TTPP101: Success in Senior Private-Sector Tax Roles After 20 Years in HMRC with Thomas Wallace
The Tax Professionals Podcast05/19/24 • 46 min
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Rough timings
- A bit about Thomas and his tax career, and what spurred him to leave HMRC after 20 years
- (8:30) Why Thomas believes he’s been successful in his senior role, straight from HMRC
- (11:00) Commercial awareness: an area where Thomas lacked when he first left HMRC, what he means by commercial awareness and how he addressed the shortfall
- (16:15) Discussion around critical thinking and its importance
- (17:45) Thomas’s technical knowledge when he left HMRC – was it good enough?
- (23:00) What Thomas has learnt about business development (BD), winning clients and winning work since leaving HMRC
- (28:00) Key skills to do well outside HMRC
- (38:15) Thomas’s advice for someone that’s thinking about leaving HMRC
Resources
TTPP62: Making the Move from HMRC to Private Practice with David Rose – His Story and Advice
05/19/24 • 46 min
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