Assistant Director, Large Business, HMRC, Leeds, to £90k + benefits

HMRC is on a digital journey as we begin to put technology at the heart of our decision making and continue our Transformation into one of the most digitally advanced Tax Administrations in the world.

About the job
Large Business is responsible for HMRC’s compliance work with the largest and most complex business customers, businesses which account for some 40% of HMRC’s annual revenues.

This is an exciting and challenging time to be part of Large Business. The taxation of multinationals remains the focus of keen media and Parliamentary interest. We are in the process of implementing a package of measures to increase large business tax compliance and transparency, including the legislative changes flowing from the OECD-led base erosion and profit shifting agenda. In addition we have recently finished a successful trial of our new enhanced approach to risk assessment and will be rolling this out more widely later this year.
Large Business is fully engaged with HMRC’s transformation programmes which will provide opportunities to build our compliance capabilities. You will play a key role in influencing and implementing these changes.
Large Business is currently organised into seven regions and two specialist teams, each headed by an SCS PB1 Deputy Director who form the Large Business Leadership Team (LBLT). Nicola Clark leads the North East Region, with offices in Hull, Leeds and Newcastle.

Job description
As senior leaders in Large Business, Assistant Directors play a key role in leadership within the region.
The Assistant Director will be peer managed by the Regional Deputy Director. As a senior leader in Large Business, you will own a wide portfolio of responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:
• You will play a key role in leadership within the region, building technical capability, building engagement and facilitating change.
• This involves overseeing the department’s interaction with their significant customer operations, their substantial tax/duties payments, extensive multi-national aspects, frequent politically sensitive issues and regular large scale mergers and acquisitions.
• Manage HMRC’s relationship with the UK’s largest and most complex business customers who are high profile, household names. This entails establishing, building and maintaining professional relationships with key senior customers across tax and business responsibilities
• Develop a deep understanding of customers and their business drivers influencing their attitude to risk.
• Discuss, explore and resolve complex tax planning issues with customers; resolving differences of view where possible
• Carefully manage complex, sensitive and potentially challenging reputational issues
• Lead large scale national projects across customer groups, sectors or risk themes to deliver compliance outcomes
• Ringmaster communications and interventions, including appropriately involving HMRCs specialists, ensuring successful delivery of outcomes
• Coach and mentor Customer Compliance Managers and tax professional colleagues, building capability and troubleshooting complex cases.

Qualifications
The post requires the individual to have either:
• Core Professional Training or be 'Fully Trained' Inspectors or Chartered Tax Adviser.
• AIIT (Including Paper 4*) or CCAB or a Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies membership qualification e.g. Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales (ICAEW), Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland (ICAS), Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountancy (CIPFA), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

The Civil Service champions diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed interview scheme (GIS) for applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.