Manager, Tax in Edinburgh

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As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, improved maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

We are currently seeking a professional to join our team in the role of: Tax Manager, working within our Global Banking & Markets business

In this role you will

• Assist with the delivery of UK Tax reporting for Life Tax clients as required, ensuring daily; monthly and annual tasks / reporting are completed in a timely manner; effectively reviewed and checklists completed to evidence key controls have been adhered to.
• Assist with the delivery of UK Tax reporting for collective investment funds as required.
• Keep up to date with life fund tax technical and regulatory changes and assist with associated training within the Tax Team.
• Develop effective relationships with clients and external third parties, ensuring that taxation issues/queries are resolved satisfactory, within agreed deadlines and following established procedures. Attendance at client service review meetings as required.
• Coordinate services changes / new client implementations/ fund mergers etc., ensuring that they are managed effectively, with minimal client disruption.
• Be proactive in interfacing with other functional areas to ensure that information / data flows are effectively maintained and any issues identified are resolved efficiently.
• Ensure members of the team effectively review daily Capital Gains Tax (CGT)control reports, identify errors and resolve unprocessed CGT or loan relationship positions correctly prior to daily pricing position. Monitor effective resolution of errors and escalation of issues in a timely manner.

To be successful, you should meet the following requirements

• Hold a professional accountancy qualification – ATT, CTA etc.
• Knowledge of financial services.
• Comfortable dealing with client contacts and third parties.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and assist colleagues throughout the business.
• Comfortable researching and disseminating technical knowledge to the team.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills required.
• Team player with the ability to work with limited supervision.
• Knowledge of ICON and OneSource (corporation tax module) would be useful but not essential.

This role has a hybrid working pattern. You will work from your home base and HSBC offices at Lochside Way, Edinburgh

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

As a business operating in markets all around the world, we believe diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term health condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate. Within the work place you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.  HSBC has in place processes in order to avoid nepotism, which means to avoid creating circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process. 

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