Tax Manager - Front Office Facing Role

This leading international banking group has a vacancy for a Tax Manager to join their Group Tax team in a Front Office facing tax position. The candidate will join the team responsible for providing tax advisory support to the traders in the Wholesale Bank with a particulars focus on ongoing transactions and their financial markets activities (Capital Markets, Structured Products and Trading in Fixed Income, Commodities and Equities).

In addition, the role involves taking responsibility for identifying and executing tax planning initiatives that would facilitate effective management of the Group effective tax rate.

• Provide business tax support to the Financial Markets business to obtain tax efficient business structuring and planning
• Establishing and documenting procedures to mitigate or eliminate business tax risk identified and ensure the assurance guidance is implemented through the Financial Markets Business.
• Coordinate regular reviews of policy/ guidelines and maintain contemporaneous documentations
• Provide support to Country Tax Managers in Financial Markets tax risk matters together with external local professional advisors and establish documentation for regulatory and tax reporting

• Professional tax qualification, UK knowledge essential.
• Good communicator with ready appreciation of business issues.
• Proven relevant tax experience, preferably with a banking or financial sector bias.
• Ability to work in a team but having the capacity to function independently.
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and eager to learn.
• Good analytical and interpretative skills.