Business Tax Manager

Page Personnel; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A mid-tier accountancy firm in Leatherhead is seeking a Business Tax Manager to manage a portfolio of business tax clients. Key responsibilities include ensuring compliance, advising on tax planning, and mentoring junior staff. The successful candidate will have accounting qualifications and experience with corporate clients. This position offers a competitive salary, 33 days annual leave, private medical cover, and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

33 days annual leave

Private Medical Cover

Enhanced pension

Reimbursement of one professional subscription each year

Hybrid & agile working

Qualifications

• At least one year's post qualification experience in a tax-related role.
• Good knowledge of tax issues affecting corporates and their shareholders.
• Knowledge of UK accounting standards and competent in interpreting financial information.

Responsibilities

• Managing a portfolio of business tax clients to meet compliance requirements.
• Assisting with training and management of the business tax team.
• Advising entrepreneurial businesses on tax incentives and strategic planning.

Skills

Experience with corporate clients

Tax planning

Networking

Mentoring junior colleagues

Education

Accountant (ACA, ACCA or equivalent)

Job description

Business Tax Manager

Mid-tier accountancy firm in Leatherhead

About Our Client

We are delighted to be supporting a highly successful, mid-tier accountancy firm in Leatherhead with their recruitment of a Business Tax Manager.

Job Description

• Managing a portfolio of business tax clients to ensure compliance requirements are met
• Assisting with training and management of the business tax team
• Advising and assisting corporates in respect of their business and tax requirements for example succession planning, remuneration planning, timing of capital expenditure and capital allowances planning.
• Business tax focused but should have a working knowledge of other areas of tax that would affect entrepreneurs behind a business such as Business Asset Disposal Relief, Business Property Relief.
• Advising and supporting entrepreneurial businesses throughout their lifecycle including on protecting and leveraging IP and associated restructurings, determining the right business structure, incentivising staff, growing internationally, and building and protecting value for the shareholders.
• Advise on the tax elements of equity incentivisation, such as the EMI option scheme.
• Broad knowledge of other tax areas which are dealt with by other specialist teams, such as VAT and R and D
• Proactively involved in networking, proposals and growing the corporate tax portfolio
• Identifying opportunities for tax planning, risk mitigation and cross-selling between service lines to ensure clients receive a proactive and effective service.
• Training and mentoring junior colleagues within the Business Tax Team
• Ensuring the Firm's technical, ethical, risk and compliance procedures are adhered to in all cases.

The Successful Applicant

• Experience of working with corporate clients and managing compliance processes at a manager or senior manager level.
• Accountant ( ACA, ACCA or equivalent) and / or CIOT tax adviser with at least one year's post qualification experience in a tax related role
• Corporate tax technical and practical knowledge
• Good knowledge of tax issues affecting corporates and their shareholders
• Knowledge of other business taxes and tax reporting processes is preferable but not essential.
• Knowledge of UK accounting standards and competent in interpreting accounts and other financial information
• Travel between UK offices and to UK client premises may be required.

What's on Offer

• Competitive base salary
• 33 days annual leave entitlement a year inc. bank holidays
• Annual buy and sell leave scheme.
• Private Medical Cover
• Enhanced pension
• Reimbursement of one professional subscription each year
• Hybrid & agile working