Wealthy International Tax Specialist (Personal Tax)

About the job

Job summary

Discover what it's like to work in a compliance role that makes an impact. Could you help us shape a stronger, fairer future? Your next career move starts here.

HMRC is the UK's tax, payments and customs authority. We have a vital purpose, and we collect the money that pays for public services and help families and individuals with targeted financial support.

HMRC's Wealthy compliance teams ("Wealthy") are responsible for the tax compliance of the UK's wealthiest individuals including ultra-high net worth individuals. Wealthy individuals often have complex tax affairs that present significant challenges to an effective tax administration. Given the size and nature of the tax at risk within the wealthy population it increases the opportunities and risks of non-compliance.

For our most complex customers we adopt the co-operative compliance approach where there is a more intensive and enduring relationship with the individual and their agents.

These roles sit within a specialist team leading HMRC's compliance response to personal complex international taxation issues, ensuring the effective application of UK tax law to internationally mobile individuals and offshore structures, including the transition to and operation of the post-6 April 2025 residence-based tax system.

Job description

You will join a specialist compliance strategy team with lead responsibility for HMRC's approach to compliance risks arising from the post-6 April 2025 residence-based tax system, alongside wider complex international personal tax issues involving residence and offshore structures.

The abolition of domicile and the remittance basis, and the introduction of new reliefs and provisions such as the Foreign Income and Gains ("FIG") regime and the Temporary Repatriation Facility ("TRF"), represent a major change to how personal tax operates in practice. A central focus of these roles is understanding how individuals and their advisors respond to this new framework, how those responses alter the compliance and risk landscape, and how HMRC should adapt its compliance strategy accordingly.

The successful candidates will work as part of a wider team contributing to the development of HMRC's compliance strategy, leading on defined aspects of the compliance portfolio, while collectively supporting broader strategic activity and shaping how HMRC identifies, prioritises and responds to risk.

This is a highly specialist area and the tax affairs of this customer base are inherently complex, involving structures and transactions that cut across multiple jurisdictions. You will need to have a proven understanding across the main areas of Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax, with a good understanding of the former non-domicile regime, new residence-based tax system and offshore anti-avoidance provisions.

As part of our drive to increase compliance activity in the upstream space, you will be expected to use your knowledge and experience to engage with agents and representative bodies - including via webinars and external forums - to increase education and understanding in this area and prevent non-compliance from occurring in the first place.

Collaboration with colleagues both within and outside Wealthy is key to ensuring we close the Wealthy tax gap. You will need to be comfortable working at pace with technical specialists, policy owners and legal professionals. The team has built successful working partnerships with colleagues across Customer Compliance Group including Risk & Intelligence Service and Fraud Investigation Service. You will have a key role to play in maintaining and developing these partnerships.

This role does not include any direct line management.

Candidate Information Session

We will be holding a Candidate Information Sessions as a group webinar where you can hear directly from the team about a day in the life of the role, the wider team & HMRC. We will also be discussing the application process and next steps. Additionally, there will be time on these sessions for you to ask questions directly to the team.

We are holding information sessions about this role on: Friday 04/09/26 @ 10:00am

To register, follow this link to forms: Wealthy International Tax Specialist (Personal Taxation)

Person specification

You will be expected to:
• Contribute, as part of a team, to the development and delivery of HMRC's compliance strategy for the post-6 April 2025 residence-based tax system, including risks arising from the abolition of domicile and the remittance basis, the introduction of the FIG regime.
• Identify and assess how taxpayer and advisor behaviour in response to the new system may create new compliance risks or change existing risk profiles and reflect this understanding in compliance strategy design.
• Contribute to wider compliance strategy activity covering complex international personal tax risks, including those involving offshore structures and complex or high-risk issues of UK tax residence.
• Lead educational activities to support customers into the post 6-April 2025 system and the transitional provisions, including the Temporary Repatriation Facility.
• Translate knowledge of legislation and customer behaviour into practical compliance approaches, helping define risk populations and design appropriate treatments, collaborating effectively with key partners (e.g. Risk & Intelligence Service) and taking account of likely customer and advisor responses.
• Provide high-quality advice, briefing and challenge to senior leaders, including setting out compliance risks, strategic options and recommended approaches, and supporting informed decision-making in areas of technical and behavioural complexity.
• Work closely with Policy, Technical and Legal colleagues to resolve technical questions, provide key Compliance insights to inform further Policy development and ensure compliance strategies are aligned with legislative intent and legally robust.
• Act as a technical and compliance subject-matter expert within Wealthy, contributing to advice and assurance on complex or high-risk international personal tax issues, including those involving offshore structures and residence-based risks.
• Monitor emerging risks and evolving taxpayer behaviours, using evidence and insight to support the ongoing refinement of compliance strategy over time.

Essential Criteria

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate relevant experience and effective delivery of the following Essential Criteria as well as their qualifications.

Please see below further details of what Qualifications have to be held.
• Experience, in a compliance or advisory capacity, of high net worth former non-domiciled and deemed domiciled individuals in respect of their personal tax.
• Good understanding of how tax considerations interact with wider wealth planning arrangements and customer behaviour, including the use of offshore structures and internationally mobile arrangements.
• Strong technical knowledge of the former non-domiciled regime, the protections afforded to deemed domiciled individuals, the new residence-based system and the offshore anti-avoidance provisions (Settlements, Transfer of Assets Abroad, Capital Gains Tax provisions for non-resident trusts).

Further Location Information

Please ensure that you only apply for a location that you are willing and able to work from, as we will only make one offer of employment. Any additional notes included in a 'Further Location Preferences (optional)' field within the application form, will not be considered. Please be aware that you cannot change your location preference after submitting your application.

Office Closures

If your location preference is for one of the following sites, it's important to note that these are not long-term sites for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time.

For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations (opens in a new window)

These sites are:

• Benton Park View, Newcastle - moving to Pilgrims Quarter, Newcastle
• Trinity Bridge House, Salford - moving to an alternative office in Manchester/ Salford
• Lynx House, Portsmouth - moving to an alternative office in Portsmouth

You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.

Leeds Location

Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC's Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.

Qualifications
You must be a qualified tax professional holding one of the following qualifications: • Chartered Tax Adviser (CIOT) • Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (CIOT) • AIIT (including Paper 4*) • A Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) membership qualification including: • Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales (ICAEW), • Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland (ICAS) • Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland (ICAI) • Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) • Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) • Post Graduate full legal qualification - in taxation matters. • For previous or existing HMRC employees TSP or predecessor qualification (TPDP, IDP, ITS2, CPT FT2)* *In October 2023, a decision was made that applicants for G7 Tax Professional roles must have successfully completed the Tax Specialist Programme or hold an equivalent qualification. To enable career development for experienced colleagues already in Tax Professional roles, if you have been successful in gaining a G7 Tax Professional role through open competition prior to October 2023, and you are not subject to any Performance Management action, you are now able to apply on level transfer for other G7 Tax Professional roles. Please note that if you applied for a non-tax professional role on promotion to Grade 7 prior to October 2023 but have tax experience, you would not be able to apply on level for tax professional roles.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £58,541, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £16,959 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

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 a 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.

To find out more about HMRC benefits and find out what it's really like to work for HMRC hear from our insiders or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

How to Apply

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:

• A name-blind CV including your job history with the last 5 roles (max 300 words per role) and previous experiences to reference how you meet the Essential Criteria as outlined in the advert. For each role included, please provide a brief description of the role, describing how you fulfilled the key responsibilities and highlighting key achievements. Please set out as follows:-

• Dates in role (MM/YY - MM/YY).
• Employer.
• Job Title.
• A description of your responsibilities and relevant achievements detailing the 'what you did' and 'how you did it'. Detail any key achievements and the impact your work has had. Tailor this to showcase how your experience aligns with the advertised role.
• In the CV Qualification box please only confirm the mandatory qualifications you hold.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Sift

At full sift your CV will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.

We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.

Interview

During the panel interview, you will be assessed on Experience with Experience based questions. You will be asked questions with reference to the Essential Criteria, to assess your experience and explore in detail what you are capable of and this is an opportunity to evidence your expertise.

Interviews will take place via video link. Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Please note that circumstances may arise that require the planned interview format to change. We will endeavour to provide you with as much notice of any change as possible.

Eligibility

Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form . Mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days (Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we may not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, or have withdrawn yourself in error and need your application reinstated whilst the campaign is still live, please contact us via: unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk - Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example - 'Please re-open my application - [insert vacancy ref] & vacancy closing date [insert date]'.

To check that you are eligible to apply for this role, please review the eligibility information before submitting your application .

Exceptionally, candidates who are not successful at this grade may be considered for appointment to similar roles at a lower grade where the eligibility criteria are met. If this applies, we will contact you directly.

The HMRC app can help you with your application

The HMRC app can provide you with your past 5 years' employment history, making the process of filling in your application quicker and easier.

If successful in your application, you will need your National Insurance number for the onboarding process.

Download the HMRC app now and save your National Insurance number to your digital phone wallet.

How to download the HMRC app and sign up for an account

Download the free HMRC app from the App Store or Google Play store.

If you have an HMRC online account already, sign straight in using your ID and password. If not, you can prove your identity by answering some questions or providing your photo ID.

You'll then be able to access the app quickly and easily by signing in using a 6-digit PIN, your fingerprint, or facial recognition.

You can find guidance for technical issues on GOV.UK: Technical support with HMRC online services .

Reserve List

A reserve list may be held for 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.

Merit List

After interview, a single merit list will be created, and you will only be considered for posts in locations you have expressed a preference for. Appointments will be made in strict merit order in line with the set number of roles in each location.

Criminal Record Check

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.

Hybrid working at HMRC

HMRC is an office-based organisation, and colleagues are expected to spend 60% of their working time in the office. Our offices provide opportunity for interaction, collaboration which aids learning and development and a sense of community. Where the role allows it, and where the home environment is suitable, colleagues can work from home for up to 2 days a week, averaged over a calendar month (or a proportionate amount of time for colleagues who work less than full time).

Reasonable Adjustments

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

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

• Contact the UBS Recruitment team via unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the "Assistance required" section in the "Additional requirements" page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Technical Support

If you are experiencing problems that cannot be resolved by our ' help ' section, then technical support is available. You will receive a reply in 2 working days.

Important information for existing HMRC contractual homeworkers:

Please note that this role is unsuitable for contractual homeworkers due to the nature and/or requirements of the role.

Terms and Conditions

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.

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 .

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.

Recording of interviews is prohibited unless explicit agreement is sought in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulations.

Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to

employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

New entrants will join on the minimum of the pay band.

Please note that, if you are applying for roles on a part-time basis, the salary agreed will be pro-rata, reflective of the working hours agreed within your contract.

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

For more Information for people applying for, or thinking of applying for, roles at HM Revenue and Customs, please see link: Working for HMRC: information for applicants - GOV.UK .

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

Security
Successful candidates must undergo a standard (or equivalent) 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.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Matthew Bardill
• Email : matthew.bardill@hmrc.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk

Further information
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. You have the right to complain if you feel there has been a breach of the Recruitment Principles. In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly via ubsrecruitmentcomplaints@hmrc.gov.uk. Please note that we do not accept complaints or appeals regarding scoring of outcomes of campaigns, unless candidates can provide clear evidence that the campaign did not follow the Recruitment Principles. If you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their website.