Job Description
Our client is a leading, top-100 Accountancy Practice, and due to their ongoing success and growth, they are now looking to recruit a Senior Tax Specialist into their Banbury team.
You will be part of a successful team, providing tax and wealth-planning expertise to our clients and taking ownership of a portfolio of the firm’s tax clients.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
- Prepare personal tax returns based on information supplied by clients, advise on tax payable and payment dates, and meet deadlines.
- Liaise with HMRC on various compliance matters.
- Prepare CGT computations and 60-day returns on a regular basis and support trainees with this work.
- Prepare and assist with specialist tax work such as ATED, VAT options to tax, capital taxes, stamp duty land tax, national insurance contributions, and share schemes.
- Liaise with clients on a regular basis to obtain relevant information to complete simple accounts and tax returns.
- Review tax returns prepared by junior members of the team.
- Identify tax planning opportunities and additional services to raise with clients.
- Assist and train junior members of the team with accounts and tax matters.
- Monitor own job quality and quantity in line with agreed budgets.
- Monitor own chargeable time and ensure maximum recovery.
- Attend courses that are appropriate to the job role and to ensure compliance with CPD requirements.
- Prepare tax returns for other entities such as partnerships, trusts, and estates.
- Register trusts using the Trust Registration Service.
- Provide tax assistance to other departments within the Firm when required.
- Support Managers in the development and overall management of the Tax Team.
Key Skills & Experience Required:
- Knowledge of all personal and business taxes.
- Relevant degree education or ATT Qualification desirable.
- Knowledge of capital taxes, including capital gains tax and inheritance tax.
- Familiarity with taxation software and interaction with HMRC online services.
- Strong computer literacy, including MS Office products.
- Ability to communicate effectively with clients and colleagues.
- Excellent problem-resolution skills and ideas generation ability.
- Strong technical ability and accuracy with advice and recording.
- Excellent problem-resolution skills and ideas generation ability.
Our client offers a very competitive salary and full benefits package including: flexible working, hybrid/remote office working, enhanced company pension, life insurance and private healthcare!
If you specialise in taxation and are looking for a new challenge for 2024 and beyond then we would love to hear from you! Please apply today or contact Stuart Moore in the first instance, for an initial confidential conversation.