Senior Policy and Tax Integrity Lead

at  Welsh Revenue Authority

JOB SUMMARY

We’re responsible for Land Transaction Tax and Landfill Disposals Tax. Our work raises revenue to support public services, like the NHS and schools, in communities across Wales. But that’s not all, we’re also involved with and support future tax design for Wales.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Reporting directly to the Head of Strategy & Policy, the Senior Policy and Tax Integrity Lead will play a key leadership role in taking forward the WRA’s policy agenda, at an exciting time for the WRA as it moves from its start-up years to becoming a more mature organisation, growing and taking on new areas of work.
The WRA Strategy and Policy team leads on WRA corporate strategy, policy development, and guidance on service delivery and the application of devolved taxes. It also provides advice and support on complex tax risks, and works in partnership with the Welsh Treasury on the strategic and administrative design of the system of devolved taxes in Wales. Policy developed by the team supports the efficient, fair and effective delivery of our services for taxpayers and their agents, and also establishes lawful and proportionate compliance, litigation and enforcement strategies based on WRA’s civil and criminal enforcement powers. The team is broadly organised between developing policy for existing devolved taxes, and future focussed tax design and strategy, although flexibility and cross-team working is strongly encouraged to build capability across the whole team.
You will lead colleagues responsible for policy development on the WRA’s existing taxes. You will also act as lead policy adviser for Land Transaction Tax (LTT). You will encourage and role model collaboration through multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement policy smoothly into operations, while also developing policy partnerships and working with stakeholders on future developments to devolved taxes.
You will need to be a great team player, possess strong analytical skills and enjoy working with others to find innovative solutions to complex problems. You will also need to develop a detailed understanding of the devolved tax landscape in Wales, working closely with partners across government to shape the design of devolved taxes so the policy intent and service delivery are effectively aligned.
You will also lead overall policy input to multidisciplinary teams designing and implementing the WRA’s core services, ensuring the end-to-end customer journey is seamlessly aligned with the both the needs of the taxpayer and the bespoke requirements of each tax.
To be successful in the role, you will need to enjoy engaging with a diverse network of stakeholders, tracking and influencing developments in devolved taxation and wider policy areas. You will need to be confident in communicating both high-level strategy and detailed technical matters clearly and simply to a range of audiences.
The work of the Strategy & Policy team varies according to emerging issues and trends, delivery of WRA priorities and wider Welsh Government strategy for devolved taxes in Wales. We are looking for an individual who can work flexibly and collaboratively to resolve uncertainty, and to develop robust solutions to challenging issues. An immediate focus will be coordinating WRA support to Welsh Government [in exploring and implementing policy changes to LTT such as freeports relief.

You will be an ambassador for the WRA externally, representing the organisation, our purpose, and the ‘Welsh way of doing tax’.

• Dave Matthews, Strategy & Capability Director

SELECTION PROCESS DETAILS

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NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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JOIN A PLACE WITH PURPOSE

You’ll join a team of 80+ talented people from across 14 different professions. Our culture is best described as innovative, collaborative and kind.
By working together, we’ll deliver a fair tax system for Wales.