Interim Product Tax Advisor in City of London, to £525 per day

An immediate opportunity has arisen for an experienced Product Tax Advisor to join our client, a global Investment Management firm based in London

Key responsibilities of the Role will include:

*Responsibility for providing advice and implementation where required on the FATCA and CRS regulations to key stakeholder groups within the Business operations team.
*Development of procedure manuals and policies for both FATCA and CRS for audit purposes
*Providing real time advice to stakeholders within the above business lines and wider teams within BlackRock.
*Achieve an appropriate balance between assisting investors' understanding of the relevant tax issues, and providing tax advice that should more properly be provided by an investor's own tax advisers and foster that balance in the business teams.
*Provide technical content for tax related client publications, newsletters, factsheets, prospectuses and similar.
*Provide tax updates to any relevant business teams and wider groups such as Fund Boards
*Recognise enquiries and issues that relate to corporate tax or VAT, and route these promptly to the appropriate team members.
*Opportunity to work on ad hoc projects as they arise relevant to the business lines supported.
*There is scope to consider/manage the wider tax risks around managing these products within the context of the business lines and operational teams that are impacted e.g. are the right controls in place; is more automation possible etc.
The ideal candidate will possess the following attributes/skills:
*ACA, CTA or equivalent professional qualification
*Indicative 5-6 years' experience within fund management tax
*Detailed understanding of both FATCA and CRS (i.e. information reporting in general)
*Detailed understanding of European pooled fund structures used within mainstream funds
*An understanding of the tax issues that affect institutional clients investing directly into a global mandate of assets
*An understanding of UK Corporate Tax

If you have similar experience to that outlined above and are looking for a temporary opportunity within a progressive and dynamic environment, please forward your CV today.