Assistant Director Large Business South - Bristol, United Kingdom - HM Revenue and Customs

HM Revenue and Customs

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Bristol, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £73,000
Job grade:

SCS Pay Band 1
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
HMRC
CCG
Large Business
Type of role:
Senior leadership
Tax Profession
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
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Job summary:

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 implemented our new enhanced approach to risk assessment.

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 six regions and three specialist teams, each headed by an SCS PB1 Deputy Director who with the Director of Large Business form the Large Business Leadership Team (LBLT).

Job description:

This role involves effectively delivering the Large Business customer strategy by leading and managing HMRC's relationship with some of the UK's largest and most complex business customers. This responsibility spans across all taxes and duties ensuring that the right amount is paid at the right time.

Our Assistant Directors lead all aspects of the department's interaction with these customers significant UK operations, their very large tax/duties payments, large multi-national aspects, frequent politically sensitive issues and frequent large-scale mergers and acquisitions.

As well as working with individual businesses, our Assistant Directors are also responsible for leading significant national projects that cover a large number of customers across multi-layered customer groups, or specific risk themes.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead large scale national projects across customer groups, sectors or risk themes to deliver great compliance outcomes.
Coach and mentor Customer Compliance Managers and tax professional colleagues, building capability and troubleshooting complex cases.
Discuss, explore and resolve conceptual tax/tax planning issues; identifying and resolving any differences of the risk view between the business and HMRC, encouraging a 'low risk' approach.
Carefully lead complex, sensitive and potentially challenging reputational issues.
Develop a deep understanding of customers and their business drivers, including attitudes to risk and compliance, influencing their thinking and approach to tax.
Ringmaster communications and interventions, including appropriately involving HMRC's specialists, ensuring successful delivery of outcomes.
Active member of the regional senior leadership team supporting performance delivery and creation of an inclusive, diverse and professional culture
Active leadership within the Regional Centre to deliver the aim of the Regional centres to make HMRC a 'great place to work'
Role model Our Commitments and live HMRC's values to make Large Business a great place to work and feel confident we're doing the best for our customers.
Ensure CPD is up to date and share expertise with HMRC colleagues.
Support and deliver corporate objectives and initiatives within Large Business, Customer Compliance Group and HMRC.

Person specification:

As Senior Leaders in Large Business, Assistant Directors play a key role in leadership, building technical capability, engagement and facilitating change.

You will be able to demonstrate:

Leadership
Experience of providing visible leadership to support long term strategies, with a proven ability to develop a motivated, engaged and high performing workforce and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

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Strategic awareness:

Experience of formulating, leading and implementing strategies, policies and programmes which cross organisational boundaries.

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Communicating and influencing:

The ability to manage effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders at senior level, strong collaboration and influencing skills to build an effective network of key stakeholders quickly. Excellent communication skills to engage confidently in a wide range of situations.

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