Indirect Taxes Technical Manager

4 weeks ago


Preston Lancashire, United Kingdom RSM Full time

About the Department

The National Tax department provides technical and operational support to the firm’s Tax Practice, comprising approximately 100 partners and 800 other staff. The National Tax Technical team provides technical support covering the range of UK taxes on which the firm advises and consists of the National Head of Tax Policy, the National Tax Technical Officers, and other permanent or seconded specialist/technical staff. The Indirect Taxes Technical Manager reports to the Indirect Taxes Technical Officer and works closely with the National Head of Tax Policy, other National Tax Technical Officers, the Indirect Taxes service line head, tax specialist groups, National Head of Tax Operations, and local office tax teams, as appropriate.

This role is open to full and part-time, with flexible hours considered. Additionally, this role can be based in many of our office locations, please see above for the office most local to you. The role may be undertaken in a location remote from team members, including potentially significant home working if this is a preference.

Responsibilities

The principal responsibility of the Indirect Taxes Technical Manager is to assist the work of the Indirect Taxes Technical Officer and National Head of Tax Policy in providing:

  1. Technical support to a wide range of partners and staff, both within the Tax Practice and the firm’s other technical specialist departments (such as the National Audit Technical Services and learning & development teams)
  2. Internal technical updates, guidance, and client-facing and other materials on indirect tax technical issues that impact on the Tax Practice and the firm’s business and clients.
Detailed duties

The day-to-day duties of the Indirect Taxes Technical Manager include working with other tax, accounting, learning & development, marketing, and other specialist colleagues, as appropriate, to:

  1. Provide specific technical policy support and guidance on issues identified by the National Tax Technical team and wider Tax Practice as requiring consideration on a proactive (prior to legislative changes, case law, etc.) or reactive basis, attending and contributing to meetings and calls as necessary.
  2. Communicate key technical developments internally and more widely within the RSM network, by contributing to the preparation of written material for the monthly Tax Technical Update, weekly VAT Update, ad-hoc Tax Practice Alerts, and other communications.
  3. Identify potential business development opportunities from case law and legislative developments and contribute to the preparation and review of clear and concise tax briefings, updates, and other business development and delivery support materials for clients and targets, as required.
  4. Prepare and review tax content for the firm’s external marketing materials, publications, and events (including Tax Voice, Budget commentary, and similar marketing initiatives and events).
  5. Provide responses to client-related tax technical queries from the Tax Practice, ensuring discussions and advice given are recorded and shared as appropriate, and carry out occasional ad-hoc client work in support of local office tax teams.
  6. Draft, edit, review, and deliver materials for training and workshop day presentations, including face-to-face, computer-based, and other formats of training modules, webinars, and tax counsel briefing meetings.
  7. Maintain, develop, and share various tax technical information resources, including technical material for the firm’s external website and intranet, including the tax knowledge database.
  8. Provide technical input to the review of standard documents and other delivery materials and agree and record the firm’s operational policies on tax matters in the firm’s Tax Operational Policies and Procedures manual.
  9. Contribute responses to consultations on tax matters issued by government departments and other external bodies, attending meetings and calls with HMRC officials and other organizations where appropriate.
  10. Attend regular and ad-hoc National Tax Technical and wider Tax Practice team meetings and calls.
Requirements for the role

The successful candidate will possess the following skills and attributes:

  • A relevant technical qualification or equivalent experience.
  • Fundamentally sound tax technical and research skills and a desire to develop wider and deeper tax technical knowledge/expertise covering a potentially wide range of issues and new areas of tax.
  • The ability to communicate clearly and concisely in writing to a variety of audiences.
  • Excellent presentation skills.
  • The ability to manage projects to ensure delivery of own work within agreed, often short, timeframes.
  • Flexible, diligent, resilient, and efficient to deliver work on time, often with limited close support.
  • Responsive and proactive team-working approach.

Note: This job description reflects the current requirements of the role. As responsibilities and duties change, the job description will be reviewed and will be subject to amendment in consultation with the individual. #LI-LB1

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