Overview
Location: Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, East Kilbride, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Salford, Stratford.
HMRC’s Wealthy compliance teams (Wealthy) are responsible for the tax compliance of the UK’s wealthiest individuals. Wealthy individuals often have complex tax affairs that present significant challenges to an effective tax administration. Given the size and nature of the tax at risk within the wealthy population it increases the opportunities and risks of non-compliance. Our teams assure the tax paid by wealthy individuals and tackle risks and non-compliant behaviours to ensure that wealthy individuals pay what they owe. This involves a strong, policy, technical and data led approach to promoting compliance and preventing non-compliance that encourages and supports the customer to get things right first time and contributes to the health of the tax system.
Within Wealthy, HMRC’s High Risk Wealth Team (HRWT) 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 HRWT 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 Description
This Grade 7 tax professional role sits within HMRC’s HRWT, supporting the High-Risk Wealth Programme (HRWP) and Wealthy Accelerated Response 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 HMRC’s most challenging compliance cases.
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
* 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 HRWT, 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.
Person specification
The successful applicant will need to demonstrate relevant experience and effective delivery of the following essential criteria, as well as their qualifications.
Essential Criteria
* Demonstrable ability to lead or coordinate complex tax projects and drive timely progress.
* Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
* Evidence of building capability in yourself and others through knowledge sharing, learning and professional development.
* Recent demonstrable tax knowledge and experience of complex or cross tax investigations, including issues relating to domicile, residence, and offshore anti avoidance provisions for income tax and capital gains tax.
Qualifications
It is essential that you are a qualified Tax Professional. You must hold one or more of the following:
* Chartered Tax Adviser (CIOT)
* Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (CIOT)
* AIIT (including Paper 4*)
* A Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) membership qualification including:
* Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales (ICAEW)
* Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland (ICAS)
* Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland (ICAI)
* Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
* Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
* Post Graduate full legal qualification - in taxation matters.
* For previous or existing HMRC employees TSP or predecessor qualification (TPDP, IDP, ITS2, CPT FT2) - (note - existing HMRC employees would only be eligible if they have completed the appropriate course to get them to G7 level (or above) as a tax professional).
In October 2023, a decision was made that applicants for G7 Tax Professional roles must have successfully completed the Tax Specialist Programme or hold an equivalent qualification. To enable career development for experienced colleagues already in Tax Professional roles, if you have been successful in gaining a G7 Tax Professional role through open competition prior to October 2023, and you are not subject to any Performance Management action, you are now able to apply on level transfer for other G7 Tax Professional roles. Please note that if you applied successfully for a non-tax professional role on promotion to Grade 7 prior to October 2023, whether or not you had had prior tax experience, you would not be able to apply on level or promotion for tax professional roles.
Transitional Sites
If your location preference is for one of the following sites, it’s important to note that these are not long-term sites for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time.
* Benton Park View, Newcastle - moving to Pilgrims Quarter, Newcastle
* Trinity Bridge House, Manchester - moving to an alternative office in Manchester/ Salford
You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.
Leeds Locations
Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in HMRC’s Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.
Behaviours
We\'ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Working Together
* Making Effective Decisions
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £58,541, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £16,959 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.
We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.
Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
Family friendly policies.
Personal support.
Coaching and development.
You may apply via the apply button on the website.
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