At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead tax compliance for financial services remuneration and tackle complex employment tax issues.
- Company: Join HMRC, a key player in the UK's public service landscape.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, generous leave, and a strong pension scheme.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on the UK's financial landscape while developing your expertise.
- Qualifications: Must be a qualified Tax Professional with relevant experience.
The predicted salary is between 65000 - 80000 £ per year.
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 is responsible for managing the overall relationship with the customer and all aspects of the customer's tax affairs.
Do you have expertise in financial services remuneration and compensation arrangements and their employment tax implications? If so, HMRC's Large Business directorate has an opportunity for you. We are seeking a specialist to 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 Pay As You Earn (PAYE) and National Insurance Contribution (NIC) legislation. You will work at the forefront of HMRC's engagement with the financial services sector, influencing compliance strategies, resolving complex tax risks and shaping outcomes that protect the UK tax base.
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 play a key role by providing expert technical input to case teams, identifying emerging and novel tax risks, and steering the resolution of complex tax disputes including through to litigation where appropriate.
This includes the analysis of employment tax risks (PAYE/NIC) arising from complex remuneration structures, including but not limited to employment related securities (ERS), disguised & deferred remuneration, partnership and salaried member rules, and other arrangements designed to deliver remuneration outside of PAYE. Your workload will be varied, consisting of collaborating across case teams to support risk assessment of potential cases, undertaking technical research, and working in partnership with senior colleagues to offer insights into sector-specific risks and commercial awareness. You will also contribute to knowledge sharing and capability building within the team.
You will work with key colleagues across the organisation including Customer Compliance Managers, employment tax & 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.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and support to case teams handling complex financial services remuneration and compensation employment tax (PAYE/NIC) issues and disputes.
- Identify and assess financial services remuneration and compensation employment tax risks including arrangements that seek to exploit areas of uncertainty, test the boundaries of legislation or achieve remuneration outcomes outside the intended scope of PAYE and NIC legislation.
- Undertake technical research and analysis to inform case strategy, risk assessment and compliance decisions.
- Collaborate with senior specialists, Customer Compliance Managers and sector leads to progress complex and high-profile disputes.
- Help shape and lead HMRC's response to some of the most significant and technically challenging financial services remuneration disputes.
- Identify emerging risks across the sector and work with policy, strategy and operational colleagues to develop interventions that improve compliance and protect the tax base at source.
- Contribute to & lead team capability building through knowledge sharing and mentoring where appropriate.
This is a technical leadership role without line management responsibilities, but with significant influence and visibility across HMRC and the sector.
Person specification
The successful applicant will need to demonstrate relevant experience and effective delivery of the following essential criteria, as well as their qualifications.
Essential Criteria
- 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.
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:
- 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)
- 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).
Benefits
Alongside your salary of 65,869, HM Revenue and Customs contributes 19,082 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs. We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.
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