Working for Chartergates
At Chartergates we are always looking to add to our team of advisers and advocates. If your skills, qualifications and interest lie in one or all of our tax, VAT, employment law or regulatory specialisms, then we are keen to hear from you.
Our team is tight-knit, dedicated, committed to securing the best possible outcomes for our clients and most importantly – fearless. Our advice and drafting are notable for its legal precision but also an ability to balance this with our client’s commercial objectives. What’s more, we go further and back up our advice by representing our clients in the tax and employment tribunals.
So, if you believe you have the advisory and drafting skills to flourish, but also aspire to be tested in contentious disputes then get in touch because we’d love to hear from you!
Please send CVs and/ or bios to marktaylor@chartergates.com
Current Vacancies
Tax Consultant | VAT Consultant
Tax Consultant
The Role
We are looking for a Tax Consultant to join our growing specialist tax team. This is principally an advisory, technical and client-facing role rather than a traditional tax compliance position.
Working alongside our existing team, you will advise a varied commercial client base on specialist UK tax matters. Depending upon your existing experience, your work is likely to include:
- advising clients on employment status and IR35;
- reviewing contracts and working practices from an employment tax perspective;
- advising businesses operating within CIS and the construction sector;
- advising recruitment businesses, end clients and other organisations on labour-supply and umbrella-company tax issues;
- undertaking tax, supply-chain compliance and risk reviews;
- drafting and reviewing contractual and technical documents;
- helping clients respond to HMRC enquiries and investigations;
- researching technical tax issues and producing clear, practical written advice;
- working directly with clients, accountants and other professional advisers;
- contributing to articles, seminars, webinars and the firm’s wider thought leadership; and
- as your experience develops, becoming involved in contentious matters and Tax Tribunal work.
One of the things that distinguishes Chartergates is that we do not necessarily hand a contentious matter elsewhere once advice has been given. Our team can advise, draft and represent clients, including in HMRC disputes and tribunal proceedings.
Who We Are Looking For
We are deliberately keeping the candidate profile reasonably broad. You may already be an experienced employment tax or status specialist. Alternatively, you may come from a broader tax background and be looking for an opportunity to specialise.
You are likely to have:
- professional experience in UK tax, whether gained in practice, industry, HMRC or another advisory environment;
- strong analytical and technical skills;
- the ability to understand legislation and technical guidance and apply it to real commercial situations;
- good written skills and an ability to turn complicated tax issues into clear, concise advice;
- confidence dealing directly with clients;
- a commercial approach to problem solving rather than simply identifying technical risk;
- an ability to work independently while contributing to a close-knit team; and
- a genuine interest in developing specialist expertise.
Experience of employment taxes, employment status, IR35, CIS, labour supply, recruitment-sector taxation or HMRC disputes would be particularly useful. We would also be interested in technically strong tax professionals who want to develop expertise in these areas.
Relevant professional qualifications such as CTA, ATT, ACA or ACCA, or a legal qualification combined with appropriate tax experience, would be welcomed. Equivalent practical experience will also be considered.
Why Chartergates?
At Chartergates, we are always looking to add to our team of advisers and advocates. Our team is tight-knit, dedicated and committed to securing the best possible outcomes for our clients.
Our advice and drafting are notable for their legal and technical precision, but also for our ability to balance that precision with our clients’ commercial objectives. What is more, we go further and back up our advice by representing clients in tax and employment tribunals.
In return, the successful candidate will join a team that is at the forefront of providing clients with accurate, commercial and timely advice and drafting. They will also have the opportunity to become involved in contentious disputes and tribunal representation. In short, we back our team, their skills and provide them with the support they need to go as far as they possibly can.
You will also have the opportunity to:
- work on genuinely technical and sometimes unusual tax matters;
- deal directly with clients rather than being several steps removed from them;
- develop specialist expertise in areas of tax that are increasingly important to businesses;
- work across both advisory and contentious matters;
- contribute to the firm’s articles, seminars, webinars and wider thought leadership;
- develop your own professional profile and areas of expertise; and
- progress your career and, where appropriate, obtain further recognised professional qualifications with the support of an experienced team.
For those with the aptitude and interest, there may also be opportunities to develop experience in advocacy and tribunal work.
VAT Consultant
The Role & Skills Required
We are currently looking for a VAT Consultant to join our growing VAT advisory team.
Candidates need to have a working and experienced knowledge of UK VAT legislation and accompanying guidance, with particular knowledge of its application in the construction industry and the health services industry.
In addition, candidates will need the ability to review business records to advise on VAT compliance and highlight any areas of weakness. An aptitude to quickly understand how a client’s business operates and to tailor advice to the specific business needs.
As a business we pride ourselves on our client relationships and therefore candidates will also need the ability to build good rapport with clients and understand some of the time constraints that could affect making new commercial contracts and thus be able to make a quick response to queries that arise.
As the law and HMRC tactics evolve, we evolve too and therefore successful candidates will also need a willingness to keep learning, work with a team and take on tasks that are not necessarily within the realm of past experience.
Required Skills
- Experience in advising clients in VAT matters
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to understand and dissect legislation and case law
- An ability to understand the law from a commercial perspective
- To be able explain the law to clients in their language
- Ability to manage own caseload, work independently but also in a team
- Drive to gain knowledge and be involved in training others
- Desire to travel for work and not just be office/ home based
- Track record of drafting, amending and reviewing contractual documents
Preferred Skills
- Experience of representing clients with HMRC enquiries/ tax tribunals
- Knowledge of the appeal/ tax tribunal procedure
- Being able to discern between supplies of staff and supplies of services
- Advantageous but not essential (ongoing training and guidance will be provided) if the candidate has an advisory background with experience in any of the below areas:
- the Nursing Agencies Concession
- partial exemption
- the NHS process of VAT recovery
- construction services
- the domestic reverse charge
- due diligence for labour supply chains
Working for Chartergates
In return, the successful candidate will join a team that is at the forefront of providing clients with accurate, commercial and timely advice and drafting. They will also have the opportunity to be involved in contentious disputes and tribunal representation. In short, we back our team, their skills and provide them with the support they need to go as far as they possibly can.
The successful candidate will also have the benefit of joining a successful team that prides itself on its flexibility and agility in the services it provides its clients. As such we empower and trust our consultants to do the same and don’t constrain them with timesheets or other corporate shackles that bring no benefit to our clients.
We are committed to helping our consultants develop their skills and have funded numerous training programmes for our current team including the CTA, LLM & other relevant qualifications. We benefit, if our team benefit and so the successful candidate will get a commitment from us to help them be the best they possibly can be.
If you believe you have the skills necessary for this role please send your CV and/ or bio to marktaylor@chartergates.com.
