Hm Customs And Excise Jobs – Pensions Compliance Investigator in Derby, UK

Overview

Position Title:Pensions Compliance Investigator

Company:HM Revenue & Customs

Location:Derby, UK

Job Description:

You will work as part of a multi graded compliance team, where you will be fully trained to manage your own caseload of compliance cases, as well as actively supporting your colleagues with theirs.As a leader you will also have a responsibility to contribute to the continuous development and improvement of our business as well as supporting the capability of your colleagues. We will provide you with training to undertake risk-based compliance check enquiries and will become a valued and successful member of our team. You will be involved in ad hoc projects whether developing improvements in compliance or a wider contribution to the teams or department.

Responsibilities:

• Reading and interpreting legislation.
• Acting as a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for our largest pension administrators who administer the largest private & occupational pension schemes.
• Analysing information from various sources to identify trends or contradictions.
• Proactive use of HMRC’s regulatory powers & deterrents in order to formally progress and resolves contentious tax disputes.
• Your cases will deal with the more complex areas of taxation in the customer groups we serve.
• Discussions with customers and their professional representatives to understand their perspectives whilst explaining HMRC’s position and the underlying basis that supports it.
• Attending face to face meetings and communicating and responding to complex pension scheme queries, addressing issues of non-
• compliance and negotiating and agreeing contract settlements.
• Drafting referrals for technical advice, appealable decisions and referrals for statutory independent review.

Requirements:

• Flexibly adapting to changes of priority and undertaking a variety of work as required.
• Engaging effectively with specialist advisors across the team and wider business to deliver agreed objectives.
• Experience of working in a compliance or tax environment is desirable but not essential
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with both colleagues and customers, creating and developing positive professional relationships.
• As a Higher Officer Pensions Compliance Investigator, you will play a key role in the way we operate across the entire business area.
• You are required to demonstrate experience of the following within your application:
• A track record of driving forward continuous improvement.
• To be proactive, a self-starter and able to take a leadership role.
• Sharing knowledge and experience to support colleagues’ development.
• A strong attention to detail to ensure individual and team outputs meet our quality standards.
• The ability to make robust evidence-based decisions.