Working for Chartergates

At Chartergates we are always looking to add to our team of advisers and advocates.  If your skills, qualifications and interest lie in one or all of our tax, VAT, employment law or regulatory specialisms, then we are keen to hear from you.

Our team is tight-knit, dedicated, committed to securing the best possible outcomes for our clients and most importantly – fearless.  Our advice and drafting are notable for its legal precision but also an ability to balance this with our client’s commercial objectives.  What’s more, we go further and back up our advice by representing our clients in the tax and employment tribunals. 

So, if you believe you have the advisory and drafting skills to flourish, but also aspire to be tested in contentious disputes then get in touch because we’d love to hear from you!

Please send CVs and/ or bios to marktaylor@chartergates.com

Current Vacancies

VAT Consultant

The Role & Skills Required

We are currently looking for a VAT Consultant to join our growing VAT advisory team.

Candidates need to have a working and experienced knowledge of UK VAT legislation and accompanying guidance, with particular knowledge of its application in the construction industry and the health services industry. 

In addition, candidates will need the ability to review business records to advise on VAT compliance and highlight any areas of weakness.  An aptitude to quickly understand how a client’s business operates and to tailor advice to the specific business needs. 

As a business we pride ourselves on our client relationships and therefore candidates will also need the ability to build good rapport with clients and understand some of the time constraints that could affect making new commercial contracts and thus be able to make a quick response to queries that arise. 

As the law and HMRC tactics evolve, we evolve too and therefore successful candidates will also need a willingness to keep learning, work with a team and take on tasks that are not necessarily within the realm of past experience.

Required Skills

• Experience in advising clients in VAT matters
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to understand and dissect legislation and case law
• An ability to understand the law from a commercial perspective
• To be able explain the law to clients in their language
• Ability to manage own caseload, work independently but also in a team
• Drive to gain knowledge and be involved in training others
• Desire to travel for work and not just be office/ home based
• Track record of drafting, amending and reviewing contractual documents

Preferred Skills

• Experience of representing clients with HMRC enquiries/ tax tribunals
• Knowledge of the appeal/ tax tribunal procedure
• Being able to discern between supplies of staff and supplies of services
• Advantageous but not essential (ongoing training and guidance will be provided) if the candidate has an advisory background with experience in any of the below areas:
  • the Nursing Agencies Concession
  • partial exemption
  • the NHS process of VAT recovery
  • construction services
  • the domestic reverse charge
  • due diligence for labour supply chains

Working for Chartergates

In return, the successful candidate will join a team that is at the forefront of providing clients with accurate, commercial and timely advice and drafting.  They will also have the opportunity to be involved in contentious disputes and tribunal representation.  In short, we back our team, their skills and provide them with the support they need to go as far as they possibly can.

The successful candidate will also have the benefit of joining a successful team that prides itself on its flexibility and agility in the services it provides its clients.  As such we empower and trust our consultants to do the same and don’t constrain them with timesheets or other corporate shackles that bring no benefit to our clients.

We are committed to helping our consultants develop their skills and have funded numerous training programmes for our current team including the CTA, LLM & other relevant qualifications.  We benefit, if our team benefit and so the successful candidate will get a commitment from us to help them be the best they possibly can be.

If you believe you have the skills necessary for this role please send your CV and/ or bio to marktaylor@chartergates.com.