Tax Managed Services, Senior Manager, Financial Services

At PwC, we have a human-led, tech-powered, approach to delivering Managed Services - multi-service, multi-year, end-to-end tax compliance and advisory services. In a Managed Service, clients are looking for a trusted, proactive partner and a seamless and highly collaborative service that gives them easy access to PwC's diverse capabilities whilst simplifying how they work with us. The Business Partnering role is at the heart of delivering this and is a core element of PwC's Managed Services strategy. We are now embarking on an ambitious expansion of our Business Partnering capabilities, looking in particular for talented relationship builders, with broad tax knowledge, who understand how tax is done in-house and who can take a pragmatic approach to addressing tax risks, opportunities and challenges.
The Role
Acting as an extension of a client's in-house tax or finance team, our Business Partnering team members are experienced tax professionals who take on the business facing role that an in-house tax manager or director would have, including spending time on site. They are the day-to-day face of PwC's managed service; getting to know the client's business and knowing what's happening across PwC's services. On larger engagements they may lead a Business Partnering team covering a range of taxes and, effectively, play the role of an in-house Tax team member or even the Head of Tax.
Depending on the client's needs, they may also play a key role in day to day tax management activities, including:

• Managing a portfolio of clients, being the primary contact for day-to-day tax matters;
• Proactively interacting with key client stakeholders to discuss new projects, updates from the business, technical updates.
• Identifying tax changes that impact the business and acting on these with practical and business-specific recommendations.
• Sharing insights and problem solving with clients
• Being the go to contact on tax technical queries and compliance, including managing client compliance obligations, tax accounting and reporting and corporation tax returns.
• Oversight and responsibility across all PwC services, accessing PwC specialist support and actioning advice with the business.
• Delivering specific tax projects.
• Opportunity spotting for related PwC services and helping clients to manage their tax risk.
• Leading a team of our more junior staff, helping them to develop and gain experience across a wide range of clients
• Being involved in the running of our practice, contributing to the growth and profitability of the team.

You will will benefit from:

• Experience working across a broad range of clients and technical areas, including the opportunity to specialise or deepen specialist knowledge in a particular technical area or industry, we have opportunities across the business. You will also have the opportunity to work alongside our Compliance Centre of Excellence.
• Being empowered to apply a growth mindset and play a part in shaping the future of compliance practices and approaches.
• Opportunity to continuously develop your technical, professional and digital skills based on your interests and ambition.
• Opportunity to drive and direct your career with mentorship from senior leaders. .
• Empowered flexibility - As part of a hybrid working approach, it's our commitment to empowering our people to flex working patterns to accommodate what works best for you, our team and our clients.
• Being part of an inclusive and diverse team who support and encourage one another to be the best they can be.

We are an expanding, agile team of fun, collaborative individuals which gives people the opportunity to grow in their career. At PwC you will tap into a culture of openness, creativity and inclusivity and we are seeking like minded individuals to join us on our journey.
Essential skills and experience:

• Strong UK corporate tax skills
• Preferably hold an accountancy or tax professional qualification (e.g. ACA, ATT, CTA, ACCA or equivalent) or have demonstrable knowledge and skills that these qualifications provide.
• Has a highly developed client service ethos and ability to adopt a flexible approach to meeting client needs.
• Be able to establish, build and maintain a good working relationship with a range of stakeholders and senior client personnel
• Have the ability to help manage and build new business through referrals, networking and spotting client opportunities
• Be an effective delegator and strong coach for more junior staff