Indirect Tax – Vice President

JPMorgan Chase · London

Working in one of the top ranked Global and EMEA international banking groups as part of an experienced and broad VAT team you will have the opportunity to develop deep knowledge of the banking sector across EMEA and get involved in all aspects of the VAT risk management for the business.

As Indirect Tax - Vice President in Tax department you will be a key member of the team reporting to an Executive Director providing advisory services and support to Payments line of business, which includes international Treasury Services and Merchant Services. You will also have the opportunity to support our International Consumer Banking business, including Chase UK and Chase Germany retail banks, an award winning Digital Banking business named Best British Bank 2023 at the British bank awards. As part of the Tax Department you will also have exposure to support tax considerations within the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa) for a wide range of businesses including; investment banking, markets (trading) businesses, private banking, asset management and custody services.

Job responsibilities

Analyses the International Consumer Bank and Payments lines of business detailed model in several EMEA locations, including assisting in product and territory expansion.
Understands the line of business products and providing ongoing advisory services.
Develops knowledge of local VAT regimes applicable to the relevant jurisdictions and transactions / products (both tax technical and practical).
Communicates VAT risks succinctly and clearly to tax and non-tax colleagues and escalating risks internally within the team as appropriate.
Advises internal senior stakeholders.
Works with external tax advisors, as well as partnering internally with global Corporate Tax colleagues and non-tax colleagues (such as the Business, Legal, Finance, Operations etc.).

Required Qualifications , skills and capabilities

Accounting or Tax qualification, e.g. ICAEW or CTA
VAT advisory experience either Manager level at Big 4 or equivalent in-house.
A detailed understanding of UK/EU VAT principles, with
Some knowledge of VAT compliance requirements and processes.

Preferred Qualifications, skills and capabilities

Strong communication and structured written skills and the ability to work well in a team.
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to formulate commercially sound solutions.
Quick learner with a positive attitude and professionalism and interest in understanding new business operation and / or financial services product offerings.
Being able to work independently, managing own workload and projects.
Strong interpersonal skills to build working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Functional knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint and other applications is also desirable.
Qualification with indirect tax route preferable.
Knowledge/experience of VAT issues in the FS sector being desirable.

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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Interested join a market leading tax team supporting an award winning Global Payments / business / pan-European Digital Retail Bank?

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