Your newpany
This is the opportunity to join a top 10 firm in either their Glasgow or Edinburgh office. The firm boasts an excellent market reputation alongside an interesting and diverse client base. The firm has enjoyed substantial growth in recent years and is keen to encourage excellent career progression and development for all staff.
Your new role
In your new role, the key responsibilities will include:
1. Provide VATpliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients, getting involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis.
2. Ensure the Firm’s quality control procedures are adhered to as appropriate, and the Firm’s professional standards are met. Identify risk, quality control and technical matters to the Partner/Associate Director, whilst exercising judgement within agreed parameters.
3. Develop professional relationships with clients and within the firm, adapting the approach for the relevant audience.
4. Manage a portfolio of clients including client take on and engagement; billings and recovery rates; and debt management.
5. To act as a key point of contact within the Firm for the client, together with the Partner/Associate Director. This will involve responding quickly to, as well as anticipating, client requests/needs, keeping clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the service provided, and maintaining regular contact with clients.
6. There will be an expectation that you will take full responsibility for project delivery on the portfolio.
7. Ensure assignments arepleted within agreed budgets and keep client/Partner/Associate Director informed of overruns.
8. Liaise with HMRC and other stakeholders.
9. Self-development and continuing professional education with a view to progressing within the Firm.
10. Support, train, mentor and advise others in your area.
11. Challenge current practice – driving improvements and championing change.
What you'll need to succeed
The successful candidate will be an experienced tax professional and hold a professional qualification such as ATT or CTA. The ideal candidate will have experience managing and developing a diverse portfolio of clients alongside beingfortable overseeing a team of more junior staff. You will be an excellentmunicator and befortable reporting to more senior directors and partners, being confident in taking responsibility for your own decisions and actions.
What you'll get in return
Alongside apetitive salary, the positiones with benefits including:
12. Hybrid and flexible working
13. Generous holiday allowance with a buy/sell option
14. Ie protection plan
15. Private medical care
16. Pension plan
17. Health and wellness programmes
18. Flexible benefits programme