Accountant

Grant Thornton UK LLP; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tax advisory firm in Birmingham seeks an Associate Director for its Private Capital corporate tax team. Responsibilities include advising clients on tax issues, engaging in client meetings, and developing junior team members. The successful candidate will have a professional qualification (CTA, ACA, ACCA) with experience in managing tax clients and a sound knowledge of UK corporate tax legislation. The firm promotes an inclusive culture and offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including flexible working options.

Benefits

Tailored development programmes

Flexible bank holidays

Pension and life assurance

Health benefits

Qualifications

• Professional qualification with post-qualification experience.
• Confidence managing a portfolio of entrepreneurial business clients.
• Strong knowledge of UK corporate tax legislation.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on tax compliance and advisory projects.
• Engage in client meetings and provide high-quality tax advice.
• Develop junior team members and support their career aspirations.

Skills

UK corporate tax legislation

Supervisory experience

Professional services environment

Managing tax clients

Business development

Knowledge of firm's services

Education

CTA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals. Our Private Capital corporate tax team specialises in looking after exciting entrepreneurial businesses – we focus on the tax affairs of privately owned and private equity backed companies. These are exciting businesses to work with, they are dynamic, entrepreneurial and often fast‑growing, and they need us to help them navigate increasingly complex tax compliance obligations and support a range of tax advisory projects as they grow, restructure, and consider succession planning. Our approach is to build a strong trusted adviser relationship – we listen to what they want to achieve from a business and a personal perspective and help them do so in the most tax‑efficient way. We are part of a wider national tax practice that also consists of corporate and multinational teams and specialist services (innovation tax, employment taxes, VAT and real estate). We can draw on this specialist expertise to support our Private Capital clients as they grow.

A look into the role: As a member of our Private Capital corporate tax team you will work with a varied client base, from owner‑managed business to private equity backed businesses. As an Associate Director within our Private Capital corporate tax team you will:

Responsibilities

• Advise a broad range of clients on a range of tax issues, covering compliance and advisory projects
• Be actively involved in client meetings, concisely and confidently answering client queries
• Engender trust and respect from clients by producing high‑quality tax advice accurately, delivering on expectations and deadlines
• Lead from the front in delivering client work, engaging with the wider Tax teams to ensure correct skill utilisation on all projects
• Take responsibility for developing junior team members, understanding their career aspirations and supporting them in this delivery
• Provide intelligent and creative solutions to client tax issues reactively and proactively, taking an active approach to cross‑selling wider solutions for other teams around the GT network
• Lead on pitch/proposals; actively grow the business by being present in the market and demonstrating our capabilities to clients and targets. We have a trust‑based way of working, driven by responsible people who have the best interests of our firm and our clients at heart. Our “how we work” framework gives flexibility in where, how, and when we work to deliver the best results for our clients, whilst helping you keep a balance between work and life. Life is more than work; the things you do and the people you’re with outside of work matter, and that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles. That is how it should be.

Minimum Criteria

Joining us as an Associate Director, the minimum criteria you’ll need is a professional qualification (CTA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent) with post‑qualification experience, and confidence managing a portfolio of entrepreneurial business clients. We’d like you to have the following skills:

• Strong knowledge of UK corporate tax legislation and a working knowledge of international concepts
• Reviewed work and supervised people in a tax environment
• Experience working within a professional services environment
• Experience managing a large portfolio of tax clients
• Demonstrable business development experience
• An eagerness to develop deep knowledge of the firm’s services and capabilities

Alternative: Grant Thornton

At Grant Thornton we do things differently – looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. We provide audit, tax and advisory services, empowering clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. We empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture, and work‑life balance. With over 5,000 people in the UK and a presence in 150 global markets, we’re on an ambitious journey to go from great to exceptional, and we need the best people to help us achieve our potential.

The culture at Grant Thornton sets us apart. We’re known for our inclusive culture and for creating environments where all our people can flourish. Our values shape our daily behaviours and decisions and drive us to do the right thing. We’re looking for people who align with our values and are purposefully driven, actively curious, candid but kind. You can learn more about our values in practice here.

In addition to a competitive salary and reward package, you’ll also get:

• Tailored development programmes and access to coaching
• Flexible bank holidays – allowing you to celebrate the days that are important to you
• Benefits including pension, life assurance and private medical, additional holiday purchasing, and health benefits
• Access to shopping discounts, gym memberships, financial advice, and more