Location
London Borough of Croydon

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£72,711 per annum

About the Role
Discover what it’s like to work in a compliance role that makes an impact. Could you help us shape a stronger, fairer future? Your next career move starts here.

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 (LB) is responsible for over 2,000 of the largest businesses that pay a significant proportion of the total business taxes and duties that HMRC collects. Each business has a Customer Compliance Manager (CCM) who manages the overall relationship and all aspects of the customer’s tax affairs.

We are seeking a specialist with expertise in financial services remuneration and compensation arrangements and their employment tax implications. You will lead the identification and challenge of complex remuneration arrangements within major UK and global banking and asset management groups, including structures that test the boundaries of PAYE and National Insurance Contribution legislation.

This role focuses on tax compliance risks associated with high-value remuneration packages. You will bring commercial insight and technical expertise to analyse arrangements such as partnerships, share and securities awards, deferred compensation and regulatory frameworks.

You will provide expert technical input to case teams, identify emerging and novel tax risks, and steer the resolution of complex tax disputes including through to litigation where appropriate. Your workload will be varied, collaborating across case teams to support risk assessment, undertaking technical research, and working with senior colleagues to offer insights into sector-specific risks and commercial awareness.

You will work with key colleagues across the organisation including Customer Compliance Managers, employment tax and cross-tax regime specialists, accountants, and policy teams to deliver joined-up solutions. You will provide tax leadership and mentoring to colleagues, building capability in financial services remuneration and compensation arrangements.

This is a technical leadership role without line management responsibilities but with significant influence and visibility across HMRC and the sector.

Experience
- Strong technical knowledge of financial services remuneration and compensation arrangements and planning including their employment tax (PAYE/NIC) implications.
- Ability to analyse complex issues and provide clear, evidence-based recommendations.
- Good communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across teams.
- Strong stakeholder management skills – ability to work across a range of stakeholders both internally and externally.
- Commercial awareness and understanding of sector-specific risks.

About you
We are looking for a candidate who can demonstrate effective delivery against the essential criteria above. You should be able to work collaboratively, communicate clearly, and provide technical leadership within a complex and high-profile environment.

You will be expected to contribute to knowledge sharing and mentoring within the team, helping to build capability in financial services remuneration and compensation employment tax.

Qualifications
It is essential that you are a qualified Tax Professional. You must hold one or more of the following:
- Chartered Tax Adviser (CIOT)
- Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (CIOT)
- AIIT (including Paper 4*)
- A Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) membership qualification including:
  o Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales (ICAEW)
  o Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland (ICAS)
  o Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland (ICAI)
  o Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
  o Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
- Post Graduate full legal qualification in taxation matters.
- For previous or existing HMRC employees, TSP or predecessor qualification (TPDP, IDP, ITS2, CPT FT2) with completion of the appropriate course to G7 level or above as a tax professional.

Applicants for G7 Tax Professional roles must have successfully completed the Tax Specialist Programme or hold an equivalent qualification.