Company Taxation Officer
Are you a tax professional and looking for a new challenge? Would you like to walk on the beach, the hills or see wildlife on your lunch break? If so, come and join our small friendly team of experienced tax professionals in the Falkland Islands.
The Role
The Falkland Islands Government is seeking to recruit a Company Taxation Officer who will join the team in the Falklands on 2 year contract. You will be one of three Company Taxation Officers responsible for assessing and collecting corporate tax receipts.
Along with other members of the Corporation Tax Team, you will be responsible for:
- Applying the Taxes legislation
- Compliance checks and collecting revenue
- Developing and updating tax policies
- Leading on legislative changes.
The Person
You will have a proven track record of working in Tax, ideally Corporation Tax. You will have at least one of the following qualifications:
- HMRC Tax Professional Development Programme (now Tax Specialist Programme)
- a Chartered Tax Advisor
- a Professional Accountancy qualification or equivalent.
You must be adaptable, a team player, and able to maintain confidentiality. A sense of adventure is also an advantage as the Falkland Islands offers lots to explore outside of work.
The Package
- 2 Year Fixed Term Contract. Secondments will be considered.
- Starting Salary £44,955 - £60,805 (depending on qualifications and experience)
- Eligibility for a 25% Gratuity, paid upon successful completion of the contract.
- 30 Days Annual Leave, plus government and public holidays (totalling 41 days leave). The public holiday leave includes the Christmas period.
- Relocation Allowance, to help with moving costs.
- Flights Package for you and recognised dependents at the beginning and end of contract, and additional annual return flights contingent on the duration of the contract.
- Government Housing for rent and a starter pack to help you settle in.
How to Apply
Interested candidates can download the job description and view further information from our online vacancy page.
For further information regarding the position please contact Rebecca Rees, Head of Corporation Tax, by emailing rrees@taxation.gov.fk or telephoning: +500 28476.
To apply, please complete our online application form from our vacancy page www.jobs.gov.fk, by clicking on 'Apply Now' and completing the form.
Timetable for Recruitment and Selection Process
Closing Date for Applications – 15 October 2023
Shortlisting commencing – w/c 16 October 2023
Interviews commencing – w/c 23 October 2023
The Falkland Islands
Set in the South Atlantic Ocean, around 400 miles east of South America and 8000 miles south-west of the UK, the Falkland Islands are a small, thriving community with a British way of life, benefiting from good local services, a varied social calendar and an absence of traffic jams!
The Falkland Islands’ stunning natural environment provides an unspoiled landscape and amazing wildlife to observe and explore, including penguins, whales and dolphins, all seen from the shore.
It is not only the wildlife and landscape to explore; the Falkland Islands have a varied history. This could be exploring the first British Settlement, seeing the previously most Southerly suspension bridge or seeing the Stony Corrals that are around the Islands.
For those with a sense of adventure, it provides opportunities which are hard to match anywhere else in the world.
For more information about the Falklands and the practicalities of living and working here please visit www.jobs.gov.fk.