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HMRC is the UK's tax, payments and customs authority, and we have a vital purpose: we collect the money that pays for public services and help families and individuals with targeted financial support. Large Business (LB) is responsible for over 2,000 of the largest businesses that pay a significant proportion of the total business taxes and duties that HMRC collects.

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Job description

This Grade 7 role sits within the Risk Identification, Innovation & Infrastructure function in Large Business National Compliance (LBNC). LBNC is an exciting and ambitious central team, whose aim is to identify and proactively manage the emerging and strategic tax compliance risks LB faces in a changing landscape for both downstream and upstream. LBNC leads the identification and strategic management of significant LB and wider Customer Compliance Group (CCG) compliance risks and supports crosscutting CCG initiatives. Part of this strategy is to identify, understand and exploit opportunities in relation to Stamp Taxes (in particular, Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT).

The role will form part of a small team of Stamp taxes specialists dedicated to risk identification and compliance work for customers within LB. The successful candidate will be required to work collaboratively across LB, CCG and the Stamps Policy and Technical teams to assist in successfully delivering that strategic approach through case and project work.

Person specification

The successful candidate will use their knowledge and experience to work technical SDLT cases, provide Stamps support and advice to LB colleagues and conduct targeted Stamps risk assessments for LB customers. The jobholder will be part of a small team and will be capable of building strong relationships with colleagues and working with minimal supervision, as well as possessing excellent organisational and prioritisation skills. 

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will: 

• Be responsible for some of HMRC's most complex SDLT compliance cases, including fact finding/investigation work, corresponding with customers, attending meetings and calls with customers and agents, collaborating closely with HMRC stakeholders, drafting formal submissions and technical correspondence, and preparing for and attending Tribunal hearings. 
• Conduct targeted SDLT risk assessments for LB customers. 
• Provide training on SDLT issues and new measures to LB colleagues. 
• Assist the team with project and campaign work. 
• Build relationships with HMRC stakeholders.
• Assist in promoting the profile of Stamp Taxes across LB.
• As a tax professional you are expected to complete 5 days of CPD each year.   

Essential Criteria:

• Stamp Taxes knowledge is essential.  For example, this knowledge could have been acquired through advisory work as an agent or legal representative, or in the course of employment with HMRC.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of tax compliance work (in SDLT or other regimes such as VAT or corporation tax) is desirable but not required. Training will be given if necessary. 

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

How To Apply

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a name blind CV and a 750-word Personal Statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Your CV should cover your job history and will be scored against the roles and responsibilities outlined in the advert. 

Your Personal Statement should be used to describe how your skills and experience would be suitable for the advertised role, making reference to the essential criteria and person specification outlined in the advert. 

You will also be asked to provide a statement addressing the desirable criteria, which will not be sifted on, but may be used in the event of a tie-break.

Sift 

An initial sift based on the Personal Statement may be held if a large number of applications are received. If your application progresses to a full sift, all sift criteria will then be considered.  

Interview 

During the panel interview, your experience will be assessed and you will be asked behaviour-based questions to explore in detail what you are capable of.

Interviews will take place via video link. 

Start dates may not be agreed straight away but this will be discussed further with successful candidates.

We reserve the right to raise the score required at any stage of the process in order to manage numbers.

Interview dates to be confirmed. 

A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles – if this applies to you, we’ll let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account.

Eligibility

To check that you are eligible to apply, review this eligibility information.

Important information for existing HMRC contractual homeworkers:

This role may be suitable for existing HMRC employees who are contractual homeworkers. Occasional attendance to the office will be required where there is a business need, so please review the advertised office locations for this role when applying and only select locations from the ‘location preferences’ section that you are able to travel to.                                                                                                                

Reasonable Adjustments 

We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process because of a disability, condition, or impairment. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate. 

If you need a reasonable adjustment or a change to be made so that you can make your application, review this information on reasonable adjustments, and contact hmrcrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible.

Diversity and Inclusion

At HMRC we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues and creating an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve.

Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role. We’re committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues here at HMRC. We want everyone to feel valued and supported to achieve their potential at HMRC.

For more information on how we make this happen, review this information on our culture and values

Applications received from candidates with a criminal record are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy.

We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible after considering operational and customer service needs. We can’t guarantee that we can meet all requests to work flexibly, as agreement will be subject to business ability to accommodate, and any request to work a more flexible arrangement should be made prior to your acceptance of the provisional offer.

Customer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required. Where this is an essential requirement, this will be tested as part of the selection process. 

The Civil Service runs a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. 

Locations 

HMRC has a presence in every region of the UK. For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations.

Security Update

For more information on the level of security checks we will carry out, review this information on security checks 

 

Further Information

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences.

Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant application/s will be withdrawn from the process. 

Duplicate applications for the same vacancy will also be withdrawn.

Transferring into HMRC from Civil Service If you are currently working for an ‘Other Government Department’ (OGD) and would like to consider the impact on your pay when joining HMRC, please see the attached document "Combined T&C and OGD Pay English”, found at the bottom of this advert. Further information on staff transfers can be found on gov.uk

Problems during the application process 

If you experience accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section. 

If you think you’ve made a mistake on a short application form (e.g. you’ve ticked the incorrect eligibility box), please contact hmrcrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk at least two working days before the vacancy closes. After this, we won’t be able to reopen your application.   

Please use the subject line to insert appropriate wording e.g. Please re-open my application - 343912 & vacancy closing date 25/03/2024. Please note that we cannot amend or re-open your application if you have submitted your full application in the interests of fair and open recruitment.

For reasonable adjustments queries or requests, please see details within reasonable adjustments section above.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.