We are looking for a UK tax professional specialising in VAT and indirect taxes to lead a team of VAT compliance caseworkers in CCO and develop the team’s approach to VAT and other indirect tax risks.
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.
This is a high profile and exciting role which will require expertise, drive and commitment to contribute to the spring statement 25 objective to tackle wealthy offshore non-compliance and bring in over £500 million over the next 5 years.
As a VAT Tax specialist, you will join a multi-disciplinary tax team. This is a dual compliance and strategic role. You will use your commercial knowledge to identify and respond to areas of non-compliance which arise within complex Wealthy controlled owner-managed business structures and use your technical knowledge to provide support and guidance to caseworkers on specific cases.
Person specification
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.
• Collaborate with local and national teams, case consultants and strategy, risk and policy colleagues, to collaboratively tackle risks and emerging issues, ensuring HMRC has a consistent approach to VAT compliance.
• Build capability across the team and directorate and help to create and embed an environment of continuous improvement, identifying gaps in technical knowledge and supporting development and delivery of learning and awareness sessions.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Senior Leadership Team (SLT), Deputy Directors and other stakeholders, working across grades to influence, persuade and negotiate on business issues.
• Act as a technical advisor using your strong working knowledge of VAT to provide specialist support, advise, guidance and direction to caseworkers on technical and strategic issues in specific cases. You make take ownership of some of the riskier, challenging and/or complex enquiries or lead/coordinate several connected cases involving specific technical elements.
• Willingness to travel as required, including occasional overnight stays.
Essential Criteria
• Recent demonstrable compliance, policy or advisory experience of VAT/Indirect tax issues of midsized/large owner managed businesses clients and international corporate groups. For internal candidates, these must be cases or risks worked at SO level or above.
• Skilled in UK VAT compliance 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
Location
Belfast - Erskine House, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, East Kilbride, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester - Three New Bailey, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Salford -Trinity Bridge House, Stratford
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