Job title: Tax Senior – Personal team
Reporting to: Tax Manager/Senior Tax Manager
Hours: Full time Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm (37.5 hours per week)
Location: Stratford, London / Hybrid
Affinia is a UK Top 50 Accountancy firm and growing. Through successful acquisitions and organic growth, we have seen significant development within the last 18 months.
We focus on building authentic connections, collaboration and growth both with our clients and colleagues. Affinia is a challenger accounting, tax and business advisory firm with over 300 years’ experience, bringing together financial experts from across London, East Anglia & Southeast England. We have more than 500 accountancy professionals across our 11 offices and advise businesses, government and public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally across seven principal practice groups: Accountancy & Advisory, Tax and Planning, Audit Services, Corporate Finance, Digital Solutions, Payroll and Financial Planning
We have invested continuously in technology and gained in-depth knowledge across a broad range of markets, growing through acquisitions and private investment. We offer an exceptional service to our clients, with access to our sector experts to develop the strategy that will help them reach their goals. We keep a finger on the industry pulse, so our clients receive the best short to medium and long-term advice.
We offer flexible and hybrid working – your line manager will work with you to agree the pattern that works best for you and Affinia.
We provide access to training providers such as Croner-i, Tolley’s, Mercia, and LinkedIn Learning to meet the needs of our people from both a hard and soft skills perspective. We also work with an Apprenticeship provider to offer the combination of paid work and access to professional qualifications.
Purpose of the role:
In joining Affinia, you will be part of a growing, successful, forward thinking and dynamic tax department.
As a Senior, this role is about solidifying core technical expertise in your relevant field and applying it consistently to your work. We want to see you take more ownership of client work and begin contributing to team development and business growth. This role is a crucial stepping stone, where you consolidate technical skills while beginning to stretch into client and team leadership. Excellent teamwork and communication skills are essential.
The role requires an experienced individual of Personal Tax compliance processes and workflow. However, there is also ample opportunity to get involved in high-value advisory work for a varied portfolio of individuals.
We operate a hybrid working model, so you will split your time between the office, client sites when required, and from home when you are able. If completing your professional qualifications, we will of course support you in this regard and would anticipate that you be able to finalise your charted qualifications (i.e. CTA). We provide ongoing training to develop your ‘soft’ skills e.g. coaching and leadership, as well as access to Croner-i’s CPD and technical library and some elements of Mercia.
Key tasks and responsibilities:
-Preparation of a broad range of Tax Returns, varying in complexity.
-Review of basic Tax Returns and other compliance documents.
-Assist with training the team and providing constructive feedback and guidance on work.
-Liaising regularly with HMRC on a variety of matters.
-Assist with relevant advisory and project work.
-Mentoring staff where required.
-Provide high quality services to clients, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
-Contribute to the team's objectives by sharing knowledge and ideas.
-Participate in client meetings to understand their tax needs and support senior staff with solutions.
-Work collaboratively with other departments to ensure client satisfaction.
-Identify opportunities for tax planning and communicate them to the management team.
-Participate in professional development activities to enhance tax knowledge and awareness of tax legislation.
-Engaging in business development, promoting Affinia and its services to both existing and potential clients. The level of your involvement in business development will be bespoke to you in your personal development plan.
Professional skills/qualifications:
-Qualified (ATT) or close to qualifying.
-Excellent communication skills at all levels including a wide range of stakeholders within the business.
-Proficiency in tax software and Microsoft Office Suite.
-Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
-Ability to work effectively in a team and independently.
-Excellent communication skills.
-Strong core knowledge of tax laws and regulations.
Core Benefits:
At Affinia, our culture is driven by ambition and a commitment to positively impact all the communities we serve. We are dedicated to the success, development, and wellbeing of our colleagues, helping them achieve their goals and seize the opportunities that come with our growth. Alongside a flexible and inclusive work environment, we offer the following core benefits:
* 23 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays (Sept-Aug).
* Auto enrolment Pension Scheme with True Potential
* Death in Service
* Professional membership support
* Paycare – claim money back for Dental / Optical / Professional Therapies
* Agile/Hybrid Working Policy
* Dress for your Diary Policy
Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.
Affinia is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is unequivocal: we do not tolerate discrimination based on age, disability, sex, race, religion, or belief, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy, or maternity, or sexual orientation. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive organisation that actively promotes equality of opportunity for all, valuing the right mix of talent, skills, and potential. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates, and selection for roles is based solely on individual merit.