About the job

Working at HMRC as an accountant   

Our team of 150 accountants have previously worked in varied roles in practice or industry, including audit and financial accounting positions. We use our technical and commercial knowledge in a range of interesting and exciting work.  
This role will be based in our Large Business (LB) Directorate which forms part of HMRC’s Customer Compliance Group and is responsible for around 2,000 of the UK’s largest businesses to ensure they pay the correct amount of tax. Using your breadth of commercial and technical knowledge, you will assess the impact of the new Pillar 2 measures for our customers to enable you to structure the accountancy support that will be required for operational compliance work. 
 
You will act as the Pillar 2 accounting lead in LB, providing accounting advice to case teams and upskilling tax specialists and other accountants in the Profession. You will work with customer compliance managers, tax specialists, policy colleagues and other deep specialists, as well as communicate externally with customers and their Big 4 advisors.

 

Job description

What is HMRC’s Pillar 2 Programme? 

Firstly, you do not need to be an expert in “Pillar 2” to apply for this role, but the following may be of interest. 
 
In October 2021, over 130 countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reached a landmark agreement on a two-pillar solution to reform the international tax framework in response to the global challenges of digitalisation. “Pillar 2” is the second strand of the two-Pillar solution and is a significant investment and priority for the UK Government and HMRC. The policy will help tackle opportunities for profit shifting and aggressive tax planning by multinationals. It will also place a floor on tax competition between jurisdictions, ensuring the sustainability of Corporation Tax as a major source of government revenues. 
 
The work will be high profile and you will be required to work with a wide range of stakeholders across HMRC, external agents and our largest corporate customers. 
 
Your role as a Pillar 2 Advisory Accountant HMRC benefits from having Advisory Accountants embedded across the organisation and the LB Accountant role advertised is to support the work of HMRC’s Pillar 2 Programme.  

Key Responsibilities

Your role as a Pillar 2 Advisory Accountant 
HMRC benefits from having Advisory Accountants embedded across the organisation and the LB Accountant role advertised is to support the work of HMRC’s Pillar 2 Programme.  

In general, as an Advisory Accountant, you will: 
• Be a visible leader within and outside HMRC, promoting the work of the directorates and HMRC, working cross directorate and actively implementing strategy. 
• Provide accounting advice for complex accountancy issues. Analyse relevant customer facts, accounting frameworks and, where appropriate, challenge customers’ accounting analyses. 
• Support risk activities, including reviewing financial statements, commercial and accounting information, meetings with customers and working with other specialists to form a view and assess the impact for tax. 
• Communicate, meet and collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to influence behaviour, including case teams, policy experts, accounting firms, other advisory and forensic accountants, courts and customers. 
• Develop and provide quality accountancy training to accountancy and tax professionals. Tailor training materials and offer follow-up support to delegates. 
• Coach and mentor colleagues and trainees, using own skills and experience to aid their development. 
• Assist delivery of strategic objectives, matching resource to risk, through prioritisation, work planning and national/cross directorate work sharing. 
 
We are looking for experienced qualified accountants with practitioner experience in either practice or industry dealing with multinational corporate groups.  
 
The ideal candidate will have deep accounting experience in the application of IFRS and UK GAAP, including consolidation practices. 
It will be advantageous to have experience in US GAAP, knowledge of international tax considerations and overseas tax regimes, and experience of tax accounting. 
 
The ideal candidate will demonstrate expertise and experience at a sufficient level and authority to appear credible to accountancy firms (Big 4), customers (multinational corporate groups), senior HMRC officers and tribunals. 
 
This is a critical time for the Pillar 2 Programme, and the nature of the role may change as the work focus changes from implementation to operational compliance (estimated 2026 onwards). As part of your role, you may also be required to support wider priority risk areas for the Advisory and Forensic Accountants Profession. 

 

Essential Criteria

If you are interested in applying, you must address all the following essential criteria and person specification requirements in your CV to be successful at the sift stage. 
 
Full and complete qualification from, and continuing membership of, at least one of the following professional accounting bodies: 

•The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) 
•The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) 
•Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI) 
•The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) 
•The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) 
•The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) 
 
Please confirm which body you are a full member of within your CV. 
 
You will be required to show evidence of your qualification and membership at interview. 

Qualifications Full and complete qualification from, and continuing membership of, at least one of the following professional accounting bodies:
•The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
•The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)
•Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)
•The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
•The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
•The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
Please confirm which body you are a full member of within your CV.
You will be required to show evidence of your qualification and membership at interview.