Tax Specialist

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oin HMRC as a Tax Specialist: Make a Real Difference 

Are you a tax professional seeking a healthier work-life balance without sacrificing the impact you can make in the tax world? HMRC, the UK's tax, payments, and customs authority, is looking for skilled Tax Specialists to join our Compliance Group. 

Who are we? 

Our role is vital, to bring in the money to pay for the country’s public services and give financial support to people. Our vision is simple, to be a trusted, modern tax and customs department. An organisation that makes it easy for our customers to get tax right, and hard for anyone to bend or break the rules. 

We’re hosting three virtual Awareness Sessions regarding these vacancies where you’ll be able to hear from colleagues in each team discuss their team, what a typical day looks like and what you can bring to HMRC.   

Thursday 14th March at 12:00pm. 

Tuesday 19th March at 13:00pm.  

Tuesday 26th March at 12:00pm.

To attend, please email: (url removed) including your name, telephone number, email address and your preferred session and our team will send you an invitation.   

See what it’s like to work at HMRC: . Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.

Job description

HMRC's Compliance Group plays a crucial role. Comprising 27,000 dedicated members, we are one of the largest areas within HMRC. Our primary goal is to simplify tax payments for both individuals and organisations, while diligently addressing and preventing fraud and evasion.  

We are looking for people to join the following streams:  

Fraud Investigation Service (FIS): Lead investigations into the most serious tax frauds and tax crime, utilising your expertise to tackle complex cases and ensuring tax compliance and integrity, in line with HMRC’s Codes of Practice 8 and 9.  

Large Business (LB): Engage with the UK's largest businesses, managing tax risks and ensuring compliance through expert analysis and impactful negotiation. Be at the forefront of significant tax decisions influencing the nation's economy.  

Wealthy & Mid-sized Business (WMBC): Focus on wealthy individuals, Mid-sized businesses as well as public bodies and employment status and intermediaries, providing insight into the wealthy population, their tax affairs, and the businesses they own or influence. We have a key part to play in promoting and supporting the growth that Mid-sized businesses bring to the UK economy.   

N.B. Fraud Investigation Service

Applicants who are successful in achieving an offer to join our Fraud Investigation Service will be required to undergo a more in-depth Security Check.  This check will proceed following our standard vetting process and is currently taking between 6 and 8 weeks to complete.

For more insight into our work across the 3 streams above, please follow the link below:  

What We Offer 

Work-Life Balance: Enjoy flexible working options that truly accommodate your lifestyle.

Career Growth: Benefit from tailored training programs and clear progression paths. 

Meaningful Impact: Play a pivotal role in funding vital public services and shaping tax policies.  

Person specification

Who we are looking for

We are looking for experienced tax professionals who are comfortable working in a dynamic, varied role tackling complex tax matters. As part of our team, you will play a vital role strengthening HMRC's efforts to ensure tax compliance and close the tax gap. You will lead and support high-profile enquiry cases for large businesses and multinational corporations, applying your skills in risk assessment, complex enquiry work, and real-time working. 

You will have opportunities to interact with external customers and representatives, collaborate with cross-functional case teams, and contribute to building the professional tax community through mentoring, training, and knowledge sharing. We offer varied responsibilities consisting of resolving tax disputes, leading teams, shaping future tax policies, and interacting with senior business figures. 

We have multiple positions available across Corporation Tax, VAT, Inheritance Tax, Employer Duties, Income Tax and Self-Assessment. We also want to talk to you if you are passionate about tackling non-compliance and undertaking investigatory roles. 

Essential Criteria 

Leader - Demonstrable record of effectively leading teams in a tax compliance environment providing strategic direction to ensure successful outcomes.

Communicator - extensive experience in managing multi-channel stakeholders (e.g. Legal, Policy & Technical) in a diverse, complex, or large organisation.

Compliance - Proven track record in ensuring/assuring customer compliance with tax legislation, regulations and governance, taking early appropriate action where non-compliance is identified.

Be a part of our dedicated team, ensuring everyone pays their fair share. Apply now to make a lasting impact in the UK’s tax system.  

Qualifications
You need to be a qualified Tax Professional, holding one or more of the following qualifications: 

Chartered Tax Adviser – CIOT.

AIIT (including Paper 4*).

A Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) membership qualification including:

Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales (ICAEW)
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland (ICAS)

Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland (ICAI)

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

Post Graduate full legal qualification - in taxation matters.

For previous or existing HMRC employees TSP or predecessor qualification (TPDP, IDP, ITS2, CPT FT2) - (note - existing HMRC employees would only be eligible if they have completed the appropriate course to get them to G7 level (or above) in a tax professional role.)