Job Summary

Standard Chartered UK i s on the lookout for a talented Director of Indirect Tax! This role involves leading the indirect tax efforts for both the UK and Europe, where you'll manage the indirect taxes for Standard Chartered Bank and its group. You'll have the chance to partner with the business, provide insightful advice, and play a key role in implementing exciting projects and tax initiatives. Ita great opportunity to make a real impact!

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Implement key UK indirect tax initiatives and reclaims.
• Assist the Global Tax team’s transition to the Tax Target Operating Model (TOM) for compliance, aiming for in-house management by our Centre of Excellence (CoE) and global advisors. This is vital for evolving into a best-in-class tax function.
• Identify and advise on indirect tax matters that benefit the Tax function or SCB’s business, aligned with risk management policies

Business

• Advise on indirect tax implications of UK and European transactions and manage post-implementation issues, including projects, reorganisations, and new offerings.
• Provide timely indirect tax advice to SCB's business functions, ensuring appropriate risk management for all transactions, including new projects and products.
• Manage SCB’s relationship with HMRC and external advisors, reviewing positions to ensure optimal outcomes aligned with our policies.
• Collaborate with the Head of Tax and other managers to identify and execute tax initiatives.
• Represent SCB in local industry groups like UK Finance.

Processes

• Manage relationships with CoE, Finance, and external advisors to ensure timely indirect tax filings, payments, and refunds in the UK and Europe.
• Assist in developing systems and processes impacting indirect tax to manage and distribute up-to-date knowledge, working with advisors and tech teams to innovate and streamline the indirect tax function.

People & Talent

• Lead one direct report, guiding on indirect tax and management
• Enhance team’s indirect tax and soft skills

Risk Management

• Identify risks to SCB’s indirect tax position in the UK and Europe, and escalate key tax risks to Head of Tax
• Manage relationships with regulatory bodies like HMRC on indirect tax
• Develop indirect tax risk management controls per policies for the UK and Europe
• Implement changes from new laws and guidance in the UK and Europe

Governance

• Ensure timely, complete, and accurate filing of all indirect tax returns in the UK with the CoE team
• Oversee deliverables from the CoE team and external advisors for compliance with tax policies

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Exemplify the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take responsibility for upholding high ethical standards and compliance with laws, regulations, and the Group Code.
• Collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk and compliance issues.
• Join the UK Country Tax team to achieve the Bank’s Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.
• Support the Head of Tax, UK & Europe in maintaining a strong relationship with HMRC regarding UK indirect taxes.

Key stakeholders

• Head of Tax, UK & Europe
• CoE team in Chennai, India
• Cluster RTMs and CTMs in Europe and other regions
• Business Tax and Global Transfer Pricing teams
• UK Finance team
• HMRC and regional tax authorities
• Business teams in CIB, WRB, and SC Ventures in the UK and Europe

Skills and Experience

• At least 7 years of experience in financial services with a focus on indirect tax .
• A preference for ATT, ACA, CTA, or equivalent credentials.
• Membership in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAA) or the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is preferred.
• Proficient in English.
• Tax Management Expertise.
• Tax Operations Competence.
• Ability to Influence Through Expertise.
• Proficiency in Big Data Management and Analytics.
• Strong Business Acumen.

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills,global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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