Tax, Manager, Guernsey - Daliburgh, Eilean Siar, United Kingdom - PwC Channel Islands

Description

A career in our Financial Services Tax practice, within Corporate Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet their tax obligations while managing the impact tax has on their business. You'll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing working capital, and profit sharing for partners. You'll also help organisations understand the pricing implications of goods and services between related parties, as well as providing advice on tax implications of deals.

Our team helps our Financial Services clients navigate the frequently changing and complex national and international tax environment related to stringent capital requirements, management of operational tax risks, and tax implications of investing in different jurisdictions. You'll help our clients with their tax structuring while helping to address the challenges of the continuously changing tax world, both locally and globally.

"We believe that challenges are better solved together. That's why you'll join a diverse, global community of solvers - an unexpected mix of people that come together to build trust in society andsolve important problems. In a place where you are encouraged to lead with your heart and values. And where your unique skills are developed and put to work in unexpected and exciting ways,superpowered by technology."

The best of both worlds...opportunities in the Channel Islands:

Have you ever wondered whether it would be possible to work on the cream of the firm's global clientsbut live in paradise? To advise on intricate cross border planning, then cycle home to a picnic supperon the beach? Get international experience but enjoy the benefits of training and support from the UKfirm, just an hour's flight from London? Work in a small team but be part of the largest firm in yourterritory? The answer might be closer than you think...Our Channel Islands tax team is looking for talented individuals with a broad base of business and taxskills who are looking for a change and the chance to experience Island life.

About us:

The PwC Channel Islands tax team currently consists of 24 people including one partner, twodirectors and 21 members of staff. The business is growing and has a strong track record insupporting the development of our people. We provide local and international tax compliance andadvisory services to a wide range of clients including:

• Retail and private banks, fund managers, and a cross section of some of the global firm'slargest and most important client relationships.
• Intermediaries - law firms and trust administrators.
• Non financial services businesses, in sectors such as software, logistics, retail, hospitality andproperty.
• Private clients including private family office arrangements and HNWIs.

Both Islands have been going through fundamental changes to their tax systems, which hadotherwise been largely unchanged for 40 years. Tax reform provides exciting opportunities for ourpeople and for our clients.We are closely involved in the shaping of the future tax systems of Jersey and Guernsey and are also
looking ahead to help clients adapt and plan for the new environment.

The Islands:

Jersey and Guernsey are self-governing islands about 15 miles off the coast of France, withpopulations of 104,000 and 63,000 respectively. The Islands have modern economies dominated bythe success of the finance industry, with bank deposits of £206bn and funds under management of£256bn. Jersey and Guernsey are UK Crown Dependencies and thus enjoy a special constitutionalrelationship with the UK.

In additional to professional opportunities the Islands also offer:

• A southerly location and temperate climate offering more warmth and sunshine than the rest of the British Isles.
• A rural environment consisting of fields, woodland, cliffs, headland, small country lanes andmiles of golden beach.
• Benign local income tax systems, with low personal tax rates (max 20%), generousallowances and no capital gains tax or wealth tax.
• High standards of state health provision with a reciprocal agreement with the UK.
• Low crime rates.
• High standards of state-provided education on a UK model.

If non-local, housing licences are generally made available to candidates who hold a relevantprofessional qualification.

The role:

• Managing a varied portfolio of clients (including a broad spectrum of Financial Servicesclients), including both the tax compliance and coordinating the tax advice, both local andinternational.
• Opportunities to upskill and participate or take a senior supervisory role on projects coveringwide areas of tax knowledge including but not limited to domestic corporate taxation,economic substance, Pillar II, real estate taxes, international tax risk and transfer pricing,Automatic Exchange of Information, and fund reporting.
• Expanding business networks both internally and externally and developing new businessopportunities.
• Working closely with the senior managers, directors and partners across the firm'sdepartments.
• As a part of the Management team you will be responsible for the development andmanagement of our tax associates and senior associates, including delegation of work asappropriate, monitoring and coaching.
• You may also take on other roles which contribute to the efficient running of the team, e.g.financial management, the development of supportive tax technology solutions and wellbeinginitiatives.

The Candidate:

• Qualified ACCA / ACA / CTA or equivalent, preferably working within a current tax role atManager level.
• Experience of UK Corporation Tax, or other similar Commonwealth Jurisdictions, withknowledge of international tax principles (for example transfer pricing). Jersey/Guernsey taxexperience is desirable but not essential.
• Experience working with Financial Services, Private Equity/Funds and/or Real Estate clientsis desirable but not essential.
• Experience in tax compliance and advisory work including report writing.
• Experience with managing junior staff and developing individuals.

If you have experience of the above and are a qualified ACA, ACCA or CTA (or equivalent) we wouldlike to hear from you.

We are looking for someone who has the flexibility to cope with a relocation and adapting to a newjurisdiction. You should therefore be commercial and driven to provide excellent client services aswell as building relationships both internally and externally.Financial Services experience is desirable but not essential.

The attributes we look for in our people:

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering ourbusiness strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, The PwC Professional.The PwC Professional focuses on five core attributes; whole leadership, business acumen, technicalcapabilities, global acumen and relationships. We use this framework to recruit, develop, and assessour people, at all grades and in all areas of our business, because we expect all of our people to beleaders.

Diversity:

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgroundsand experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool as well asthose who reflect the diverse nature of our society. We aim to encourage a culture where people canbe themselves and be valued for their unique strengths. Creating value through diversity is whatmakes us strong as a business.