International Tax Specialist

Do you have experience in either International Tax or Transfer Pricing? Are you eager to tackle some of the UK's most challenging tax issues and expand your expertise in these areas? Are you ready to make a real impact on the UK’s tax landscape, working with a team of experienced tax specialists?
Watch our video to discover what it’s like working as an International Tax Specialist within HMRC.

Watch our video to discover what it’s like working as an International Tax Specialist within HMRC. We are holding information sessions about this role, on the 5th October (12:00–13:00) and the 9th October (12:00–13:00). This is to enable you to understand more about what an International Tax Specialist is involved with.
If you would like to attend a group webinar, please email kasia.tomczyk@hmrc.gov.uk to register your interest and we will email you a Teams call invite.

At HMRC, we care about our people and their work-life balance. We offer a 37-hour working week with the option of hybrid working, allowing you to work both from the office and from home. We also offer flexitime, giving you the freedom to manage your working hours to suit your lifestyle. We provide excellent holiday entitlement, giving you the time you need to relax and recharge. We care about the well‑being of our employees and offer a range of support and resources to help you look after your physical, mental, and emotional well‑being.
We will support you as you move to HMRC and offer on‑the‑job training and development to help you achieve your career goals. We are a large organisation, so there are many opportunities to change roles and advance your career.

Job description

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. This money helps pay for public services in the UK.
Large Business employs around 2,500 people to assure the compliance of HMRC’s 2,000 largest and most complex customers. The size and global reach of our customers places international tax issues at the forefront of our work to ensure they comply fully with their tax obligations.
Mid‑Sized Business is part of Wealthy and Mid‑Sized Business Compliance (WMBC). WMBC is responsible for the tax affairs of customer groups including the UK’s wealthiest individuals, Mid‑sized businesses, public bodies and charities. MSB supports and assures the compliance of these businesses, which includes a variety of multinational, complex customer groups and their tax obligations.

What we offer
We currently have vacancies in Large Business (LB) and Mid‑Sized Business (MSB).
As an International Tax Specialist, you will play an integral role in strengthening HMRC’s efforts to close the tax gap. Leading and supporting on some of the most ambitious, technical, and high‑profile enquiry cases for some of the UK’s largest multinational groups.
Your workload will be varied, consisting of risk assessment, enquiry work, real‑time working, and will involve interacting with external customers and their representatives across a range of industries. You will work as a team with a number of key colleagues across the organisation including Customer Compliance Managers, cross‑tax regime technical specialists, policy, economists and accountants.
In this role you will have an opportunity to aid capability building of tax specialists through mentoring, training and knowledge sharing and contribute to building of the International Tax community.
Travel may be required from time to time to fulfil this role, for example to attend customer meetings.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

• Good recent experience of International Tax or Transfer Pricing work in HMRC, industry or practice.
• Good communication skills – both written and verbal.
• Good stakeholder management and collaboration skills – ability to work across a range of stakeholders both internally and externally.

Qualifications

You should hold one of the following qualifications:

• 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) - (note - existing HMRC employees would only be eligible if they have completed the appropriate course to get them to G7 level (or above) as a tax professional).
• Solicitor, Barrister or CILEX Lawyer (including the Professional stage Business and Commercial Law module) in England and Wales (or equivalents in Scotland and Northern Ireland) with direct tax professional experience.
• Equivalent overseas degrees/professional qualifications to the qualifications noted above.

In October 2023, a decision was made that applicants for G7 Tax Professional roles must have successfully completed the Tax Specialist Programme or hold an equivalent qualification. To enable career development for experienced colleagues already in Tax Professional roles, if you have been successful in gaining a G7 Tax Professional role through open competition prior to October 2023, and you are not subject to any Performance Management action, you are now able to apply on level transfer for other G7 Tax Professional roles. Please note that if you applied for a non-tax professional role on promotion to Grade 7 prior to October 2023 but have tax experience, you would not be able to apply on level for tax professional roles.

The panel may consider candidates who can demonstrate a level of professional expertise and technical capability that is demonstrably equivalent to the qualifications listed above. This would normally be evidenced through substantial and sustained senior-level experience applying transfer pricing and/or international tax rules. Any such consideration would be assessed rigorously on its own merits against the standards expected of the specified qualifications.

Further Location Information

Please ensure that you only apply for a location that you are willing and able to work from, as we will only make one offer of employment. Any additional notes included in a ‘Further Location Preferences (optional)’ field within the application form, will not be considered. Please be aware that you cannot change your location preference after submitting your application.

Office closures

For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations.

If your location preference is for one of the following sites, it’s important to note that these are not long‑term sites for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time.

• Benton Park View, Newcastle - moving to Pilgrims Quarter, Newcastle
• Lynx House, Portsmouth – moving to an alternative office in Portsmouth

You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.

Leeds Locations

Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC’s Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £58,541, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £16,959 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

The above is an illustration of the salary and employer pension contribution you would receive if you were paid at the minimum of the salary pay band. If you are paid above the salary pay band minimum then the corresponding figures will be higher. Below are further benefits of the role.

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.

• Pension- We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

To find out more about HMRC benefits and find out what it’s really like to work for HMRC hear from our insiders or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

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