Tax Manager

Position: Corporate Tax Manager

Location: Watford

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent (Hybrid)

Remuneration will be dependent on experience.

Are you interested in becoming a valued member of a collaborative team and enjoying exceptional benefits? Then Look no further...

Our client is a Chartered Accountants & Tax Advisers with offices in London, Watford, and Milton Keynes. As a significant firm in the region with 17 Principals and nearly 200 staff, providing expert advice to businesses/individuals in the UK and worldwide. Our client is dedicated to growth, dynamism, and innovation. Their commitment to friendly expertise underscores their hard work to ensure the prosperity of their clients.

In this Role you will be reporting to the Tax Principal. As a Corporate Tax Manager, you will be managing the compliance affairs of a diverse portfolio of corporate and personal clients. While developing technical expertise by assisting the Business Tax Team with advisory services on complex tax matters, including:

• Incorporations
• Income Tax/Capital Gains Tax (IT/CGT) planning
• Reconstructions and demergers
• Share schemes
• Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)

Duties will include:

• Carrying out tax work in accordance with the Firm’s procedures.
• Preparation of Corporate Tax Returns. Dealing with enquiries and assisting staff and Principals.
• Considering tax planning issues.
• Accepting responsibility for a portfolio of clients under the supervision of the Corporate Tax Principal.
• Maintaining a record of Corporation Tax Returns and ensuring all Returns are filed on time.

The Ideal Candidate:

• CTA qualified (essential).
• Experience gained in practice.
• Ability to work on a portfolio of OMB’s, taking responsibility for compliance work and identifying tax planning opportunities.
• Understanding interaction with non-corporate taxes an advantage.
• Ability to communicate well with clients and colleagues.
• Good IT skills and a good technical ability.
• Be a team player with good interpersonal skills and an ability to manage junior team members.

Benefits:

• Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme (Employer: 5%; Employee: 3%) subject to eligibility.
• Annual Christmas Bonus equivalent to 1 week’s salary.
• Private Medical Insurance following completion of 3 months’ service (this is a taxable benefit).
• Death In Service scheme cover (4x salary).
• Group Income Protection Scheme (non-contributory) following completion of 3 months’ service.
• Annual Leave will be 25 days per annum (pro-rata), 3 days are normally taken at Christmas/New Year.