Our client is a top 15 UK firm with 50% of their revenue generated from their Corporate Tax Teams. They have beautiful offices in central Edinburgh and operate a 3 day per week in office schedule. They are in need of multiple Corporate Tax professionals at Assistant Manager and Manager levels. If you are based in the west of Scotland there is also remote working potential.
- The mix of work will be varied as the client base of the corporate tax team is across a diverse range of business sectors both within the local market and London.
- The annual corporate tax compliance is the key focus of the role. Tax planning will arise as a matter of course across this diverse portfolio of clients. This will include areas such as group tax planning, property planning, capital allowances, R&D tax credits and s455 tax planning. Tax accounting will also be an essential part of the role.
- The role would also include the supervision/review of work undertaken by the tax seniors and trainees within the team, including some staff responsibilities and work planning. The individual will in most cases report directly to the head of the corporate tax team and/or client partner.
- Ongoing training will be provided, with the opportunity for the individual to attend both internal and external training sessions.
- The role provides a good range of work for some with a solid corporate tax compliance background.
- Experience of dealing with large groups, partnerships, non-resident landlords and non resident capital gains tax would be beneficial.
The ideal candidate will be pro-active, resilient and driven. They require recent practical experience in running a corporate tax compliance portfolio, will need relevant strong managerial skills and have a detailed up to date working knowledge of corporate taxation issues (especially those relating to owner-managed businesses). Experience of organising the delivery of tax work, problems solving and the ability to use their own initiative is essential. In addition, they should possess the confidence and professionalism to establish credibility at all levels, be commercially minded and have a clear perception of client requirements. Applicants should be preferably CTA and/or CA/ACCA qualified.
- A 35-hour working week with flexibility around the core hours of 10am-4pm
- Eligibility for the firm’s Profit-Sharing Plan that runs from October to September each year.
- Working from home allowance.
- Eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme. This is based on both individual performance and firm performance.
- Salary reviews annually in October.
