• The VAT Team sits within Group Tax and plays an important role in managing VAT risk across Lloyds Banking Group. You’ll join a collaborative team, using your technical expertise to provide high-quality analysis and practical, insightful advice to colleagues across the Group
• Provide high-quality indirect tax advice across the business on new income streams, products and transactions
• Build strong relationships with key internal partners, acting as a business partner to understand new products and transactions
• Ensure VAT compliance by reviewing returns, working with business areas and providing dashboards to senior colleagues
• Lead systems and process assurance reviews, identifying indirect tax risks and working with owners to resolve issues and establish effective governance and controls
• Improve and streamline VAT activities and processes using the Group’s tax technology resources
• Work with the business to document processes and controls, and monitor their implementation
• Design and deliver tailored training to address capability gaps and improve performance
• Analyse data from multiple sources to identify key themes and potential business impacts
• Identify shortcomings and improve VAT processes and structures across owned business areas
• Develop procedures and interpret policy to deliver required business outcomes

Benefits

• A generous holiday allowance: You’ll be eligible for a minimum of 22 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), rising to 30 days based on length of service and grade.
• A flexible way of working: Whether you want flexibility over your location or when you log on, together we can create an approach that works for you and for the business.
• Family leave: Up to 63 weeks of maternity or adoption leave. Statutory maternity or adoption pay is available for 39 weeks, and 20 weeks will be enhanced to the equivalent of full pay. Partners can have six weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
• Flex cash: This is 4% of your basic salary and can be used to spend on the benefits of your choice, or you can choose to take it as a cash top up in your monthly salary.
• Health insurance: Our company funded Private Medical Benefit provides all colleagues with access to good quality medical care, including accommodation, nursing care and specialist advice.
• Colleague Offers: Get discounts on everything from electrical items to cinema tickets and weekly food shopping. You can share this benefit with up to ten family members or friends.
• Financial products: Take advantage of our great financial products, some at a discounted rate, including current accounts, home and car insurance and loans.
• Share plans: Participate in Sharematch and receive matching shares of up to £45 a month from the company, and you can choose to participate in Sharesave, our combined savings and share option plan.
• Pension: We offer a generous pension plan, with all joiners being automatically enrolled in our ‘Your Tomorrow’ scheme. You can decide how much you save and get a say in where your contributions are invested.

• Ability to consider tax risk holistically, anticipate emerging issues and apply sound judgement when priorities or circumstances are complex
• Ability to understand different perspectives and explain complex information clearly, meaningfully and in a way that suits the stakeholder
• CTA or equivalent work experience within the Financial Services industry is preferred
• Strong capability in applying VAT expertise to ensure VAT reporting obligations are fulfilled, tracked and appropriately managed
• Ability to develop effective working relationships and work across organisational boundaries to achieve shared outcomes
• Ability to interpret technical information objectively, identify assumptions or gaps and develop well-reasoned solutions and advice
• We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply

• End Date: Sunday 15 November 2026