Tax Specialist
£75,000 - £90,000 (Dependant on experience) + substantial bonus (75%) plus benefits
City of London

The Company
They are a growing proprietary trading firm focussing primarily on equities and equity derivatives, with over 400 people in New York, Hong Kong & London. They have expanded rapidly in London from 35 to 100 employees in the last 18 months, attracting very high quality people who form a collegiate and entrepreneurial culture. They have an open, informal and fun environment and operate a dress down policy. Learning from experienced individuals including front office and the programmers, quants and other key people mentoring, informal meetings and active discussion are all part of the culture. An ambitious person can have an excellent career there with opportunity for progression within an intense and fast-paced work environment. Apart from career progression they offer individuals career progression to develop their skills in many formats e.g. Belong to committees, head up projects, involved in developing their knowledge. This is a newly created generalist tax role and is the first tax appointment in London, but joining a team of 4 Tax specialists who are based in New York.

The Role
The role is a "hands on" wide ranging position and the successful individual will have to have the versatility to be involved in a wide range of tax issues from advising the business on tax issues relating to products, dealing with Stamp, Corporate Tax, FTT and VAT issues as well as being able to process the numbers and deal with all aspects of corporation tax compliance.

  • Local FATCA requirements and lead on tax issues around client on-boarding
  • Transition Italian, French FTT & UK Stamp processes to London by taking ownership of current systems and communicate potential changes to senior management in a timely manner
  • Develop global FTT solution in the firms trading systems to identify where we have a tax liability and where we have a collection and payment obligation on behalf of counterparts
  • Lead UK implementation of necessary systems development for EU FTT including formulate and develop options for amending trading strategies in response.
  • VAT forecasting, management of PESM and preparation of reports
  • All aspects of corporation tax compliance
  • Internal advisory to UK office on tax matters
  • Internal advisory to overseas offices on matters relating to European taxes
  • Other ad hoc projects and tax assurance work.

Who they are looking for
To be considered for this excellent role, you should meet the following criteria:

  • At least 4 - 10 years relevant financial services tax work experience
  • Possessing relevant professional qualifications and able to demonstrate ability to deal with a wide range of tax and related issues
  • Financial transaction tax (FTT) experience is essential
  • A proactive and decisive self-starter with a strong attention to detail
  • Ability to lead and undertake projects

Candidates are likely to be working for one of the following: a big 4 firm of accountants, a bank, investment house, brokerage, trading firm or hedge fund.