Business Tax Senior, Smith & Williamson, Bristol

We provide a wide range of tax and consulting services to a broad range of companies, from quoted multinational groups to owner managed businesses. By being involved at the outset of a transaction we can provide comprehensive advice to minimise the tax exposure, considering business tax, VAT, international and employee issues as appropriate.

Job description

Purpose of role:

As a Senior you will be part of the delivery team on tax advisory and tax compliance services to a wide range of OMBs.

Key responsibilities:

1. Client work including:

Drafting tax clearances and tax reports
Technical research
Prepare business tax computations/tax returns
Prepare election control sheets and client review sheets
Review Alphatax/Taxpoint lists to ensure all relevant prompts are cleared and deadlines met
Contribute at client meetings
Deals with HMRC correspondence including responding to enquiries
Prepare billing analyses and draft fee notes

2. Training and development

Attend internal training sessions

3. Assisting other staff members

Provide support to other staff members and partners on chargeable and non-chargeable work when required

4. Compliance

Ensuring relevant client deadlines are met
Ensuring S&W procedures are adhered to
Involvement in some departmental administrative tasks

Key Competencies:

1. Planning and Organising

Must be able to plan workload in order to prioritise work to meet conflicting deadlines and cope with pressure.

2. Written and Oral communication

Good written communication skills are necessary to draft correspondence with clients and HMRC to explain technical issues in an easily understandable manner.
Must have good inter-personal skills to be able to liaise with clients and other staff members.

3. Customer Focus

Meeting deadlines and responding to client needs.

4. Team work

Provide link in chain to supervise staff members below and support Directors above.

5. Maintain Technical Expertise

Candidate Profile

Education/Qualifications:

Professionally qualified (ideally ACA and/or CTA).

Key Experience/Skills:

Experience gained within a professional services firm.
Good knowledge of business tax compliance and ideally some exposure to planning/advisory work.