James Young heads up Communicate’s Specialist Markets division, managing specialist teams across Tax, Treasury, Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance. Communicate have carved out a reputation for delivering on niche, hard-to-fill positions across these areas of governance where traditional agencies lack specialist knowledge. Each individual in the team have market-leading knowledge of their sectors and will regularly deliver on positions that other agencies haven’t been able to source.

On a day-to-day, James recruits for senior Tax positions across Commerce and Industry, specialising in the placements of Heads of Tax, Tax Directors, Group Tax Managers and Senior Tax Managers. Typically these will be within well-known Real Estate, Pharma and FMCG businesses such as Reckitt, Imperial Brands, Astellas, Canary Wharf Group, and Synthomer.

James has grown Communicate’s Tax offering to 4 specialist consultants across Corporate Tax, Indirect Tax and Employment Taxes, covering C&I, Financial Services and Advisory firms. James is a specialist in consulting on in-housing tax functions, regularly placing first-time hires across Group Tax Manager and interim Head of Tax positions. James is well placed to advise on the options for in-housing your tax function, saving on advisory fees and managing your own tax compliance and reporting programmes.