Associate Director, Tax Audit, Business Tax, Compliance and Reporting

Deloitte LLP; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a tax reporting specialist to join their national team in the UK. This role involves providing tax accounting expertise, managing complex audit engagements, and leading relationships with clients and audit teams. Successful candidates will thrive in a collaborative environment and possess strong communication skills. A background in delivering audit services is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering audit services, ideally with tax teams under IFRS, FRS 101/102, or US GAAP.
• Ability to work effectively in high-performing teams.
• Strong business writing and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide deep tax accounting expertise across various sectors.
• Lead the relationship with the Deloitte audit team on technical matters.
• Manage a team of tax specialists for complex audit engagements.

Skills

Tax accounting expertise

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Team integration

Job description

Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Reading

Business Line

Job Type

Permanent / FTC

Date published: 16-Sep-2025

The Business Tax practice at Deloitte is offering an exciting opportunity to join our national tax reporting and audit of tax team, based throughout the UK.

The team consists of a group of tax reporting specialists who work with a wide range of businesses, including UK and foreign listed, private equity backed, and family-owned companies. You can expect to work across a variety of industry sectors, including nationally and internationally known businesses across all key sectors of the economy.

As the tax landscape is undergoing significant change, with changes to tax legislation, increased media focus and scrutiny, technology advancements, and the increasingly global reach of clients, the challenges faced by companies in the reporting and communication of tax risks and outcomes are becoming ever more complex.

We work closely with colleagues across core audit, accounting advisory, and valuations, and alongside tax subject matter experts such as transfer pricing, treasury, and innovation incentives. This enables us to provide a comprehensive audit of tax and end-to-end tax reporting service.

Responsibilities:

• Provide deep tax accounting and tax technical expertise on a wide variety of issues across a range of sectors;
• Lead the relationship with the main Deloitte audit team and deal with the most complex tax and tax accounting technical matters on audit engagements;
• Work with colleagues across service lines to plan and manage delivery of tax reporting advisory and outsource work to a broad range of clients, complementing your tax audit work;
• Be the main point of contact for the client’s tax and finance team on tax reporting matters;
• Manage a team of tax and tax reporting specialists, including overseas teams, to deliver complex audit of tax and tax reporting engagements.

Requirements:

• Experience of delivering audit services, ideally including liaison with the audit of tax team to entities located in the UK and overseas under IFRS, FRS 101/102, or US GAAP is preferred or a willingness to learn this if not.
• Ability to integrate and work effectively within high-performing teams;
• Delegation and leadership skills, and an ability to be clear and concise with regards to instructing more junior teams around them;
• High-quality business writing and effective communication skills;
• The ability to work closely with audit teams and clients, applying practical and commercial concepts to technical work;
• Ability to effectively present to clients and internal teams;
• Individual needs to be organised and self-motivated.