A Big 4 Chartered accountancy firm is looking for an ambitious Tax Manager to join their international tax team in their London corporate tax department, this role will include secondment opportunities and cross border projects.
We anticipate that the individual would undertake international tax and treasury work and support the team by running a portfolio of clients (with Senior Manager support where needed).
Key Responsibilities:
- Advising UK and international groups on a range of cross border tax issues, group structuring, tax efficient financing, inbound and outbound investment, etc.
- Recommending strategies for managing clients’ effective tax rate using efficient intellectual property, financing and other strategies
- Project managing cross border teams and UK client service teams on an ongoing basis on advisory (and sometimes on M&A) projects.
- This involves liaising with specialists, overseas member firms and external advisers to deliver successful projects and expertise to those clients.
- Being the principal contact on day to day tax matters on allocated clients. Understanding the client’s business and helping to identify areas for the provision of tax and other services.
- Assisting on tax aspects of audits, in particular where those audits involve international/ restructuring issues.
- Coaching and developing junior members of staff.
- Assisting with business development work
Key skills and qualifications:
- CTA, CA, ACA, ACCA or equivalently qualified
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels (internally and externally) and be a team worker.
- Sound judgement, including the ability to identify and evaluate risk issues and know when to involve others.
- Strong interpersonal skills are required in addition to strong oral and written communication skills
- High level analytical skills and a commercial approach to resolving issues and providing advice
- High level of drive and enthusiasm with a positive attitude
- Ability and willingness to keep up to date technically