Senior International Tax Specialist

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 338014**Salary**:

- £66,957 - £74,018**Job grade**:

- Grade 6**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HMRC - CCG - Large Business**Type of role**:

- Tax Profession**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- Bristol Regional Centre - 3 Glass Wharf, Avon Street, Temple Quarter, Bristol, Cardiff Regional Centre - Central Square, Cardiff.About the job

**Job summary**:
We need a Senior International Tax Specialist to join our compliance team. This role will be based in our Large Business (LB) Directorate which forms part of HMRC’s Customer Compliance Group and is responsible for around 2,000 of the UK’s largest businesses.
- Advising on, design and/or implementation of group transfer pricing policies.
- Preparation of transfer pricing documentation.
- Assisting clients in preparing reports for the Profit Diversion Compliance Facilities (PDCF).
- Assisting clients with HMRC enquiries or disclosures.
- Preparation of detailed functional analyses across a range of industries/sectors and conducting functional analysis interviews.
- Preparation and presentation of APA reports and dealing with bilateral. multilateral engagement with competent authorities.

**Job description**:
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. This is a varied and exciting role where we can genuinely say that no two days will be the same and you’ll have the opportunity to work with large and complex multi-national businesses with a UK presence.

As one of 7 Senior International Tax Specialists you will be working alongside other Corporation and International Tax specialists on the most complex high-profile risk assessments and enquiry work, providing technical leadership to the wider team, additionally this role will give you the opportunity to be integral in the development of your international tax specialist colleagues.

**Key Responsibilities include**
- Leading and supporting on some of the most ambitious, technical and high-profile enquiry cases into some of the UK’s largest multinational groups.
- Undertaking activity consisting of risk assessment, enquiry work, real-time working, and working alongside HMRC competent authority teams towards agreeing APAs and ATCAs.
- Involvement and interaction with external customers and their representatives across a range of industries.
- Working as part of 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 through the development and steerage of International Tax Specialists (ITSs) and Corporation Tax Specialists (CTSs); focusing on building their capabilities through mentoring, training, and knowledge sharing.
- You will communicate HMRC’s views on the tax treatment of transactions to our customers through correspondence, professional reports, meetings, and case conferences.
- You will have opportunities to influence policy, implement the international strategy, develop innovative solutions and build the Large Business international community.

**Person specification**:
You should hold one of the following qualifications (alternative qualifications will be considered on their merits):

- Chartered Institute of Tax (CTA) or Management Accountants (CIMA).
- Advanced Diploma in International Tax (ADIT).
- HMRC’s TSP or predecessor qualification (TPDP, ITS2, CPT, FT2).
- Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies membership qualification (such as ICAEW, ICAS, CAI, ACCA, CIPFA) or overseas equivalent.
- Postgraduate legal qualification with a significant element of taxation.

**Essential Criteria**
- Significant experience of Transfer Pricing of multinational enterprises gained in HMRC, practice or industry.

**Desirable Criteria**
- Experience of other international corporation tax risks, such as Income Tax deduction at source and Double Tax Treaties.

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- The interview will include a technical exercise and will explore your experience in International Tax work. Details of the technical exercise will be given at the interview, where you will have time to prepare/present your answer.

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role.
- An environment with flexible working options.
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%.

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