One of the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury’s key priorities for HMRC is to close the tax gap. The Government is investing in HMRC to deliver that priority. We are continuing to evolve and improve our ways of working together across HMRC to manage our tax risks more effectively and will be building on our successes and accelerating work to address some of our tax risks we believe need urgent attention.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced tax professional to use your commercial and technical knowledge to shape HMRC’s response to non-compliance by Wealthy individuals and the complex onshore and offshore structures they control to help close the tax gap.
As a Personal Tax Specialist you will join a multi-disciplinary tax team. This is primarily a tax enquiry role and you will use your technical and commercial knowledge to own, lead and resolve complex enquiries into Wealthy individuals and the entities they control.
This is a high profile and exciting role which will require expertise, drive and commitment to contribute to the Spring Statement 2025 objective to tackle wealthy offshore non-compliance and deliver an additional £500 million over the next 5 years.
Person specification
* Lead and manage multi-disciplinary enquiry teams alongside corporate tax specialists, using your technical and commercial knowledge to progress large and challenging cases in line with legislation and guidance.
* Use your commercial and technical knowledge to identify areas of UK tax risks within complex international structures controlled by Wealthy individuals and help design and implement a range of compliance solutions in response to those tax risks.
* Design and implement effective compliance solutions to address identified tax risks.
* Build technical ability in CCTO, sharing your external commercial knowledge and best practices across the team to help broaden tax knowledge and tackle knowledge gaps
* Work with key stakeholders to identify cross-tax technical risks and provide clear direction to mitigate those risks.
* Build and maintain strong relationships with Senior Leadership Team (SLT), other external stakeholders, working across grades to influence, persuade and negotiate on business issues.
* Demonstrate drive, commitment, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team on high-profile, complex cases.
* Willingness to travel as required, including occasional overnight stays.
Essential Criteria
* Recent demonstrable compliance experience of complex personal tax issues, with experience in one of the following sectors:
1. International tax: offshore anti-avoidance provisions for Income Tax and Capital Gains tax, residence and domicile.
2. Cross-tax compliance: i.e advising business owners on corporate transactions and restructurings.
3. Skilled in UK personal tax and interacting with HMRC on complex enquiries.
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to speak to diverse audiences, verbally and within written communications.
* Experience of building the capability of yourself and others in a compliance environment.
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