Corporate Tax Manager

Corporate Tax Manager - c.£65k - Hybrid (reporting in to Southampton office office)

As a Corporate Tax Manager you will have opportunities to provide a wide range of advice to clients (including some household names) throughout the UK and across the Public and Third Sector spectrum. As a Corporate Tax Manager you will work in an environment where you will have a high degree of autonomy, but with support to help develop your knowledge and skills, and with it your career.

• Operating as an integral part of a national, high performing corporation tax compliance and advisory team that supports and advises a range of public and third sector organisations. If, alongside this, you would also wish to maintain a portfolio of privately owned, commercial corporate clients then that can be arranged.
• On a day-to-day basis, working closely with your colleagues to deliver a high-quality corporation tax compliance service to your clients and addressing any queries or enquiries regarding tax filings from HMRC.
• In addition, working closely with your colleagues to provide value adding, technically accurate, clear and concise tax advice covering a range of technical issues relevant to your client’s business risks, challenges and opportunities. Such areas are likely to include: tax risks to charities (eg non-primary purpose trading, overages), Gift Aid, corporate structures, qualifying investments/loans, the use of creative sector tax reliefs, tax governance, property acquisitions, developments and disposals.
• Liaising daily with a variety of clients, with regular dialogue with key members of the client’s team in order to plan and execute the delivery of our services.
• Building your external network and profile through, for example, social media, events hosted by the Charity Finance Group and National Housing Federation, and participation in webinars and seminars.
• Developing your network and profile within the organisation, to maintain an understanding of the breadth of the firm’s capability and general business and economic factors relevant to our clients, and securing internal referrals from other service lines.
• Working in collaboration with the Partners and Directors in tax and other service lines to go out to market and support business development activities. This is likely to involve assistance with the preparation of proposal documents, and participation in pitches and presentations.
• Displaying a mindset of ensuring continual improvement in our skills, knowledge and capability for the benefit of our colleagues and our clients, as part of your own development and providing coaching and guidance to junior members of the team.

About the ideal candidate as a Corporate Tax Manager

You will have solid corporate client advisory experience, effective team leadership and an interest and/or aptitude in business development. Opportunities for the progression of a Corporate Tax Managerare open for the right candidate with excellent support for training and development all the way to Partner level.

• ACA (or equivalent) or CTA qualified with proven tax advisory experience.
• Experience of working in, and a demonstratable passion for working with, clients in the public and third sector.
• Experience of a client or customer facing role.
• Proven experience in client handling and managing a busy portfolio.
• Interest in building client relationships in order to generate fee-paying work.
• Experience of operating, or an exhibited ability to operate, at a Tax Tanager or Associate Director level within a busy professional practice.