About the department
The National Tax department provides technical and operational support to the firm’s Tax Practice, comprising approximately 100 partners and 850 other staff. The National Tax Technical team provides technical support covering the range of UK taxes on which the firm advises and consists of the National Head of Tax Policy, the National Tax Technical Officers and other permanent or seconded specialist/technical staff. The Indirect Taxes Technical Officer reports to the National Head of Tax Policy and works closely with the Indirect Taxes Technical Manager, other National Tax Technical Officers, the Indirect Taxes service line head, the VAT business development partner, the Head of External Tax Communications, the Head of Tax Technical Training, tax specialist groups, the National Head of Tax Operations and local office tax teams, as appropriate.
About the role
The principal responsibility of the Indirect Taxes Technical Officer is to assist the work of the National Head of Tax Policy and Head of External Tax Communications in providing:
* technical support to a wide range of partners and staff, both within the Tax Practice and the firm’s other technical specialist departments (such as the National Audit Technical Services and learning & development teams);
* internal technical updates, guidance and other materials on indirect tax technical issues that impact on the Tax Practice and the firm’s business and clients;
* external communications and other client facing materials on indirect tax technical issues that impact the firm’s business and clients.
The Indirect Taxes Technical Officer is required to maintain an up to date understanding of technical developments across the range of indirect tax law and practice.
Detailed duties
The day-to-day duties of the Indirect Taxes Technical Officer include working with other tax, accounting, learning & development, marketing, PR and other specialist colleagues, as appropriate, to:
* provide specific technical policy support and guidance on issues identified by the National Tax Technical team and wider Tax Practice;
* communicate key technical developments internally and more widely within the RSM network;
* identify potential business development opportunities from case law and legislative developments;
* prepare and review VAT and other indirect tax content for the firm’s external marketing materials;
* provide responses to client related VAT and indirect tax technical queries;
* draft, edit, review and deliver materials for training and workshop presentations;
* maintain, develop and share various tax technical information resources;
* provide technical input to the review of standard documents and other delivery materials;
* contribute responses to consultations on VAT and indirect tax matters;
* attend regular and ad-hoc National Tax Technical and wider Tax Practice team meetings and calls;
* contribute to strategic development and take on delegated management responsibilities within the National Tax Technical department.
About the ideal candidate
The successful candidate will possess the following skills and attributes:
* A relevant technical qualification or equivalent experience.
* Outstanding tax technical, research and analysis skills.
* The ability to communicate clearly and concisely in writing.
* Excellent presentation skills.
* The ability to manage projects to ensure delivery of own work within agreed timeframes.
* The flexibility, diligence, resilience and efficiency to deliver work on time.
* A responsive, proactive and collaborative team-working approach.
Note: This job description reflects the current requirements of the role. As responsibilities and duties change, the job description will be reviewed and will be subject to amendment in consultation with the individual.
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