About the Department
The National Tax department provides technical and operational support to the firm’s Tax Practice, comprising approximately 100 partners and 800 other staff. The National Tax Technical team provides technical support covering the range of UK taxes on which the firm advises and consists of the National Head of Tax Policy, the National Tax Technical Officers, and other permanent or seconded specialist/technical staff. The Indirect Taxes Technical Manager reports to the Indirect Taxes Technical Officer and works closely with the National Head of Tax Policy, other National Tax Technical Officers, the Indirect Taxes service line head, tax specialist groups, National Head of Tax Operations, and local office tax teams, as appropriate.
Responsibilities
The principal responsibility of the Indirect Taxes Technical Manager is to assist the work of the Indirect Taxes Technical Officer and National Head of Tax Policy in providing:
1. Technical support to a wide range of partners and staff, both within the Tax Practice and the firm’s other technical specialist departments (such as the National Audit Technical Services and learning & development teams)
2. Internal technical updates, guidance, and client-facing and other materials on indirect tax technical issues that impact on the Tax Practice and the firm’s business and clients.
Detailed duties
The day-to-day duties of the Indirect Taxes Technical Manager include working with other tax, accounting, learning & development, marketing, and other specialist colleagues, as appropriate, to:
1. Provide specific technical policy support and guidance on issues identified by the National Tax Technical team and wider Tax Practice as requiring consideration on a proactive (prior to legislative changes, case law etc) or reactive basis, attending and contributing to meetings and calls as necessary.
2. Communicate key technical developments internally and more widely within the RSM network by contributing to the preparation of written material for the monthly Tax Technical Update, weekly VAT Update, ad-hoc Tax Practice Alerts, and other communications.
Requirements for the role
The successful candidate will possess the following skills and attributes:
* A relevant technical qualification or equivalent experience.
* Fundamentally sound tax technical and research skills and a desire to develop wider and deeper tax technical knowledge/expertise covering a potentially wide range of issues and new areas of tax.
* The ability to communicate clearly and concisely in writing to a variety of audiences.
* Excellent presentation skills.
* The ability to manage projects to ensure delivery of own work within agreed, often short, timeframes.
* Flexible, diligent, resilient, and efficient to deliver work on time, often with limited close support.
* Responsive and proactive team-working approach.
Note: This job description reflects the current requirements of the role. As responsibilities and duties change, the job description will be reviewed and will be subject to amendment in consultation with the individual.
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