Tax Strategy & Compliance Specialist

Key Responsibilities

• Tax Function Direction: Establish the priorities and longer-term direction of the department, ensuring its activities support the Business’s wider commercial plans and financial goals.
• Service Development: Identify opportunities to introduce additional tax solutions, improve existing services and generate sustainable income for the Company.
• Senior Tax Advice: Guide clients on reorganisations, acquisitions, disposals, international investments, corporate arrangements and other technically demanding matters.
• Transfer Pricing: Advise on cross-border pricing arrangements and supporting records, ensuring that client structures are consistent with applicable international principles.
• Regulatory Oversight: Direct the completion of company tax returns, declarations, reports and other mandatory submissions in line with Maltese legislation and relevant overseas requirements.
• International Tax Developments: Assess the effect of EU and global initiatives, including BEPS measures, the OECD global minimum tax rules, CRS and FATCA, and explain their practical consequences to clients and colleagues.
• Risk and Governance: Create appropriate controls for identifying, evaluating and managing taxation-related exposure across internal activities and client assignments.
• Policies and Procedures: Introduce departmental guidance, working methods and quality controls that promote reliable, consistent and effective service delivery.
• Client Advisory: Serve as the senior point of contact for significant engagements, translating complicated taxation issues into clear and commercially practical recommendations.
• Relationship Development: Build lasting partnerships with clients while identifying ways in which tax expertise may complement the Company’s accounting, corporate and advisory solutions.
• External Stakeholders: Maintain effective professional connections with fiscal authorities, regulators, auditors and other relevant organisations.
• Industry Representation: Participate in conferences, technical events and professional bodies to raise the profile of the Business and remain connected to changes within the field.
• Team Management: Direct, coach and support tax professionals while overseeing workload distribution, appraisals, development needs and future leadership requirements.
• Learning and Knowledge Sharing: Encourage participation in technical training and recognised professional programmes, including ADIT, ACCA or CTA, while ensuring that relevant updates are shared throughout the team.
• Technology and Process Improvement: Champion suitable digital platforms and automated processes that enhance accuracy, productivity and the quality of management information.
• Commercial Management: Monitor departmental budgets, fees, invoicing and margins to ensure that the tax division contributes positively to the Company’s financial performance.
• Business Generation: Assist with proposals, presentations and prospective client meetings, helping the Business win new engagements and deepen established relationships.
• Market Insight: Provide senior management with informed commentary on legislative changes, fiscal policy and market conditions that may influence future business decisions.
• Professional Content: Contribute to technical articles, client communications and presentation materials that demonstrate the Company’s knowledge and credibility.

Qualifications, Skills and Attributes

• Education: A bachelor’s degree in Accountancy, Law, Taxation or a comparable discipline is required. An equivalent recognised professional credential will also be considered, while qualifications such as ADIT, ACCA or CTA would be advantageous.
• Experience: Substantial senior-level exposure to taxation advice, planning and regulatory obligations is essential, preferably acquired within professional or financial services. Previous responsibility for developing business and leading a specialist tax function is also required.
• Tax Knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of Maltese fiscal legislation, company taxation, structural planning and the international rules affecting cross-border arrangements.
• Regulatory Awareness: Familiarity with European and international taxation initiatives, information-exchange obligations and evolving requirements affecting multinational activity.
• Language Skills: Excellent command of English is required to succeed in this role. The ability to communicate in Maltese would be an asset.
• Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication, presentation and negotiation abilities, with the confidence to explain technical subjects to varied audiences.
• Interpersonal Skills: A consultative and relationship-focused approach, with the ability to establish credibility among clients, colleagues, public authorities and professional contacts.
• Leadership: The capacity to inspire, coach and retain skilled professionals while promoting responsibility, collaboration and consistently strong performance.
• Commercial Awareness: Sound judgement when assessing opportunities, developing services and balancing client priorities with the Business’s financial objectives.
• Technical Skills: Advanced capability across corporate tax, international taxation, transfer pricing and reporting obligations, together with an interest in technology-enabled service delivery.
• Organisation: The ability to coordinate numerous complex assignments, competing priorities and statutory deadlines without compromising accuracy or service quality.
• Self-Motivated: A proactive outlook and commitment to remaining informed about legislative, regulatory and market changes.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical ability, enabling the successful interpretation of intricate rules and the development of workable, compliant solutions.
• Professional Standards: Exceptional integrity, confidentiality and balanced judgement when handling commercially sensitive information and high-risk matters.

Qualifications, Skills and Attributes

• Education: A bachelor’s degree in Accountancy, Law, Taxation or a comparable discipline is required. An equivalent recognised professional credential will also be considered, while qualifications such as ADIT, ACCA or CTA would be advantageous.
• Experience: Substantial senior-level exposure to taxation advice, planning and regulatory obligations is essential, preferably acquired within professional or financial services. Previous responsibility for developing business and leading a specialist tax function is also required.
• Tax Knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of Maltese fiscal legislation, company taxation, structural planning and the international rules affecting cross-border arrangements.
• Regulatory Awareness: Familiarity with European and international taxation initiatives, information-exchange obligations and evolving requirements affecting multinational activity.
• Language Skills: Excellent command of English is required to succeed in this role. The ability to communicate in Maltese would be an asset.
• Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication, presentation and negotiation abilities, with the confidence to explain technical subjects to varied audiences.
• Interpersonal Skills: A consultative and relationship-focused approach, with the ability to establish credibility among clients, colleagues, public authorities and professional contacts.
• Leadership: The capacity to inspire, coach and retain skilled professionals while promoting responsibility, collaboration and consistently strong performance.
• Commercial Awareness: Sound judgement when assessing opportunities, developing services and balancing client priorities with the Business’s financial objectives.
• Technical Skills: Advanced capability across corporate tax, international taxation, transfer pricing and reporting obligations, together with an interest in technology-enabled service delivery.
• Organisation: The ability to coordinate numerous complex assignments, competing priorities and statutory deadlines without compromising accuracy or service quality.
• Self-Motivated: A proactive outlook and commitment to remaining informed about legislative, regulatory and market changes.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical ability, enabling the successful interpretation of intricate rules and the development of workable, compliant solutions.
• Professional Standards: Exceptional integrity, confidentiality and balanced judgement when handling commercially sensitive information and high-risk matters.