Associate Director, Employment Tax

Deloitte LLP; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Reading is seeking an experienced Associate Director to manage client relationships and provide expertise in employment taxes. The role includes maintaining a client portfolio, advising on tax compliance, and fostering team development in a hybrid working environment. Ideal candidates possess strong communication and analytical skills. This position offers significant career growth opportunities in a dynamic team.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working policy

Opportunities for professional development

Inclusive team culture

Qualifications

• Ability to analyse and apply current and new legislation to specific client scenarios.
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload, meet deadlines and work well under pressure.
• Employee management experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining and building a client portfolio.
• Developing network of contacts and leading bids for new work.
• Advising clients on employee remuneration tax treatment.
• Managing client relationships and delivering high-quality work.

Skills

Strong understanding of current employment taxes legislation

Analytical skills for legal application

Strong communication skills

Client engagement and management experience

Business acumen and commercial awareness

Team player

Education

Qualified at ATT / CTA / equivalent

Job description

Deloitte are looking for experienced employment taxes specialists to join our dynamic and rapidly growing practice.

Deloitte has a longstanding reputation of excellence in the field of employment taxes, built up over many years of advising a wide range of UK and global companies. We are offering a unique opportunity to work in a stimulating environment, with an exceptional team, advising a prestigious client portfolio.

With over 15 specialists, the Reading team is the largest employment taxes advisory business in the Thames Valley, working with both local businesses and some of the largest companies in the world. The team also works nationally as part of the 120 strong employment taxes team so there is ample opportunity to work with national and international client teams. This successful and expanding team continues to experience rapid growth. This means that there is ample room for career development and progression. We will provide you with the tools to reach your full potential and beyond, with no barriers. We foster an inclusive environment to enable our people to achieve their aspirations whilst working with the best in the market.

Our Employment Taxes practice supports clients with managing employment taxes risks, compliance obligations and strategy, whilst also identifying opportunities to add value to their organisation and people. Our practice continues to operate in a period of unprecedented legislative change, which presents an exciting environment to advise clients and identify new opportunities. With no micromanagement or quotas for promotion, you will be empowered to manage your own workload and achieve career goals that you set yourself.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make everyday. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

Associate Directors lead our client engagements, taking ownership of their client contacts. As an Associate Director, you will use your commercial awareness and professional expertise, along with leveraging the skills and expertise of others, to deliver the best possible experience and outcomes for our clients. You will own and manage client relationships and be expected to proactively identify innovative solutions for your clients and pursue new business development opportunities by utilising your networks and market knowledge.

You will be willing to work with and develop junior team members and enjoy sharing your knowledge and expertise with others. Your desire to work as part of a team is critical to the role.

As an Associate Director, you will have responsibility for:

• Maintaining and building a client portfolio to support the continued growth of the business;
• Developing your network of contacts internally and externally and leading bids and proposals for new work;
• Owning the relationship with client senior management;
• Assisting senior members of the team with both client work and in the management of the group;
• Maintaining an in-depth, up-to-date knowledge of taxation and specialist knowledge to deal with complex tax issues;
• Advising on the tax treatment of employee remuneration, such as salary, benefits and expenses, as well as advising on off-payroll workers, HMRC disputes and supporting clients with managing their fair pay responsibilities (NMW and holiday pay);
• Assisting clients with identifying employment taxes matters that could impact the success of corporate transactions (e.g. supporting with due diligences);
• Leveraging the broader team to deliver high-quality work; and
• Working and managing effectively in diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution and not their presence, and made to feel comfortable to bring their true self to work.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

A successful applicant will possess many of the following key skills and attributes:

• A strong understanding of current employment taxes legislation, being fully qualified at ATT / CTA / equivalent;
• Ability to analyse and apply current and new legislation to specific client scenarios;
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral;
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload, meet deadlines and work well under pressure;
• Strong client engagement and management experience with the ability to develop new business;
• Strong business acumen and commercial awareness;
• Employee management experience;
• Ability to adapt to changes in the external environment rapidly and to respond to clients appropriately in this context; and
• A team player first and foremost, with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels.

Connect to your business -Tax

Innovation and tax consultancy may not seem to go together, but that’s exactly what you’ll find at Deloitte. We’re constantly seeking the new and working together to push the limits of what’s possible. Discover a new kind of tax career that you can make your own.

Tax

Our comprehensive range of services encompasses everything from the completion of tax returns (corporation tax self‑assessment) to complex consultancy assignments and strategic tax planning. We advise on corporate and general tax, international M&A, stamp tax, cross‑border transfer pricing, reorganisations and reconstructions, and competent authority negotiations.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

“Innovation and tax consultancy may not seem to go together, but that’s exactly what you’ll find at Deloitte. We’re constantly seeking the new and working together to push the limits of what’s possible. Discover a new kind of tax career that you can make your own. You never have to do it all on your own here. It’s great to know that we’re all in it together; we’re much stronger that way and it’s healthier for everyone too.”

-Anita, Tax

“We advise some of the largest, most prestigious clients in the world, so the work is really challenging and exciting. We also have a fantastic team of smart, driven people, and a supportive, entrepreneurial culture where everyone’s encouraged to be bold, creative, and ambitious”

-Oliver, Tax

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in Reading with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and priority your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world‑class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose‑driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers