John Dixon's thoughts on the changing world of tax in the FTSE
06-Apr-16
I remember a conversation I had with the Tax Director of a significant FTSE 100 company some 10 years or so ago. He prided himself on his technical ability (as evidenced by the well- thumbed ‘Yellow Book’ on his desk), had little or no connection with the underlying businesses of the company - in ...
Is there life after tax?
27-Mar-16
I started my career in tax when I was 17, immediately after leaving school. I had applied to join a sponsorship scheme with Arthur Andersen. This offered paid work experience before and during university as well as a cash lump sum to go travelling during a gap year. An attractive proposition for an ...
The Private Client Market - An Interview with Mike Howells
17-Feb-16
Q. You have specialised in the private client field throughout your career, initially as a tax adviser and latterly as a recruiter. What attracts you to working within this market ? It has always been about the clients. Whether they are self-made entrepreneurs or landed ‘old money’, they ...
US International Tax Recruitment Insights
16-Feb-16
Q. You recently rebranded your company. Why ? After operating as City Skills for nearly 4 years we felt that the name and brand wasn’t quite connecting with the specialist and very niche profession that we cover. We focus our energies purely around U.S International tax professionals across a ...
The BLT interview - Guy Barrand
10-Feb-16
BLT have produced an Indirect Tax Market Report for 2016. If you would like to receive a copy please click here. Q. I think you are the only recruitment firm globally to specialise in indirect tax. Does this niche give you an advantage ? Yes, I think you’re right, I can’t think ...
Interview with Phil Jolley : The Asia tax market
22-Jan-16
Q. Much of your work focuses on the Asia in-house tax market. Can you tell me more about the search assignments you typically work on ? Asia is a growing tax community with a number of ‘in-house’ companies looking to bolster their internal teams and bring in technical support. The ...
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An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an ambitious VAT specialist to join a high performing and rapidly expanding Financial Services VAT practice within a leading PE backed professional services firm. This position is ideal for an experienced VAT Dire...
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Communicate are working with a global business outsourcing group as they look to add a newly created Senior Manager to their quickly growing and highly successful Corporate Tax team. This is an extremely exciting period to join a business where you can re...
As an employer, talent is undeniably one of our greatest assets and if nurtured in the right way, can make contributions to the firm’s ongoing success which far exceed our expectations.So how can we tailor our performance review process to ensure we are identifying and recognising our ...
Mason Rak asked tax leaders and professionals: “Where do you believe you will be working in a post-COVID world?” 33% of our respondents believed they would work from home, while 11% envisioned a return to the office. An overwhelming 56%, however, saw the value of a hybrid working model. ...
The Impact of the Pandemic: Working PracticesDo working practices need to change? Is there the expectation that they will? How’s it been for people? The results of our recent survey provide some answers. Thanks to everyone who completed the BLT ‘How Are You?’ Survey that we ran in December ...
Tips on Interviewing OnlineThere has been a paradigm shift in the way that interviews take place in the tax market following the pandemic in 2020, where once we met in offices, shook hands on arrival and sat across from each other in a meeting room - now virtually all ...
