Key responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring and optimising withholding tax positions, including relief at source and reclaim opportunities.
• Managing relationships with custodians, administrators and external tax advisers to ensure high-quality service delivery.
• Supporting compliance with international tax reporting regimes, including FATCA and CRS requirements.
• Providing operational tax input on fund investments, structural changes and taxation of financial instruments.
• Supporting wider tax advisory and compliance activities across the business as required.
• Identifying and helping mitigate operational tax risks, while ensuring adherence to internal policies and controls.
• Driving collaboration across teams to resolve complex tax issues and improve processes.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

The Person

You will be an experienced tax professional with strong technical knowledge of operational taxes within an investment environment with a particular focus on public market investments. Comfortable working independently and managing multiple priorities, you will combine technical expertise with a collaborative approach and the ability to build effective relationships across a range of stakeholders.

You will bring:

• A relevant tax or accounting qualification.
• Significant experience in operational taxes, ideally within public markets and investment management.
• Strong knowledge of withholding taxes, custody structures and transaction taxes across multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience supporting overseas tax compliance and reporting obligations.
• Knowledge of FATCA, CRS and other international tax reporting requirements.
• Experience managing and challenging the performance of third-party service providers and advisers.
• Previous experience leading, coaching or developing junior team members.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate complex tax matters clearly and effectively.
• Exposure to private market investments would be desirable.

Above all, you'll embody Railpen's values of Alignment, Community and Integrity, bringing a collaborative mindset, taking ownership of outcomes and helping us deliver the best possible service for our members.

What we can offer you

Rewarding you

• A competitive salary (depending on experience)
• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays [pro rata]
• Defined Contribution pension
• Health & Wellbeing Employee assistance programme
• Health cash plan
• Eye care vouchers
• Flu vaccination
• Lifestyle Give as you earn scheme
• Paid volunteering days

Next Steps

Please apply for the apply button or visit Careers Page by 5pm Friday 17th July.

Railpen is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment, we value diversity and welcome people from all backgrounds and walks of life. At Railpen we know that it’s the talent of our people that makes us good at what we do and enables us to continue to achieve our mission to pay members’ pensions securely, affordably and sustainably. The unique nature of Railpen offers our people a wide variety of interesting opportunities for innovation, thought leadership and personal development. We encourage people to challenge, explore unconventional ideas and give each other the space to learn from our mistakes. We take time to listen to each other’s ideas and understand what we each do, and what we need from each other to help us be at our best.

Railpen is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment, we value diversity and welcome people from all backgrounds and walks of life.