Gibraltar based company seeks a dynamic private client specialist to advise private clients and expatriates and their companies on international tax planning.
The ideal candidate will already have proven experience in international tax planning for private clients and will be used to managing teams and business development. Essential experience includes:
Essential
1.Domestic residence and domicile rules in the UK and other European countries.
2.Tax and estate planning for High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) through the use of trusts, life insurance wrappers, companies and other legal forms.
3.The uses of offshore finance centres in international structuring.
4.UK anti-avoidance legislation, with a working knowledge of other countries' anti-avoidance measures (i.e. fiscal transparency, controlled foreign company provisions, management and control, permanent establishments, transfer pricing etc.).
5.Staff incentive arrangements (e.g. EBTs and share option schemes) and pension schemes.
6.Double Tax Treaties especially entitlement to treaty benefits, residence and the tie-breaker article, business profits and capital gains articles etc.
7.Structuring cross-border transactions in immovable property.
Desirable
8.European Holding Company regimes and the EU Directives on Tax.
9.Separating and relocating Intellectual Property.
10.Financing Structures.
11.Experience of dealing directly with tax authorities
12.Good interpersonal skills and public speaking and writing ability (possibly French Spanish Language Skills)
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Ideally CTA qualified, but could be a Chartered Accountant or Tax Lawyer. Could possibly be qualified by experience, but the case would need to be exceptional. Membership of STEP would be an advantage.
ROLE
You role will be to lead the international tax advisory team, so will have staff management, budgeting and service level responsibilities. You will cross sell tax services to other companies in the group, external clients and work referrers. You will be instrumental in making the team a 'centre for excellence'. You will develop an expertise in Gibraltar tax matters. This is a great opportunity to do interesting and challenging work in a lovely environment.
Georgiana Head Recruitment Ltd is a new recruitment consultancy that specialises in the Taxation Profession. We offer a bespoke service that is tailored to the needs of individual clients and candidates.
Our clients range from the Big 4 accountancy firms, the Top 20, niche tax boutiques, law firms and in-house tax departments. We deal with both direct and indirect taxes and all levels of tax staff from assistants through to Heads of Tax. We particularly specialise in the regions – from the South Midlands up through the North of England and Scotland. However, we also do consultancy work for a selection of interesting roles in the South of England.
We are: Georgiana Head and Alison Tait - we both trained in tax and worked in the taxation profession before making the move into recruitment. We feel we offer an unparalleled level of experience and knowledge of the regional tax market and have a first hand understanding of our clients and candidates needs.
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