
- Administer VAT audits as and when they occur
- Stay current with VAT jurisdiction regulation changes. Keep relevant parties updated.
- Identify training opportunities for VAT. Update and provide VAT training to KS&T (London, Geneva, US, Rotterdam) to ensure continued VAT awareness and compliance.
- Keep VAT registrations up-to-date. Arrange new registrations and identify where de-registrations can take place
- rovide advice & support/research answers to European VAT and customs queries/issues
Skills
- Minimum 3 years accounting and tax experience including preparation of VAT and corporation tax returns
- Accounting and/or tax qualification
- Experience in refining, physical commodity trading (metals, petroleum), and/or gas & power business highly desirable
- Good systems skills
Personal Characteristics:
- 100% compliance focused
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to communicate tax issues and solutions with people at all levels of ability and understanding.
- Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal contacts (at all levels) and with external advisers, across multiple locations including US, Geneva, Netherlands.
- Ability to work quickly and accurately to deadlines with the minimum amount of supervision
- Customer service focus
- Proactive. Able to analyse & identify potential issues/propose solutions
- Attention to detail
- Good organisational skills
- Good team player. Used to working in small team
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