Personal Tax Assistant Manager

Your new company

This is the opportunity to join a Top 15 accountancy firm based in their Edinburgh office. The firm boasts an excellent reputation in the local market and are looking to recruit a Personal Tax Assistant Manager to join their growing Personal Tax team. The firm's Personal Tax team is spread across Edinburgh and Inverness and boasts a variety of clients including individuals, trusts and estates, partnerships and LLPs across a range of sectors. The firm places a strong emphasis and commitment to work-life balance for all staff while offering excellent career progression opportunities and a host of attractive benefits.

Your new role

In your new role, you will be responsible for overseeing your own portfolio of personal tax clients including high-net worth individuals, partnerships and trusts. Alongside your personal development, you will also be responsible for assisting in the management and development of the team's more junior staff members. If desired, there is also the opportunity to assist with firm wide advisory work alongside being involved with in-house committees.

What you'll need to succeed

The ideal candidate will have experience within a similar role having worked in a practice accountancy firm. You will possess strong technical knowledge and be confident in carrying out client-facing work with experience managing your own portfolio of clients. You will possess excellent organisation and communication skills, be highly motivated and committed towards your own personal development and boast excellent IT skills. Ideally, you will also hold or be nearing completion of a progressional qualification such as CTA and be comfortable overseeing and reviewing the work of more junior staff.

What you'll get in return

* Competitive salary
* 35 hour working week without the need for continuous overtime
* Hybrid and flexible working patterns
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Life assurance
* Paid overtime or time off in lieu
* Flexible benefits package
* Eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme

What you need to do now

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