Company Taxation Officer

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 four 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.
• Salary Range £47k - £64k, starting salaries will be dependent upon 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 or towards a vehicle when you arrive.
• Flights Package for you and your dependents, including mid-term return flight home.
• Government Housing for rent and a starter pack to help you settle in.

 How to Apply

To apply online or for more information about working for Falkland Islands Government please visit our recruitment website: www.jobs.gov.fk.

Applications close midnight (FI time) on 24 April 2025 with interviews to be held in early May 2025.

For an application form and job description contact HR: by emailing recruitment@sec.gov.fk or telephoning +500 27420.

For further information on the post please contact Head of Corporation Tax, Rebecca Rees by e-mailing rrees@taxation.gov.fk

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