CORPORATE TAX SENIOR MANAGER/ MANAGER TOP 20 FIRM LONDON

Our client a Top 20 Firm requires a Corporate Tax Senior Manager/Manager for its Manchester Office.

The role

We are looking for a corporate tax specialist to manage the delivery of tax services to a growing portfolio of clients.

The role will also include responsibility for the supervision/review of work undertaken by the more junior members of the team, including some staff responsibilities and work planning.

The work is diverse and will include the review of tax returns and computations, running and leading tax advisory projects, assisting in winning work by engaging with existing clients and contributing to winning new clients.

The role provides a good range of work for someone with a solid corporate tax compliance background and dependent upon the circumstances, there may be opportunities to work part time and/or with flexible working hours.

Ongoing training will be provided, with the opportunity for the individual to attend the firm’s annual tax conference and to attend both internal and external training sessions.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities will include the successful delivery of tax compliance and advisory projects and working with the accounts team to provide the necessary corporate and deferred tax disclosure for inclusion in statutory accounts.

Tax planning work will include areas such as group tax planning, property planning, capital allowances, R&D tax credits, s455 tax planning and transfer pricing.

The individual

The ideal candidate must have excellent technical skills and experience, and have a thorough understanding of UK corporate tax issues and a good knowledge of boarder tax issues.

In addition, the successful applicant will have experience of managing a team, and helping to deliver a very high standard of professional work to a challenging and varied portfolio of clients. The individual should also be able to market his/her skills and those of the firm, both on a one-to-one basis and in presentations. They should be innovative with vision, creativity and flair.

Education and experience

Candidates will preferably be CTA and or ACA/ACCA qualified or a Tax Inspector with full Technical Training Course.

The individual must have dealt with a range of tax issues appropriate to our client base of corporate clients. This should include tax planning, capital gains, capital allowances, company restructuring, the review of corporate tax returns and all aspects of general advisory services you would expect to offer to owner-managed corporate clients. Most importantly, the individual must be able to look at the tax issues of private companies both from the point of view of the company structure, and that of their owners.