HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is one of the largest Government Departments and one of the country’s biggest organisations. Almost every individual and business in the UK is a direct customer of HMRC. We collect in excess of £500 billion a year in revenue from over 50 million customers across the UK.We are an effective, efficient and impartial tax and payments authority with a vital purpose: To collect the money that pays for the UK’s public services and help families and individuals with targeted financial support. We have embarked on a major transformational Programme to redirect more of our people and resources to compliance activities, modernising systems and re-engineering processes to become more customer focused. About Customer Compliance Group (CCG) and Indirect Tax Avoidance and Partial Exemption (iTAPE). HMRC’s Customer Compliance Group (CCG) is larger than most government departments with c.25,000 colleagues in locations across the UK. It is at the heart of our transformation and is responsible for delivering the department’s high-profile and reputation-critical compliance activities. CCG has unparalleled scale, breadth and impact within HMRC and is also involved in critical cross-Government initiatives and priorities. Tax evasion and avoidance, fraud and organised crime are among HMRC’s most high-profile issues. They require both internal and external engagement along with proactive management of them with their operations and policies. CCG is also responsible for HMRC-wide and cross-Government initiatives, requiring co-operation, influence and engagement beyond the department. Mid-sized Business (MSB) delivers HMRC’s compliance work for businesses with an annual UK turnover of £10M to £200M and/or with 20+ employees. There are approximately 170,000 Mid-sized businesses in the UK. We work with our customer base to improve compliance, tackle avoidance and evasion, whilst offering support to growing businesses.Through tailored customer engagement and risk-driven compliance, we address complex tax issues using tax specialist teams. We use data and customer insight to target support to rapidly growing businesses. The Indirect Tax Avoidance and Partial Exemption (iTAPE) teams provide consultancy, project leadership and technical advice on indirect tax avoidance, project-managed complex issues, and partial exemption casework across all HMRC business streams. The work consists of single cases and projects, and teams work across geographical boundaries. iTAPE also leads for HMRC on Indirect Tax Avoidance, working closely with Counter-Avoidance directorate.See what it’s like to work at HMRC: find out more about us or ask our colleagues a question. Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert. The Complex VAT Specialist (CVS) will lead national projects, formulating and developing robust legal challenges and applying innovative approaches and investigation techniques. Working collaboratively with key stakeholders across business streams the CVS will be proactive in developing handling strategies for avoidance and complex tax planning issues across the range of indirect taxes and duties. The CVS will develop a high degree of technical skill and investigation experience, with strategic awareness of all tax regimes. The CVS will proactively manage and direct the resources within the project team and will work with stakeholders to ensure the agreed handling strategy is applied effectively. They will bear significant responsibility for the operational delivery of HMRC’s anti-avoidance strategy in relation to indirect tax. Over time the CVS will be expected to become an acknowledged specialist in respect of a number of their Risk Themes, and to take a lead on building knowledge and capability in this area across HMRC. This will include contributing to ‘upstream’ compliance work as part of the developing HMRC Compliance Strategy; understanding the scope of digital tools and taking a lead in scoping risks in their allocated Risk Themes working in collaboration with operational teams. The Theme Lead will also be expected to give presentations on their specialist subject areas to VAT technical staff in iTAPE, and other compliance areas. CVSs will work with iTAPE Senior Officers and Higher Officers allocated to their projects as well as Indirect Tax Directorate, Large Business, Mid-sized Business, Public Bodies and other stakeholders to reduce the VAT Gap attributable to Indirect Tax Avoidance and Complex Tax Planning. The successful candidate will also be encouraged to develop their VAT knowledge and leadership/management skills through appropriate learning programmes. Please Note:?The role may involve an element of travelling with a possibility of the occasional overnight stay away from home. At HMRC, we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process.Other Information : SecuritySuccessful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.People working with government assets must complete?basic personnel security standard?checks.