We are recruiting for an experienced Senior Associate or Assistant Manager with a focus on the management of the personal tax compliance cycle. The role includes the provision of ad hoc advice related to the annual compliance cycle to our growing portfolio of individuals, trusts, partnerships, LLPs across a range of sectors, particularly landed estates and rural businesses.
As a training office, there is also an expectation that the candidate would support the development of more junior staff in on-the-job training.
You
Key characteristics and skills required
- A positive and enthusiastic attitude.
- A high level of motivation, ability and commitment.
- Will have previous relevant experience of management as they will be managing their own portfolio whilst also being responsible for reviewing the work of more junior tax staff.
- Will be experienced in the delivery and management of personal tax compliance services.
- Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills are essential to ensure all deadlines are met.
- Will have had experience in the provision of tailored advice, including, inheritance and capital gains tax planning, international tax aspects, and trust planning. The exact mix of advisory will be tailored to the strengths of the individual, but a broad base is required to permit work in most if not all of the above areas. Land based issues form a significant part of the current workload.
- Will be from a professional services background.
- Will be a confident communicator to colleagues, partners and clients.
- Comfortable working on their own initiative as well as being a good team player.
- High attention to detail and the ability to work in a timely manner.
- Excellent IT skills.
The Team
The Personal Tax team consists of over 120 employees spread over 8 UK offices (Bristol, Bournemouth, High Wycombe, Peterborough, Edinburgh, Inverness, Leeds and Manchester). The team delivers exceptional quality compliance and advisory services to a wide range of high-net-worth private clients, these include those with UK and offshore interests, property owners, business owners, partnerships and trusts.
Rewards/Benefits
- A 35-hour working week with a hybrid working policy with the flexibility to work from home for up to three days per week (our core hours are 10-4).
- Excellent benefits including contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and great flexible benefits and family friendly policies.
- Eligibility for the firm’s Profit-Sharing Plan. Paid in December.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Equality, diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building on our positive work culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our equitable culture of inclusion, led from the top.
