The tax job
To work with the Unit Head in London in:

• Managing the institution’s European tax issues, including direct, indirect, product and operational taxes.   
• Ensuring that European and global approaches are consistent in regard to Transfer Pricing, SarBox/SOX and similar Global Taxation programmes.
• Providing proactive tax advice to product groups and to Senior Management

Responsibilities:

• Effective management of corporate tax compliance (Corporation Tax and VAT) including all tax returns, tax audits and negotiations.
• Lead with tax compliance and corporate governance aspects of SOX 404, tax reputational risk, managing external shareholder auditors in regard to tax disclosures and similar.
• Oversee and manage operational tax filings including Section 17 returns, stock lending returns and Canadian related party filings.
• Monitor fiscal developments in UK/Europe for relevance to the Bank’s activities, and with particular focus on the United Kingdom and Ireland.  Maintain departmental library & subscription services.
• Assist with providing focussed tax advice to all product and business groups in regard to new products, as well as unusual/big ticket/x-border transactions
• Assist with corporate risk management and tax planning initiatives, such as legal entity corporate initiatives such as restructuring, capital planning, business re-organisations and transfer pricing.
• Generally support and deputise for the Unit Head. 
• Key Relationships - Global Taxation, Finance, UK & Irish tax authorities, shareholder auditors, business & groups, Middle Office  

About you
Knowledge/Skills/Attributes:

• An experienced tax professional, with financial services experience
• Management of tax planning and compliance issues
• Experience in providing tax advisory/consulting services
• Good mix of banking, tax and interpersonal / soft skills
• Preferrably degree educated with a professional qualification, ideally CTA

Next step
Please contact our expert consultant, Catherine Nash.