Corporate Tax Manager

Corporate Tax Manager

Reports to: Tax Partner

Corporate Tax Manager Key Purpose
Responsibility for a portfolio of clients across a range of industry sectors, including sole-traders, partnerships and limited companies. This role will be reporting directly to the Partners of the Firm and you will have the opportunity to take a lead role in developing the portfolio. You will be responsible for the financial management of the portfolio to include, recovery rates, billing, debt and WIP management.
You are responsible for ensuring that the clients in your portfolio receive the best possible client experience. You need to ensure the staff under your responsibility are mentored, developed, and helped to thrive.
To be an ambassador of the firm's values.
Corporate Tax Manager Key Objectives

• Managing the tax compliance work on a client portfolio.
• Helping to oversee the day-to-day management of a department, including assigning work to staff members based on their knowledge and capabilities and helping with the development of junior members of the team.
• Dealing with HMRC correspondence including enquiries.
• Dealing with client queries and managing tax only client relationships.
• Attending client meetings & creating your own relationships so that clients naturally default to the manager for communication.
• To assist with tax planning projects including being self-sufficient on certain tax planning projects.
• To build relationships with work referrers with a view to bringing in work.
• Attendance at networking events and identifying opportunities to sell additional services to existing clients & prospective new clients.
• To present at internal and external seminars and webinars.
• To run and present at internal training meetings.
• To undertake appraisals of more junior staff.
• To manage the financial implications of client work including recoveries, identification of additional work to be billed for and selling this to clients, to identify and chase late payment of fees
• If mixed tax also including:
  • To review more complex CT computations prepared in General Practice.
  • To undertake tasks within the tax related Forensic assignments including report drafting.
• Being confident in the use of the latest software & being able to discuss with & recommend to clients.
• Understanding and adhering to our internal software and procedures.
• To promote and ensure best practice is followed for all compliance matters.
• To proactively deal with client queries.
• A willingness to contribute or manage internal projects that may not be directly related to the portfolio management.
• To effectively manage the financial aspects of the portfolio.
• To have a collaborative approach with your department and the rest of the firm.

Corporate Tax Manager Key Skills & Competencies

• A high degree of personal motivation, organisational skills, and the ability to manage your own workload
• Flexibility and approachability under pressure
• You must be proactive, tenacious and show initiative at all times
• Excellent attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy
• The ability to communicate confidently, clearly, and effectively at all levels including ensuring the partner is aware of any client issues
• The ability to work closely with other members of the team and management team
• A learning mind-set with the ability to receive feedback to implement corrective advice ensuring achievement of key objectives and service delivery to clients
• A high level of professionalism to deliver client service excellence
• The ability to build excellent relationships with all colleagues through role model behaviour in line with the Firm's culture and strategic objectives
• The ability to multitask and meet deadlines when required
• Effective delegation and time management
• To understand when it is necessary to escalate either technical or client experience issues to the partner or support specialists
• An emerging sense of commercial acumen
• An emerging ability to promote the work of the team within the firm and outside it

Corporate Tax Manager Key Knowledge & Behaviours

• Planning and organisation
• Self-motivation
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Excellent client service
• Familiarity with IT systems
• Familiarity and an understanding of the relevant statutory compliance issues affecting the Firm including, GDPR, Money Laundering and the Health and Safety at Work Act
• Professional, personable, presentable, and punctual
• Good technical knowledge of accounts preparation and tax compliance
• Familiarisation with personal and business tax regulations, plus VAT and PAYE
• Supervisory experience of accounts staff
• Full driving licence, plus unrestricted access to a car
• Organised, accurate, and able to plan the use of time efficiently
• Strong interpersonal skills in dealing with both clients, team members and colleagues
• Excellent communication skills

Corporate Tax Manager Qualifications

• CTA qualified.
• Preferred ACA / ACCA qualified.

Corporate Tax Manager salary is £40-60k + benefits, the job can be hybrid

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