The tax job
The primary purpose of the role is to provide tax support to the Wholesale Bank business with particular focus on Transactional Banking and Financial Markets (Capital Markets, Structured Products and Trading in Fixed Income, Commodities and Equities). This involves working with Country Tax Managers in the Western Hemisphere (UK, Europe, Africa, Middle East, US and Latin America and India) to effectively manage business taxes, identifying and quantifying tax risks in compliance with relevant legislation and putting into place appropriate business transfer pricing guidelines.

In addition, the role involves taking responsibility for identifying and executing tax planning initiatives that would facilitate effective management of the Group effective tax rate.

Key elements of the role:

• Provide business tax support to the FM business to obtain tax efficient business structuring and planning
• Establishing and documenting procedures to mitigate or eliminate business tax risk identified and ensure the assurance guidance is implemented through the FM Business
• Coordinate regular reviews of policy/ guidelines and maintain contemporaneous documentations
• Provide support to Country Tax Managers in FM tax risk matters together with external local professional advisors and establish documentation for regulatory and tax reporting

About you

• Professional tax qualification, UK knowledge essential.
• Good communicator with ready appreciation of business issues.
• Proven relevant tax experience, preferably with a banking or financial sector bias.
• Ability to work in a team but having the capacity to function independently.
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and eager to learn.
• Good analytical and interpretative skills.

Next step
Please send your details to our dedicated consultant, Catherine Nash, to be considered for this role.