Interim VAT & Financial Operations Specialist (Outside IR35)

The role: You'll take ownership of:

• Designing and implementing an internal partial exemption VAT process
• Acting as the business's VAT expert, supporting compliance and best practice
• Building and improving billing and invoice processes, including templates and workflows
• Managing invoicing and collections across a portfolio of customers
• Supporting pragmatic, relationship-led communication with key stakeholders
• Leading an initial data collection and scoping exercise to stabilise inputs
• Helping the wider finance team improve consistency and control in revenue processes

The environment

• Highly operational, varied "finance all-rounder" role
• Cyclical workload with a significant set-up phase in the first 2 months
• Hybrid working

What we're looking for

• Strong VAT experience, specifically partial exemption
• Comfortable operating as a broad finance practitioner/FC-style support
• Strong stakeholder communication skills
• Pragmatic, hands-on approach with strong attention to detail
• Ability to bring structure quickly in a complex environment

Once the processes have been set up and key stakeholders are on board, the role will be largely remote working.