VAT Associate

<p><p> Makes best efforts to meet budgets and escalates potential budget overruns to senior members of the team </p><p></p><p> Demonstrates an understanding of the concept of job recovery and efficiencies </p><p></p><p> Is able to communicate professionally with clients to request missing information/deal with basic queries arising </p><p></p><p> Communicates in a professional and confident manner </p><p></p><p> Puts client service delivery at the forefront, ensuring timely acknowledgement of client queries and escalates as required </p><p></p><p> Able to identify and escalate, to senior team members, areas of improvement for the future from current working practices. </p><p></p><p><b> Technical Excellence </b></p><p></p><p> Clears review queries with reduced assistance and with thought and attention to detail </p><p></p><p> Involved in less complex compliance, beginning to take more responsibility for sections of the work </p><p></p><p> Continues to develop sector specific professional knowledge </p><p></p><p> Increased awareness of upcoming and existing changes in relevant legislation and standards applicable to role </p><p></p><p> Able to spot issues/areas of possible contention or increased risk early in the process and escalate to senior colleagues </p><p></p><p> Reduce recurrence of similar or same review points </p><p></p><p> Able to spot where previous solutions and experience can be applied. </p><p></p><p><b> VAT return preparation </b></p><p></p><p> Assistance with the preparation of simple UK VAT returns for fully taxable clients, with minimal adjustment required. </p><p></p><p> Assistance with the preparation of VAT returns including partial exemption calculations and/or nonbusiness calculations for first review. </p><p></p><p> Assistance with the preparation of VAT returns including reporting for international sales and/or purchases of goods and/or services for first review </p>