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Based in Nottingham and part of Business, Assets and International Assets, Residence & Valuation (AR&V), Shares and Assets Valuation's (SAV) job is to provide specialist valuations on everything from chattels and livestock, to shares and intellectual property as part of HMRC compliance activity. The role of an Intellectual Property Valuation Specialist involves providing specialist valuation expertise when working with other stakeholders across HMRC, as well as negotiating effectively with customers and their appointed valuation experts.
Want to meet the team and learn more about the role? Want to understand how to apply for this role?
We will be holding two separate 1 hour webinars where you can hear from the team about this great opportunity followed by some advice from Recruitment on how best to approach applying for this role.
Webinar 1 will be held on Wednesday 26th February from 11:00am to 12:00pm
Webinar 2 will be held on Wednesday 5th March from 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Sessions wont be recorded and registration is needed first. Registration does not guarantee attendance.
You will be notified and invited to a Teams meeting. Please put Webinar 1 or Webinar 2 in the subject and email your interest to: intellectualpropertyvaluationspecialistmailbox(AT symbol)hmrc.gov.uk
Job description This role is suitable for those with a valuation and/or tax Compliance background.
Your role within SAV will be as an Intellectual Property Valuation Specialist within the Intangibles and Intellectual Property Team, specialising in the valuation of goodwill, software, licences and intellectual property such as trademarks, patents and technical know-how. With your transferrable skills, drive and ability to improve your specialised area of valuation knowledge, we will fully support you with a training plan to better you as an Intellectual Property Valuation Specialist.
Most valuations you take responsibility of, will involve multi-national enterprises and require the need to consider international tax issues such as transfer pricing and fair value accounting. You will liaise with customers verbally and in writing on valuation and tax technical matters, putting your knowledge and skills into practice. Providing clear leadership on valuation aspects while using your soft skills to manage high profile stakeholders, both internal and external, providing challenge where necessary. Over the years SAV has developed a level of expertise and the breadth of the work undertaken by SAV requires the Valuer to be experts not only in valuation methodology but to have finely honed negotiation skills too. The role of an Intellectual Property Valuation Specialist in business valuation is encompassed within the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and we will support you in becoming members of this organisation. We will also support you through your RICS Assessment of Professional Competence for the Business Valuation Faculty leading to full RICS membership.
Person specification As an Intellectual Property Valuation Specialist, you will lead on the following:-
Taking ownership on the valuation of a number of high value, complex and sensitive valuations.
Working with HMRCs Customer Compliance Group, particularly Large Business and Mid-sized Business and collaborating with HMRCs Technical teams including Accountancy and Transfer Pricing where valuation issues arise.
Developing a deep understanding of the evolving valuation principles involved in this area of work whilst collaborating with other Intellectual Property Valuation Specialists by sharing technical knowledge and providing coaching.
Essential Criteria
Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills.
Excellent evidence-based decision-making skills and confidence in owning and communicating those decisions.
Substantial experience and understanding of complex valuation, taxation or accountancy issues within a tax environment.
Complex business value experience or Tax Compliance experience.
Qualifications (or equivalent) held
RICS (Associate (AssocRICS) and Chartered (MRICS))
Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA)
Chartered Accountant (ICAEW, ICAS, CAI, ACCA)
Successfully completed the HMRC Tax Specialist Programme or one of its predecessors (TPDP, IDP, ITS2, CPT, FT2)
Be a qualified solicitor with relevant post qualification experience, or
Be able to demonstrate significant experience in complex valuation, taxation or accountancy within a tax environment.
Benefits Alongside your salary of £56,344, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £16,322 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.
We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by as day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.
Pension- We make contributions to our colleagues Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
Family friendly policies.
Personal support.
Coaching and development.
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Things you need to know Selection process details As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:
A name-blind CV. This should cover your job history with a brief summary of what you have delivered and any key achievements in each role relating to the job role (max 100 words per role). You will be scored on your CV Relevance and suitability.
A 750-word personal statement. Your Personal Statement should show how your skills and experience meet the Personal Specification and Essential Criteria. This should focus on your impacts and outcomes.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.