Senior International Tax Specialist

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Do you have experience in either complex Transfer Pricing or complex wider International Tax work?

Do you want to use your skills to tackle some of the UK's most challenging tax issues?

Are you looking for an opportunity to lead a team of experienced tax specialists and make a real impact on the UK's tax landscape?

If so, we have the perfect role for you at HMRC!

Watch our video to discover what it’s like working as an International Tax Specialist within HMRC. The role of an International Tax Specialist at HMRC (https://youtu.be/IHwHWQ5Y3Co).

At HMRC, we want everyone to feel welcome and valued. We aim to be a place where everyone can do their best work, regardless of their background. We offer flexible work options to help you fit work into your life, and we're always looking for ways to make HMRC a great place to work.

HMRC is one of the UK's biggest government departments. Almost everyone in the UK has some interaction with us. Each year, we collect over £800 billion from millions of people and businesses. This money helps pay for public services in the UK.

Large Business employs around 2,500 people to assure the compliance of HMRC’s 2,000 largest and most complex customers. The size and global reach of our customers places international tax issues at the forefront of our work to ensure they comply fully with their tax obligations.

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The Senior International Tax Specialist role involves working with the most complex customers and you’ll be leading on risk assessment and enquiry work end-to-end.

You will play an integral role in strengthening HMRC’s efforts to close the tax gap. Leading and supporting on some of the most ambitious, technical, and high-profile enquiry cases for some of the UK’s largest multinational groups.

Your workload will be varied, consisting of risk assessment, enquiry work, real-time working, and will involve interacting with external customers and their representatives across a range of industries. You will work as a team with a number of key colleagues across the organisation including Customer Compliance Managers, cross-tax regime technical specialists, policy, economists and accountants.

Successful applicants will be responsible for technical leadership of a team of experienced International Tax Specialists (ITSs) and Corporation Tax Specialists (CTSs); focusing on building their capabilities through mentoring, training, and knowledge sharing.

In this role there will be opportunities to influence policy, contribute to the international tax compliance strategy, develop innovative solutions and build the international tax community.

This is a technical leadership role with no line management responsibilities.

Travel may be required from time to time to fulfil this role, for example to attend customer meetings.