Description

The Manager – VAT Risk & Assurance will support the Senior Manager in reviewing, validating, and embedding VAT risk controls across business operations.

This role combines VAT advisory expertise with operational assurance to strengthen controls, enhance compliance, and support informed business decision-making.

The Manager will help operational teams de-risk VAT exposure by ensuring testing, evidence collection, and compliance assessments are robust, consistent, and aligned with regulatory, policy, and organizational requirements.

Key job responsibilities
• Review and validate operational assurance activities: Ensure all assurance work aligns with VAT requirements, regulatory expectations, and internal standards, providing independent validation of outcomes.
• Evaluate testing methodologies, evidence collection, and sampling approaches: Assess the robustness, appropriateness, and effectiveness of controls and assurance procedures, identifying any gaps or inconsistencies.
• Identify gaps, risks, or weaknesses in operational compliance: Analyse operational processes and transactional data to pinpoint areas of risk, providing actionable recommendations to mitigate VAT exposure.
• Collaborate with VAT advisory teams: Partner with VAT advisory colleagues to ensure outputs meet controllership expectations, translating technical guidance into practical operational application.
• Support continuous improvement: Drive enhancements to VAT processes, assurance practices, and operational risk controls, promoting efficiency, scalability, and consistency across multi-jurisdictional operations.
• Provide insights and recommendations to the Senior Manager: Deliver evidence-based observations and guidance to support strategic oversight, operational risk prioritisation, and decision-making.
• Challenge operational readiness and monitoring: Review SOPs, controls, and operational outputs to ensure consistency with VAT policy and governance expectations, highlighting issues for corrective action.
• Support issue identification and escalation: Maintain awareness of operational gaps or recurring issues, flagging systemic or high-risk matters to the Senior Manager for action.