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Assistant VAT Compliance Manager

Scottish GovernmentLegal & Compliance
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Are you ready to help shape VAT compliance across the Scottish Government?

Support the Scottish Government’s VAT and CIS compliance activities by helping deliver accurate statutory tax returns, responding to HMRC compliance requirements, providing expert advice to stakeholders, and promoting best practice through training and guidance. The role works collaboratively across government and public sector organisations to strengthen tax compliance, maintain effective controls, support regulatory change, and ensure compliance with VAT and CIS legislation.

One of five divisions in Financial Management Directorate, Financial Operations delivers the crucial financial services that are relied on across the Scottish Government, public services, and the wider economy every day.

The VAT and CIS Branch is one of 3 branches within the Division. The branch is headed by a Senior VAT Manager and has two distinct areas: Operations consisting of a Operations Manager, and Compliance where this post will be located, which consists of a VAT Compliance Manager alongside this post. This post will report into the Senior VAT Manager.

This role will support the VAT Compliance Manager in responding to HMRC compliance checks, promoting compliance, controls operation and training, and working with the VAT Operations team to prepare a compliant quarterly VAT return. You will also help business areas adapt to changes in VAT management and associated requirements through delivery of training.

This is a great opportunity to build your experience of the Scottish Government’s financial operations and create strong relationships with a range of Scottish Government and UK Government stakeholders.

It is expected that you will already have knowledge of VAT principles as they apply to the Scottish Government, but training and development will also be provided to support the successful candidate.

Responsibilities

  • Contributing to the timely and accurate completion of the quarterly Scottish Administration VAT return and the monthly CIS return.
  • Providing advice and assistance to broader Scottish Administration stakeholders via responses to VAT and CIS enquires.
  • Promoting VAT compliance by working with local teams to enhance VAT knowledge, and planning VAT training and materials to support with such.
  • Working with the Branch to build and maintain high quality working relationships with business areas and support liaison between the Scottish Administration and the wider Scottish Public Sector (including Health Boards), and HMRC.
  • Contributing to the completion and quality assurance of special projects – including projects initiated by VAT Branch to enhance compliance, and projects driven by HMRC action including audits and regulatory changes.
Success profile
Success profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of behaviours, experience and technical criteria (if applicable) that candidates will be assessed on. The Success Profile will include the Professional / Technical skills, Experience and Behaviours.
Technical / Professional Skills:
  1. Taxation - Practitioner
  2. Business and Organisation - Working
  3. Risk - Awareness
You can find out more about the skills required here: Finance profession
Experience
  • Managing a diverse and varied workload with the ability to prioritise and adapt to shifting stakeholder needs.
  • Analytical skills including using tools to develop informed options, make recommendations and support decisions.
  • Knowledge and awareness of VAT rules and regulations as they apply to the Scottish Administration.
Behaviours:
  1. Delivering at Pace (Level 3)
  2. Working Together (Level 3)
  3. Communicating and Influencing (Level 3)
Find out more about Success Profiles.
How to apply
Apply online, providing a CV and supporting statement (of no more than 1000 words) providing evidence of how you meet the behaviours, experience and technical skills listed in the Success Profile above. Both the CV and the supporting statement provided will be assessed against the criteria for the role.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application, but all statements and examples provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.
Please see our candidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment.
If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and presentation. Assessments are scheduled for w/c 2 November if possible, however this may be subject to change.

Recruitment Principles
As a government organisation, we adhere to the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles and we investigate any complaints received in relation to recruitment cases.
About us
The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland. We have responsibility for a wide range of key policy areas including: education, health, the economy, justice, housing and transport. We offer rewarding careers and employ people across Scotland in a wide range of professions and roles.
Our staff are part of the UK Civil Service, observing the Civil Service Code and working for Ministers and senior stakeholders to deliver vital public services which improve the lives of the people of Scotland.
We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment along with a wide range of employee benefits. Find out more about what we offer.
As part of the UK Civil Service, we uphold the Civil Service Nationality Rules.
Working pattern
Our standard hours are 35 hours per week and we offer a range of flexible working options depending on the needs of the role, including Flexi-leave. Scottish Government staff in hybrid-compatible roles should aim to work in-person 40% of the time, either in an office or other agreed work location. If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for, please contact us.

Skilled Worker Sponsorship not being offered
Skilled Worker sponsorship is not available for this role. As a result, we are unable to appoint candidates who require Skilled Worker sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK.
Security checks
Successful candidates must complete the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), before they can be appointed. BPSS is comprised of four main pre-employment checks – Identity, Right to work, Employment History and a Criminal Record check (unspent convictions).
You can find out more about BPSS on the UK Government website, and read about the Government Vetting Charter, or about all the different levels of security checks in our Candidate Guide.
Internal candidates may need to gain higher security clearance than they currently hold if successful in their application.
Equality statement
We are committed to equality and inclusion and we aim to recruit a diverse workforce that reflects the population of our nation. 
Find out more about our commitment to diversity and how we offer and support recruitment adjustments for anyone who needs them.
Further information
Find out more about our organisation, what we offer staff members and how to apply on our Careers Website.
Read our Candidate Guide for further information on our recruitment and application processes.


This post is open to Internal Scottish Government candidates and Common Citizenship organisations only.

Apply before 23:59 - 23/11/26

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