Industry Practice Lead - Tax & Customs Administration

Moody's Investors Service; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Moody's Investors Service is seeking an Industry Practice Lead for Tax & Customs Administration to support government agencies in enhancing tax investigations and compliance. The role involves acting as a subject matter expert, training officials, and guiding strategic conversations while allowing for hybrid work flexibility. Ideal candidates exhibit deep taxation expertise and strong communication skills, ready to engage with high-level stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in taxation and compliance strategies.
• Experience advising government agencies.
• Strong analytical skills in financial data.

Responsibilities

• Act as a subject matter expert in tax investigations.
• Guide tax officials on compliance reviews.
• Deliver technical demos and workshops.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication abilities

Expertise in international taxation

Experience in tax audits

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Tax certification

Customs credentials

Job description

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Responsibilities

The Industry Practice Lead – Tax & Customs Administration is a senior practitioner role focused on supporting Tax Authorities, Customs Agencies, and Ministries of Finance in leveraging Moody’s solutions to strengthen tax investigations, customs valuation, transfer pricing compliance, and fiscal risk management.

• Act as a subject matter expert in tax investigation workflows, including case targeting, audit selection, and evidence gathering.
• Demonstrate how Moody’s data and analytics can be used to detect irregularities, assess related-party risks, and support tax audit decisions.
• Guide tax and customs officials on using Moody’s tools in the context of compliance reviews, valuation challenges, and transfer pricing audits.
• Partner with Sales Teams to deliver technical demos, workshops, and Proofs of Concept tailored to tax enforcement and customs compliance use cases.
• Lead strategic conversations with public-sector stakeholders, including audit teams and policy departments.
• Provide hands-on input to help structure proposals, align solutions with mandates, and increase public-sector win rates.
• Deliver structured feedback to Product teams on tax-specific needs such as investigation support, audit trail documentation, and jurisdictional risk profiling.
• Support Marketing in building precise, outcome-driven messaging for tax risk assessment and enforcement applications.
• Train internal teams on common tax investigation scenarios and public-sector workflows.

Skills and Competencies

• Deep, practical expertise in international taxation, tax investigation, customs valuation, transfer pricing, and public revenue risk management.
• Experience working within or advising government agencies on tax audits, compliance strategies, and enforcement.
• Strong analytical skills; able to translate complex financial data into investigation-ready insights.
• Excellent communication abilities; comfortable working with tax officials, auditors, and senior government representatives.
• Experience in presenting case examples, training tax officials, or supporting major audits is highly valued.

Education

• Degree in a relevant field.
• Tax certification required; customs credentials a plus.

About the Team

OurGlobal Salesteam serves customers across banking, insurance, asset management, corporate, professional services, and government sectors in over 50 countries. TheIndustry Practice Groupis comprised of practitioners, former regulators, and subject matter experts specializing in domains such as lending, underwriting, climate risk, financial crime compliance, third-party due diligence, generative AI, and supply chain resiliency.

By joining our team, you will be part of exciting work in:

• Advising existing and prospective customers across a broad range of workflows.
• Collaborating in the creation of new product offerings.
• Aligning Moody’s solutions to industry challenges.

This position offers a dynamic work environment, requiring up to 50% travel to engage with clients face-to-face, while also providing the flexibility of hybrid working

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.