Tax Manager

Tax Manager job in Peterborough. Salary £40-65k.

Hays Practice are recruiting a Tax Manager for a Top 20 firm in Peterborough.

This position will involve managing a portfolio of personal tax and trust clients, comprising of large family office groups, high net worth individuals and family trusts. The more junior members of the team will report to the manager, and the manager will be responsible for reviewing the work and developing the team, together with the manager peer group. Reporting will be to the group's senior manager and directly to the partners. The individual will also be required to support the senior manager with the management of the team and processes.

This is a challenging and interesting role which will provide you with a good range of work and an excellent opportunity to build on your tax background and manage and grow the personal tax and trust team.

Responsibilities
The allocation of work includes: self-assessment tax returns for wealthy individuals, partnership and trusts; associated tax computations including CGT calculations on securities, chattels and property transactions; completion of estate tax returns; and all related and complex aspects of looking after the tax affairs of a variety of high net worth private clients. Specific experience of the following is highly desirable - trusts, partnerships, employment tax, accounts preparation, claims and elections and residence and domicile experience.

The individual
You will have gained relevant experience in a tax role in practice and have managerial and project management skills. You will be pragmatic and be able to solve problems creatively as well as have the ability to work calmly under pressure in a friendly environment. Good verbal and written communication skills are essential You should already have had broad exposure to personal tax compliance but desire greater responsibility and an opportunity to demonstrate your flair for the organisation by ensuring the smooth operation of a tax department's compliance process; alternatively, you are running a portfolio of complex personal tax clients successfully but want to widen your technical skills and experience to include advisory projects. We will consider someone with mixed tax experience.


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