Within Wealthy, HMRC’s Accelerated Response team tackle some of the UK’s most complex and high profile tax compliance cases involving high-net-worth individuals. Operating nationally, this specialist team brings together senior tax professionals with broad cross-tax expertise to lead bespoke investigations that often span multiple tax regimes and business areas. Working collaboratively with legal and advisory partners, the Accelerated Response team identifies and addresses significant tax risks, often under intense scrutiny and the highest levels of governance.
The work is intellectually demanding, commercially sensitive and strategically important, requiring a blend of technical acumen, investigative instinct and a deep understanding of wealth structures and tax planning behaviours.
Job Specification
The Grade 7 tax professional role sits within HMRC Accelerated response team, supporting the High-Risk Wealth Programme (HRWP) and Wealthy Accelerated Resolution Programme (WARP). The successful candidate will lead on WARP projects and act as a deputy lead on HRWP projects, both of which involve complex, high-value risks associated with wealthy individuals and their connected entities. Working in cross-functional project teams, you’ll apply your tax technical expertise to accelerate case progression, overcome barriers and contribute to strategic decision-making. The role is dynamic, collaborative and offers the opportunity to shape outcomes on some of HMRC most challenging compliance cases.
Person specification
We’re looking for a qualified tax professional with strong cross tax knowledge and experience in complex compliance or investigations. You’ll be confident working across multiple tax regimes, including offshore arrangements and subject to anti-avoidance provisions, and able to apply your expertise to novel or contentious issues. Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills are essential, as is the ability to work autonomously, adapt quickly, and influence outcomes at pace. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to deepen their technical impact while contributing to capability building and innovation within a high performing national team.
Responsibilities
This Accelerated Response role will require strong leadership, organisational and communication skills with the ability to adapt to differing customer needs quickly. You will be responsible for:
* Leading WARP projects to accelerate issues to resolution.
* Supporting the leadership of HRWP projects, deputising as necessary, to co-ordinate and resolve all issues.
* Co-ordinating the research of new areas of risk.
* Liaising with internal stakeholders to add value to ongoing areas of work.
* Learning and adapting to new ways of working. Help build capability within project teams and share knowledge wider across HMRC.
* Providing technical or compliance expertise required to progress HRWP and WARP projects. As projects and new risks develop assist with new ways of working to include Upstream activity.
* Upskilling yourself and other members of Accelerated Response, drawing on often unique issues and on lessons learned from each project.
* Supporting the programme leadership and management team by providing timely reports on project progress etc.
Essential Criteria:
• A professional qualification and relevant tax experience.
• Experience of influencing through written and verbal communications.
Plus at least one of the following:
• Recent demonstrable tax knowledge and experience of domicile, residence and the offshore anti-avoidance provision for income tax and capital gains tax.
• Recent demonstrable tax knowledge and experience of complex or cross-tax investigations involving multiples head of tax or interaction of taxes.
• Experience of building the capability of yourself and others in a tax professional 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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