Manager - Operational Taxes, Life & Pensions

JOB TITLE: Manager - Operational Taxes, Life & Pensions

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh

SALARY: £70,929 - £86,891

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in our Edinburgh office
 

About this opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Operational Taxes team within Group Tax. As part of the team, you'll be joining a supportive and dynamic team that focuses on the tax requirements of the many Life & Pensions products we offer as a Group and how they impact both our customers and us.

Whilst there will be a big focus on the BAU work required to ensure compliance with HMRC rules for Life and Pension products, as well as associated project work, there is also the opportunity to experience other areas of operational taxes.

The Operational Taxes team supports the Group by using deep technical knowledge of UK tax legislation and guidance to ensure that the legal obligations resulting from each of our offered products is followed. You will be surrounded by hardworking and dynamic people who will encourage you to develop and help you to achieve this.

This role involves analysing tax technical information before sharing that information with key stakeholders as the Group’s Subject Matter Expert. To do this you will use your knowledge of the Group and colleague network to help with any impact assessment. Influencing others is a key part of the role and you'll feel confident in communicating the tax requirements to inspire change, manage risk and ensure the right action is taken. As well as a passion for using your analytical mind to interpret information, communication skills and a positive attitude are important.

Day to day you’ll be;

• Managing the tax risk across the Group in respect of Life and Pensions tax compliance matters.
• Supporting the business in respect of customer rectifications and product literature.
• Utilising external resources to monitor for legislative changes impacting Life products and Pensions, before investigating the implications of such changes and communicating these to business colleagues.
• Using your technical knowledge to provide SME tax advice to the Life and Pensions business in a clear and simple to understand manner within appropriate timeframes.
• Building and developing relationships with key collaborators to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Business partnering with different areas of the bank to understand more about what they do, the products they offer and the possible operational tax implications of their activity; and
• Working with external advisers
  
   

About us

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.
 

What you’ll need

• You'll need to be a confident professional, passionate about assessing information, understanding the challenge and looking for the most appropriate solution given the wider context and legal requirements.
• You'll have a proven mix of outstanding communication skills, influencing and working effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, asking intelligent questions and being able to share complex or difficult messages in a user-friendly manner to all levels of seniority.
• Whilst a tax qualification is preferable, it is more important you have a deep knowledge of Life & Pension products/systems and the Group as a whole – as well as lots of enthusiasm.
• No specialist IT knowledge is required, though you must be confident in using MS Outlook, Word and Excel.
• You’ll be excited by the tax changes regarding Life & Pensions products and HMRC’s commitment to digitising.
   

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, and build an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of

background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
 

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
   

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.