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Person specification
Understand the overall picture of risks and opportunities for PAYE and for the taxation of international employment income, leading the development and implementation of strategies to address these risks, working with key stakeholders across HMRC.
Be accountable for the quality of the advice provided by your team to your customers.
Be accountable for, or share ownership of, the technical aspects of the relevant subject areas and the relationships with the customers we support.
Be accountable for litigation when the technical team acts as client.
Ensure we understand our customers better through proactive engagement across Other Government Departments, Policy, CSG, CCG and SOLS (amongst others).
Alongside the resource leads, plan and allocate resources effectively and flexibly to the highest risks, looking across locations - ensuring both technical depth and breadth is built up across the individuals, the location and the team over time to meet planned objectives of the business.
Empower and build capability across the team to continually improve the team and performance.
Act corporately as part of a single leadership team in support of the wider IPD, CS&TD, and HMRC objectives.
Essential Criteria:
You must hold one or more of the following qualifications:
HMRC's Tax Specialist Programme or predecessor qualifications (TPDP, IDP, ITS2, CPT, FT2)
Chartered Tax Adviser (with direct taxes options)
Advanced Diploma in International Taxation.
Full membership of one of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (ICAEW, ICAS, CAI, ACCA, CIPFA), provided that direct tax matters make up a substantial part of your professional experience.
Qualification as a Solicitor, Barrister or CILEX Lawyer (including the Professional stage Business and Commercial Law module) in England and Wales (or equivalents in Scotland and Northern Ireland), provided that direct tax matters make up a substantial part of your professional experience.
Equivalent tax or legal qualifications, to be considered on a case-by-case basis.
In addition, you must demonstrate a combination of:
Strong leadership skills – capable of shaping the activity of a team to drive its delivery of quality advice to often demanding time limits.
Innovative thinking – able to recognise new risks and challenges, developing solutions and bringing stakeholders along to ensure successful implementation.
Direct tax technical proficiency – have the ability to analyse, explain, and discuss the interpretation of complex issues to engage orally and in writing with both the highly qualified internal and external tax professionals and less knowledgeable stakeholders.
Desirable Criteria:
Recent experience in PAYE or International Employee taxation and compliance of these areas