Tax Lead, Front Office Support Projects & Advisory (6 months)

Join us as a Tax Lead, Front Office Support Projects & Advisory

• We're looking for a tax expert to support our Tax Advisory teams on a variety of project and transaction work
• Supporting experienced tax professionals, you'll progress a number of HMRC enquiries in an efficient and commercial manner using your tax technical knowledge to add value
• Recognised as a subject matter expert, you'll provide tax advice on a range of products and transactions, including tax technical advice, documentation reviews and ensuring ongoing compliance with our Tax Strategy
• We're offering this role for a period of six months

We'll look to you to provide tax advice across the organisation, supporting a number of business lines with a focus on the Commercial & Institutional (C&I) franchise. You'll be responsible for project managing a number of high profile HMRC enquiries, ensuring the timely delivery of information and constructive internal and external engagement. You'll also be responsible for reviewing transactions and new products across the C&I franchise, often to tight transaction deadlines.

Working with senior colleagues you'll assess tax risk, including reputational risk, arising from a range of projects and business areas, and you'll streamline review procedures to maximise the use of department resources.

As well as this, you'll:

• Deliver clear, timely, and accurate tax advice to business areas and projects through a combination of direct tax technical input and reviews
• Make sure business lines operate within an acceptable tax reputational risk framework and within the Code of Practice on Taxation for Banks
• Represent the organisation in discussions with key external parties including audit teams, HMRC, external advisers, and key industry bodies
• Facilitate efficient interaction between the tax team and colleagues within the business and finance community

We're looking for someone with a professional accountancy or tax qualification, strong business acumen, and commercial and risk awareness. Along with significant post-qualification tax experience in either practice or industry, you'll have strong UK tax knowledge and experience of dealing with HMRC.

You'll also need:

• Project management and implementation skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent deadlines
• Proven, up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of UK direct tax legislation and good knowledge of relevant international tax, indirect tax, operational taxes, and product specific tax issues
• Strong communication and people management skills
• The ability to influence at a senior level