Petroineos Trading Limited

Indirect Tax Advisor

Petroineos Trading Limited  •  London, GB (Onsite)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

Indirect Tax Advisor

Application Deadline: 21 August 2026

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London, UK

The Indirect Tax Advisor sits within the Corporate Tax and VAT team. The Candidate will be part of a supportive and collaborative team working to ensure that the business continues to be compliant with local indirect tax legislation in multiple countries across Europe.

The main role will involve assisting with managing the VAT compliance obligations of UK and Non-UK Entities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Accurate preparation and timely filing of VAT Returns for all business units across multiple jurisdictions across UK and Europe.
  • Prepare and or Review Intrastat, EC Sales List and other Statutory returns for EU VAT registration cross numerous European countries including a review function.
  • Work with external advisers to manage the VAT return preparation and or filing process, ensuring adherence to both internal and statutory deadlines.
  • Manage queries from internal business areas in relation to tax approvals of transactions and supply chain, including reviewing the VAT treatment.
  • Manage VAT coding override functionality in ETRMS and ERPS.
  • Provide accurate and applicable tax decisions to Operators and Settlement team in relation to invoicing.
  • Manage monthly reporting and review of VAT balances and VAT general ledger account.
  • Manage reconciliation all entries in VAT Registers against Settlements Reports.
  • Support the wider team with reconciliation of the VAT creditor account in SAP and SAP Hana
  • Identify ways to improve efficiency, to enhance and streamline existing VAT Compliance processes
  • Assist with audits and queries from tax authorities

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

  • Indirect tax experience and understanding of accountancy for VAT purposes preferred, but not essential
  • At least 3 years of working experience in a similar Finance department
  • Experience in Commodities industry preferable but not essential
  • Strong excel skills required
  • Ability to meet deadlines and to complete assignments within a reasonable timeframe
  • Must be able to work without close supervision
  • Ability to build relationships across the business to support teams with a variety of business issue

Benefits

The role offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience, as well as the opportunity to be awarded discretionary bonuses based on performance and a comprehensive benefits package including private medical insurance, travel insurance and dental insurance, gym reimbursement scheme, 10% contributory pension scheme, and 25 day yearly holiday allowance.
Petroineos Trading Limited

About Petroineos Trading Limited

Petroineos comprises trading and refining joint ventures between PetroChina International (London) Company Limited and INEOS. Established in 2011, Petroineos is one of Europe’s leading International Integrated Energy Trading Companies.

In addition to third-party trading, Petroineos Trading's key functions include the supply of Crude Oil to Petroineos and PetroChina refineries and the arrangement of the sale and distribution of the various products that are produced from the refineries. Products traded by Petroineos include both Crude Oil and Refined Oil Products.

Petroineos refineries are strategically located at Grangemouth Scotland and Lavéra France and are both fully integrated with co-sited petrochemical assets of the Company. Close proximity to feedstocks and customers are key elements of its strength.

The Grangemouth refinery is located on the Firth of Forth with direct access to crude oil and gas from the North Sea. The Grangemouth refinery processes around 150,000 barrels of crude oil per day and provides fuel to Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland.

The Lavéra refinery processes 210,000 barrels of crude oil per day. It is located on the coast of the Mediterranean crude oil trading basin, next to the port of Marseille. The refinery supplies fuel by pipelines into France, Switzerland and Southern Germany.

Industry
Oil, Gas & Mining
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
London, GB
Year Founded
Unknown
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