We are working with a leading global consulting firm in London, UK that is looking for Indirect Tax Managers and Senior Managers to join it's growing Financial Services Tax practice.
This role will be a springboard to a successful career in FS, with an abundance of opportunity for internal promotions and development. With a top tier client portfolio, this is an excellent practice to join, but also a place where you can learn and build upon your understanding of a broad range of Indirect Tax concepts to develop your career as a skilled and trusted tax professional.
Your key responsibilities
* Ability to build and strong client relationships with evidence of go to market
* Ensure delivery of quality work and take day to day management of delivery team
* Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff
* Contribute to people initiatives, including retaining and training international tax professionals
* Significant involvement in the management of the team both in terms of strategy and operations and also through managing junior staff development and assignment
* Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional levels of client service
* Negotiation skills, able to gain buy-in and handle challenges
* Business development skills - able to identify and convert opportunities by proactively managing existing client relationships and winning new clients
* Management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding consulting projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical / business driven approach taken
* Overall responsibility of quality of client service
* Manage possible leads from other areas of the practice
* Build networks and relationships internally and externally for the team to leverage from
Applicants must have the following:
* Must posses right to work status in the UK, sponsorship is not offered
* Appropriate experience working within Financial Services particularly wealth and asset management, including real estate
* Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget
* ACA/ACCA/CA or comparable qualification; or Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training course; or Law qualification. CTA (or breadth of knowledge and experience equivalent to CTA).
* Ability to build strong client relationships and commercially aware.
* Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and handle challenges
* Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work
* Strong practical and commercial experience having advised clients, or worked ‘in-house’
* Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines
* Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral
* Team player with ability to create, sustain and manage effective, inclusive teams