Tax Executive or Tax Assistant Manager, Grant Thornton, Leeds

Job Description Summary:
Working as a part of the Grant Thornton business in the Yorkshire region means you're working across a vibrant and growing region which provides you a variety of tax opportunity. The team works with dynamic fast-growth OMB businesses, international privately owned businesses, FTSE & AiM listed businesses as well as private equity backed businesses.
Job Description:
Our Yorkshire Tax function includes specialisms across corporate, personal/ private client, transfer pricing, international tax, tax innovations and wider employer solutions. Given the firm's continued growth, we're looking for ambitious, qualified Tax Executives or Tax Assistant Managers to join our Business Tax team.
You'll come with experience of corporate tax or entrepreneurial private client tax matters and be looking to gain further experience working with entrepreneurial, private and family owned businesses, PE backed or corporate or international businesses.
Type of work would include complex transactions, M&A work, management buy outs, group reorganisations, debt restructures and tax efficient cash extraction.
Markets
• Builds an understanding of the potential for selling into clients and seeks to participate in business development opportunity.
• Develops an internal network within the tax department and other service lines.

Clients
• Builds good rapport with the client, with a clear understanding of client expectations and achieving high levels of client service.
• Provides general support to clients in the provision of tax advice.
• Regularly attends meetings; when appropriate, answering client queries. Takes minutes and proactively encourages the partner/manager to follow up on agreed actions.

Tax Delivery
• Provides general support to clients in the provision of tax advice.
• Prepares tax returns and computations in conjunction with agreed timescales; ensures the efficient and risk managed delivery of compliance.
• Prepares and files ruling requests on behalf of the client.
• Supports managers on tax planning and other ad hoc projects.
• Can produce a well supported piece of technical research.
• Assists with the production of tax reports and reviewing documents.
• Acts as a point of contact on specific projects for any queries from the business.

People
• Is an approachable and respected member of the team who takes a proactive interest in the team's performance and wellbeing.
• Inputs to all performance reviews on assignments for junior team members, and also completes self job and performance reviews including biannual reviews on a timely basis.