We are looking for a Senior Tax Specialist with substantial experience of working in a Wealth management environment or with Wealth management experts, advising clients on how to structure their Wealth to meet financial, personal and taxation objectives.
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 senior tax specialist, you will form part of the CCTO senior leadership team (SLT), with collective responsibility for developing the direction of the team in line with HMRC’s strategic objectives and contributing to the team’s performance objectives.
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
* 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
* Work closely with strategy, risk and policy colleagues who are responsible for co-ordinating HMRC’s response to Wealthy non-compliance to help implement compliance solutions to tax risks.
* Form part of the senior leadership team (SLT) contributing to the strategic direction of CCTO. Using your knowledge of wealth tax planning, develop a strategy to manage technical risks and issues with Wealthy and offshore compliance. Proactively consult with colleagues and stakeholders to understand the strategic impacts and range of options available in addressing those risks.
* Act as a technical advisor (using your strong working knowledge of ITSA/CGT/IHT&SDLT). CCTO is a multi-graded, multi-disciplinary case working team and you will provide technical support for the largest and/or most complex interventions.
* Strengthen capability, performance and professionalism across the team and organisation. Create and embed an environment of continuous improvement, identifying gaps in technical knowledge and oversee development and delivery of products and interventions to mitigate those gaps.
Essential Criteria
* Significant wealth management industry experience, from working in a wealth/asset manager consultancy, with an understanding of the current landscape in the Wealth Management industry.
* Experience of devising and implementing tax-efficient strategies for wealth preservation and management of individuals complex tax affairs.
* Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and translate strategy into action.
* Excellent communicator, both written and verbal, proficient and skilful at compiling briefings, presentations and proposals with the ability to meet tight timelines with minimal direction.
* Self-motivated and highly organised, with excellent negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills, able to build influence and trust across an organisation.
* Experience of building the capability of yourself and others.
Location
Belfast Regional Centre - Erskine House, Birmingham Regional Centre - Arena Centra, Bristol Regional Centre - 3 Glass Wharf, Cardiff Regional Centre - Ty William Morgan, Croydon - Ruskin Square, East Kilbride - Queensway House, Edinburgh Regional Centre - Queen Elizabeth House, Glasgow Regional Centre - Atlantic Square, Leeds Regional Centre - Wellington Place, Liverpool Regional Centre - Water Street, Manchester Regional Centre - Three New Bailey, Newcastle Upon Tyne - Benton Park View, Nottingham Regional Centre - Unity Square, Portsmouth - Lynx House, Salford - Trinity Bridge House, Stratford Regional Centre - Westfield Avenue.
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