VAT Manager (UK/EU VAT)

Location: Crewe, England, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a global business developing sustainable mobility, connectivity, and technology solutions for businesses, with operations spanning the UK, Europe, Asia, and the US.

What you will do

• Provide practical UK and EU VAT advice to operational and finance stakeholders, supporting business initiatives, projects, transactions, and new offerings.
• Identify indirect tax risks and review, strengthen, and maintain VAT controls, processes, and documentation.
• Drive finance system, reporting, and process improvements and contribute VAT input to system or process changes.
• Deliver VAT training and guidance to Accounts Payable, Sales, Finance Operations, and other non-tax teams.
• Support the Head of Indirect Tax with HMRC enquiries, information requests, audit queries, VAT return reviews, and related compliance work.
• Mentor junior team members and review their work as required.

Requirements

• Degree-level education with a minimum 2:2 Lower Second Class Honours.
• Professional qualification such as ACCA, ACA, or ATT, or HMRC VAT training.
• Minimum 4 years of hands-on UK VAT experience in practice or industry.
• Ability to explain VAT issues clearly to non-specialists.
• Experience supporting a finance system change or process improvement project.
• Ability to manage several workstreams and meet deadlines.

Nice to have

• Experience advising on EU or cross-border VAT.
• Experience advising on transactions or cross-functional projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Friendly, inclusive, agile, and innovative working environment focused on continuous improvement.
• Competitive compensation with bonus potential and a range of core benefits.
• Global DEI networks supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion, cultural diversity, women’s empowerment, mental health, neurodiversity, and disability inclusion.
• Female health, fertility treatment, pregnancy loss, mental health, disability, and women-focused wellbeing initiatives.
• Community volunteering, payroll giving, and matched funding schemes.

Hiring process

• Apply online; candidates may contact the talent team for further information about the role or hirify.global.
• Reasonable adjustments or accommodations can be requested during the recruitment process.
• Unsolicited recruitment agency CVs are not accepted; approved PSL agencies must submit CVs through the Applicant Tracking System.