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Job summary
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 dealings 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.
What We Offer
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 flexi-time, 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.
Joining HMRC is an exciting opportunity! 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 organization, so there are many opportunities to change roles and advance your career.
We currently have vacancies in Large Business and Mid-Sized Business.
Large Business (LB) employs around 2,500 people to assure the compliance of HMRCs 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 (MSB) is part of Wealthy and Mid-Sized Business Compliance (WMBC). WMBC is responsible for the tax affairs of customer groups including the UKs 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.
If you would like to learn more about the role and what it’s like to work at HMRC join our Teams call on Tuesday 26th September at 12:00pm – 1:00pm. You will hear from the vacancy holder and the team. Email us at specialistresourcingteamsrt@hmrc.gov.uk by 5pm Friday 22nd September and we will organise your Teams invite.
Job description
This job is important at HMRC. As a Transfer Pricing Specialist, youll play an integral role in strengthening HMRCs 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 UKs 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 part of a case 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 community.
Some travel nationally will be required as part of this role.
Person specification
Essential Criteria:
- Current operational compliance in Transfer Pricing work in respect of multinationals in HMRC, practice or in industry.
- Good technical understanding of the UK transfer pricing rules and knowledge of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines.
- Experience of carrying out functional analysis interviews and economic analysis.
Desirable criteria:
- Current operational compliance in a wider International work in respect of multinationals in HMRC, practice or in industry.
- Current operational compliance experience of working on the tax affairs in the financial services sector and experience of cross border issues in particular would be an advantage.
- Recent in-depth involvement in international groups corporation tax compliance and planning.
Qualifications
You should hold one of the following qualifications (alternative qualifications will be considered on their merits):
- Chartered Institute of Tax (CTA) or Management Accountants (CIMA)
- Advanced Diploma in International Tax (ADIT);
- HMRCs TSP or predecessor qualification (TPDP, ITS2, CPT, FT2);
- Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies membership qualification (such as ICAEW, ICAS, CAI, ACCA, CIPFA) or overseas equivalent;
- Postgraduate legal qualification with a significant element of taxation.
The panel may consider significant relevant experience of tax in place of the formal qualifications listed above, if it can be demonstrated that a lead role has been taken over many years and this will be considered and judged on its own merits.
Technical skills
We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Transfer Pricing/International Tax work
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Find more about HMRC benefits in ‘Your little extras and big benefits handbook’ for further information or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service.
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Selection process details
To apply, please complete the advertised CS jobs application process by submitting a CV. Please indicate location you are applying for, provide your education history and a brief summary/key achievements for each of the roles in your CV.
We reserve the right to raise the score required at any stage of the process in order to manage numbers.
If you are successful at the sift stage, you will be invited to an interview. The interview will start with a Technical presentation on a Transfer Pricing issue that you have been involved in and will explore further your experience in Transfer Pricing/International Tax work.
If successful, your skills and experience will determine which post(s) (LB or MSB) you are offered.
Interviews
Interviews will be carried out via video. Candidates will be required to have access to:
- A laptop (personal or work) with a working webcam
- Good internet connection
- Microsoft Teams
Recruitment timeline
Sift (application review) – w/c 9th October
Interviews: w/c 16th October and 23rd October
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert, however on occasions these dates may change.
Interviews will be held online.
A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles if this applies to you, well let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account.
Eligibility
To check that you are eligible to apply, review this eligibility information
Important information for existing HMRC contractual homeworkers:
Please note that this role is unsuitable for contractual homeworkers due to the nature and/or requirements of the role.
Reasonable Adjustments
We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process because of a disability, condition, or impairment. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.
If you need a reasonable adjustment or a change to be made so that you can make your application, review this information on reasonable adjustments, and contact hmrcrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible.
Diversity and Inclusion
At HMRC we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues and creating an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve.
Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role. Were committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues here at HMRC. We want everyone to feel valued and supported to achieve their potential at HMRC.
For more information on how we make this happen, review this information on our culture and values
Applications received from candidates with a criminal record are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy.
We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible after considering operational and customer service needs. We cant guarantee that we can meet all requests to work flexibly, as agreement will be subject to business ability to accommodate, and any request to work a more flexible arrangement should be made prior to your acceptance of the provisional offer.
Customer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required. Where this is an essential requirement, this will be tested as part of the selection process.
The Civil Service runs a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Locations
HMRC has a presence in every region of the UK. For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations.
Security Update
For more information on the level of security checks we will carry out, review this information on security checks
Further Information
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences.
Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant application/s will be withdrawn from the process.
Duplicate applications for the same vacancy will also be withdrawn.
Transferring into HMRC from Civil Service If you are currently working for an Other Government Department (OGD) and would like to consider the impact on your pay when joining HMRC, please see the attached document “Combined T&C and OGD Pay English, found at the bottom of this advert. Further information on staff transfers can be found on gov.uk
Problems during the application process
If you experience accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
If you think youve made a mistake on a short application form (e.g. youve ticked the incorrect eligibility box), please contact hmrcrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk at least two working days before the vacancy closes. After this, we wont be able to reopen your application.
Please use the subject line to insert appropriate wording e.g. Please re-open my application – 310399 & vacancy closing date 04/10/2023. Please note that we cannot amend or re-open your application if you have submitted your full application in the interests of fair and open recruitment.
For reasonable adjustments queries or requests, please see details within reasonable adjustments section above.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Kasia Tomczyk
- Email : kasia.tomczyk@hmrc.gov.uk
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- Email : hmrcrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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