Indirect Tax Senior Manager (Belfast)

Overview

As Indirect Tax Senior Manager, you will lead a growing VAT-focused service line within a respected accountancy firm. You will oversee a portfolio of complex advisory and compliance engagements, shaping service delivery and client experience while developing senior client relationships. You’ll drive growth through strategic initiatives and cross-team collaboration, mentoring managers and delivering practical, commercially-minded tax solutions. This role offers a clear route to Director, with opportunities to influence long-term tax strategy and firm-wide objectives.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary and benefits package
• clear route to Director level
• opportunity to shape growth of an ambitious practice

Responsibilities

• Lead review of significant advisory and compliance engagements to ensure quality and risk control
• Own a portfolio of indirect tax clients, acting as trusted advisor and primary point of contact
• Foster strong client relationships, identifying value-add opportunities and expanding services
• Drive process improvements across indirect tax compliance and advisory workflows
• Oversee work allocation, resource planning, and meeting deadlines and utilization targets
• Provide technical leadership on complex VAT and indirect tax issues
• Lead significant advisory projects with commercially focused recommendations
• Support VAT structuring, transactions, risk mitigation, and HMRC inquiries
• Monitor legislation, HMRC policy and case law to identify advisory opportunities
• Collaborate with leadership to develop and execute business development plans
• Prepare proposals, tenders and presentations to win new business
• Represent the firm at client meetings and industry events
• Identify cross-selling opportunities with other service lines
• Lead, mentor and develop Managers, AMs and junior staff
• Contribute to indirect tax strategy and delivery of key business initiatives

Key requirements

• Extensive experience in indirect tax with advisory focus
• Experience at Manager or Senior Manager level in a professional services environment
• Strong VAT and indirect tax technical knowledge with practical advisory ability
• Proven track record managing complex client portfolios and high-value relationships
• Ability to identify, develop and convert advisory opportunities and drive revenue growth
• Solid business development skills and revenue growth contribution
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams (coaching and performance management)
• Excellent project management and organisational skills for multiple priorities
• Strong commercial awareness of the professional services market
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• CTA qualified, ACA/ACCA qualified or equivalent professional qualification preferred

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• communication
• VAT knowledge
• indirect tax legislation
• HMRC processes

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