Tax Advisory - VP

Stakeholder management and leadership

* The role requires collaborative working with stakeholders outside of Tax, in particular Finance and the businesses at a senior (Director and Managing Director) level.
* The individual will need to be self-motivated and autonomous, proactively taking ownership of the key accountabilities as described above.

Decision making and problem solving

* The role requires a thorough understanding of how the Bank operates across different businesses and the ability to grasp complex issues and processes.
* The successful candidate will need to be able to understand and analyse the impact of a broad range of non tax issues and to apply indirect tax rules to a wide range of scenarios, including finding solutions to complex problems in a challenging and often changing environment.

Risk and Control

* All colleagues have to ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Policies and Policy Standards

ABOUT YOU

The successful candidate will be a qualified CTA, ACA or a qualified solicitor and have:

* A strong indirect tax (in particular VAT) technical knowledge, in particular in relation to financial services, and an appreciation of the interaction with other tax disciplines (e.g. transfer pricing, operational taxes)

* An ability to connect complex tax technical issues with practical and commercial application including the impact on compliance processes
* An understanding of tax planning and a desire to build on this
* The ability to apply VAT knowledge to identify VAT risks
* Effective communication skills (written and verbal) coupled with the ability to articulate complex tax issues in a simple manner to tax or non-tax specialists
* The ability to identify issues requiring escalation
* An ability to identify wider consequences of a particular course of action
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
* Demonstrable skill at building and maintaining relationships with colleagues within and outside the VAT and tax teams
* The ability to influence at a senior level
* The ability to collaborate with others and to work effectively in a high-performing team
* A demonstrated capability of integrity, initiative and commitment

NEXT STEPS

* Should you be interested in having a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact Andrew Vinell

Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.