Senior VAT Consultant

Senior VAT Consultant
Region: Brussels
Required experience: 2 years
Environment: Company, Consultancy
Ref: LG-GT0811
Contract: Permanent position (Full-time)

Company description

Grant Thornton in Belgium is a member of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the world’s largest networks of independent accounting and consulting organisations. With over 72,000 professionals in more than 140 countries, we rank number five worldwide.

From 7 Belgian branches (Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Turnhout, Luik, Tournai and Jumet), over 250 experts can assist you in the fields of audit, accountancy, tax & legal and business advice. Our characteristically pragmatic approach means you can be sure of creative, personalised solutions. Those solutions are of course completely tailored to your business. Are you a manager, SME, multinational or government institution? The Grant Thornton experts understand your activities and your sector through and through. This is what enables us to give you carefully considered guidance and support. And by doing so, to ensure with you that your business can grow and remain competitive.


Do you know the VAT rules by heart? Do compliance files hold no secrets for you? And do you enjoy proactively sharing that knowledge with our clients? As a Senior VAT Consultant at Grant Thornton, you provide support to both local SMEs and internationally active organizations.

What does a Senior VAT consultant at Grant Thornton do?

  • As a ‘trusted advisor’ you will be the first point of contact for our national and international clients.
  • You offer support and high-quality technical advice on VAT to a diverse clientele.
  • You work on specific VAT projects in the context of implementation, optimisation, regularisation and/or screening.
  • You provide assistance during VAT inspections and you guide the client through regularisations.
  • You guide and control compliance files, both for Belgian requirements and for international requirements.
  • You work autonomously and independently to complete your assignments. You get the opportunity to work your way up to more complex cases.
  • Collaboration with team members and with colleagues of other service lines is embedded in your daily work.
  • Furthermore, you support the further development of the VAT practice in our Brussels or Antwerp office.

What makes you the Senior VAT consultant we're looking for?

  • You should preferably have obtained a diploma in an economic or legal field.
  • You have a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in accounting or financial services.
  • You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • You have the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • You are an enthusiastic and flexible team player.
  • You have a hands-on mentality and result oriented together with a great sense of accuracy and responsibility.
  • You are fluent in French and or Dutch and have a good knowledge of English
  • Good knowledge of MS Office (especially Excel, Word and PowerPoint). Affinity with PowerBI is a plus

In short, you convey our CLEARR values. CLEARR stands for collaboration, leadership, excellence, agility, respect and responsibility. We're 'clear' on that, right?

What can we offer you?

Here at Grant Thornton, you will be among some of the best colleagues and enjoy an awesome work environment. But that's not all, of course! We also offer:

  • An attractive salary package with additional holidays, a phone subscription, insurance, a company car, and a flex income plan that allows you to customize part of your employment benefits according to your preferences, such as a bike plan, electronic devices, or other advantages that align with your personal choices.
  • You have flexible working hours and may also work from home. The how and what will be discussed with your team and clients.
  • You will have the opportunity to develop yourself at your own pace through:
    • At least 40 training hours a year to brush up on your professional knowledge and soft skills.
    • A learning environment with a wide variety of clients, sectors and topics that you will come into contact with.
    • Experienced colleagues who are always ready to share their knowledge and good advice with you in our open working environment.
    • A multidisciplinary working environment: enriching collaborations guaranteed!
    • Would you like to obtain additional certificates and/or diplomas? Then you will receive our unconditional support during your learning process and possible internship.
    • Our international network that offers you the prospect of many career opportunities. We work with more than 72,000 experts in 140 countries!

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