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333 - Deputy Director, Tax Centre of Excellence

Job details
Posting date: 14 March 2025
Salary: £76,000 to £83,000 per year
Additional salary information: External candidates should expect their salary upon appointment to be £76,000 - £83,000 per annum. Existing Civil Servants will be appointed in line with the Civil Service pay rules in place on the date of their appointment.
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 06 April 2025
Location: UK
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week
Company: Ministry of Justice
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 333

Summary

Reporting to the Director, Financial Management, Control, Risk & Governance you will lead teams of c30 people and will ensure there is strong collaboration across teams within the Tax CoE enabling it to operate as a single entity, managing resources with effective prioritisation so that teams continue to deliver a full corporate tax service to their own organisations as well as delivering the wider aims and objectives of the Tax CoE across the public-sector.

You will need to be a first-class tax professional with a successful track record and in-depth experience of operating and managing tax within the public sector environment.

As a key member of the Finance Function Senior Leadership Team, you will also play an essential role in leading and building our future Finance community, supporting the development of staff, role modelling effective leadership behaviours and ensuring we live our values.

Building an expert tax professional community, leveraging strong relationships across tax teams, the government finance function, HMRC and wider public-sector. Lead departmental tax teams in the delivery of support and professional tax advisory services including the regular publishing of technical guidance, best practice guides and delivery of training, to help drive compliance, efficiency and consistency across the public sector and government.
Lead departmental tax teams in the delivery of full corporate tax services across the MoJ and Home Office organisations.
Operating strategically in tax, focusing on long-term strategic decision making, evaluating and managing risks that may impact the successful delivery of cross government professional tax advisory services, best practice tax management and capability. Influencing thinking and public-sector approach to tax compliance.
Focus on getting tax right, minimising any tax risk to operational delivery and supporting a more robust and effective financial management across own departments and more widely.
Using customer insight to drive high quality, efficient and cost-effective service delivery
Delivery through the management of people, finances and other resources spanning departmental boundaries
Active membership of senior leadership teams, supporting performance delivery and creation of an inclusive, diverse and professional culture
Play an active role in developing the MoJ Finance Function, creating a strong cultural identity and cohesion, empowering staff, promoting accountability and the autonomy to deliver internal and external objectives
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.