Senior Tax Consultant

Do you have a background within HMRC / tax advice?
Come and work with our tax investigations team here at Markel Tax
What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. Because, at Markel, the work you do gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities. Whether you’re wild about horses, bananas for boats or driven by data, you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.
Join us and play your part in something special!

The opportunity:
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Tax Consultant to join the Markel Tax team. Markel Tax is a leading provider of fee protection insurance and tax consultancy services in the UK. Collaborating with over 2,500 accountancy practices, we are dedicated to supporting growth and safeguarding clients’ interests.

Our dynamic team of 60+ professionals is part of the broader Markel UK family, combining nimbleness and innovation with the strength of corporate backing.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and well organised individual to work within the Tax Investigations Team. This exciting role is extremely varied and gives the successful candidate an opportunity to utilise and build on their knowledge base.

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide specialist verbal and written tax investigations advice and support to a range of clients including accountants, professionals, business owners and individuals

• Assist with the application of complex, specialist technical advice to provide innovative solutions that contribute to the client

• Assist with a range of advanced compliance matters, deal with HM Revenue & Customs enquiries and review technical correspondence, guidance and legislation

• Leverage relationships, technology and social media to build a profile with both existing clients and a wider network of professional contacts, raising the profile of Markel Tax to promote our expertise

• Utilise your existing abilities and experience to develop and build a niche area of interest and knowledge within the team to expand the range of technical expertise

• Engage with the wider business to build knowledge and awareness of all aspects of our service offering to help identify cross sell opportunities and assist with marketing initiatives

• Support business development actions and initiatives as required and provide relevant technical commentary and content aligned with business priorities

• Be pro-active and find opportunities to act on the interpretation of new legislation with a view to winning new work

• Build strong working relationships and support a team culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing and technical debate to achieve team goals

• Act with honesty and integrity in all dealings with clients, contacts and team members whilst respecting confidentiality and building trust

Our must haves:

• HMRC background is essential

• Good understanding of accounts and bookkeeping

• Specialist knowledge of tax enquiries, information powers, penalties, discovery legislation, and the Taxes Management Act

• Management of enquiries into personal tax returns

• Management of enquiries into partnership tax returns

• Management of enquiries into corporation tax returns

• Knowledge and experience of making disclosures to HMRC using the Let Property Campaign & Worldwide Disclosure Facility

• A clear understanding and experience of HMRC processes such as Statutory Review,  Alternative Dispute Resolution and appealing to the Tribunals Service

• Knowledge of dealing with enquiries handled by HMRC’s Counter Avoidance & Fraud Investigation Teams would be an asset

• An understanding of specific areas of tax including payroll, residency, capital gains reliefs and losses would be helpful

• Ability to research technical tax issues is essential

• Business development and marketing of tax services

• Great teammate who is able to collaborate with others to achieve positive results

Who we are:

Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you:

• A great base salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…

• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave

• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer

• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [email protected] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.

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