Job Description:

Do you have an accountancy and/or UK tax qualification, and seeking your next career move? We are working on an excellent opportunity for a UK Tax Technical Lead - VP to join the team at a leading financial firm.

You will be responsible for assisting tax operational and product teams in monitoring, assessing and implementing tax changes affecting the services offered across the markets.

Skills/Experience:

• UK accountancy and/or UK tax qualification
• Big 4 accountancy firm or service provider tax technical specialist/advisory role/experience
• In-depth knowledge of securities taxation with specific knowledge of UK withholding tax applicability
• Knowledge of UK client types (such as collective investment vehicles, pension funds) including legal form and UK tax treatment. Specifically for collective investment vehicles to include UK & VAT compliance
• Knowledge of UK Reporting Fund Regime

Core Responsibilities:

• Assessing & securing the risks linked to the tax business services
• Monitor tax changes using internal and external information providers.
• Monitor changes of tax legislation impacting taxation of securities and related tax relief and tax reclaim procedures
• Inform tax operational team, product team and clients (via Market Updates as applicable) of relevant tax changes
• Assist tax operational and product teams in the understanding of any change of tax regulation
• Assist product teams in the assessment of the impacts of such tax changes on tax product offer
• Take ownership of tax questionnaire to collect tax information when onboarding new clients. This includes, in coordination with Group Tax Department and Global Head of Tax Business Services
• Participate in international and local industry associations to represent the business:
• Be the point of escalation for complex tax matters and client requests

Benefits:

• A highly competitive salary
• Wider Benefits package

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 16186

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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