Tax Manager, Grant Thornton - Gatwick

Gatwick Tax is looking for a Tax Executive/ Assistant Manager/ or Manager to join us in order to grow our tax practice across the South East and own our local market.

Gatwick tax focuses on corporate and wider shareholder taxation. We’re a business that currently generates 2/3 of our revenues through advisory work. Our tax advisory work is very broad, which keeps things interesting, and typically includes:

innovation tax reliefs (R&D and patent box)
assisting with acquisitions/fundraising/disposals
capital gains tax advice, including Entrepreneurs’ Relief, Investors Relief and wider reliefs such as EIS

Clients

You can expect to work across a client base including large privately held, private equity backed or AiM listed businesses.
Builds a rapport with the individual client and develops a clear and detailed understanding of the business and client expectations.
Provides intelligent and creative solutions to client tax issues both reactively and proactively.
Writes high quality tax reports, professionally presented documents, requiring minimal input from directors or partners.

Markets
• Demonstrates an understanding of the full range of the firm's products, services and capabilities and takes an active role in cross selling.
• Builds an understanding of the potential for selling into clients.
• Seeks to participate in business development activities and contributes to sales pitches, for own team as well as the wider firm.

Tax Delivery
• Responsible for planning and performing tax consultancy assignments.
• Prepares and files ruling requests on behalf of our clients.
• Acts as a first point of contact on specific projects for any queries from the business.
• Demonstrates the ability to analyse potential solutions and make recommendations accordingly.
• Accurately interprets advice obtained from other specialists and questions where required.
• Presents solutions to increasingly complex technical issues.
• Demonstrates an awareness of technical risk through well supported research.

People
• Works effectively with all members of the team, building the confidence and respect of peers and subordinates.
• Reviews and mentors executives giving regular feedback, timely performance reviews and provides development opportunities.
• Manages a team on specific projects.
• Provide on the job development to executives.
• Actively seek opportunities to attend workshops to develop technical and personal skills.
• Demonstrates a clear appetite for self development through the performance review and personal development plan processes. Reviews work afterwards for learning points.