Corporate Tax Advisory Manager

Forvis Mazars in the UK; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Forvis Mazars in the UK is seeking a Corporate Tax Manager or Associate Director to join our Business Tax Advisory team in the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge arc. You will develop strong client relationships with mid-market clients and provide advisory services across CIR, Patent Box, and R&D, ensuring compliance and commercial outcomes.

You will coordinate across tax and other service lines, negotiate fees, manage WIP, and drive innovation through technology while supporting continuous

Qualifications

• ACA and/or CTA (or qualified by experience).
• Experience with a portfolio of medium sized groups providing corporate tax advisory services.
• Strong technical tax knowledge, especially for medium sized businesses.
• Experience managing client relationships and delivering advisory work.
• Experience collaborating on cross-service-line projects (M&A, risk, consulting).

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with mid-market clients and manage their needs while maintaining high client satisfaction.
• Advise on complex areas of legislation impacting mid-market clients (CIR, Patent Box, R&D).
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams within the firm to deliver holistic tax solutions.
• Negotiate fees and manage WIP across a client portfolio.
• Innovate using technology and drive continuous process improvement and team development.

Skills

Relationship management

Tax advisory expertise

Cross-functional collaboration

Technology-enabled solutions

Education

ACA and/or CTA (or qualified by experience)

Job description

Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network providing audit & assurance, tax, and advisory services. Forvis Mazars in the UK spans 14 offices across the nation and has over 3,400 professionals, with 190 partners. We have a clear purpose and a shared commitment to shape a better future.

You’ll join a collaborative and inclusive team where you’re supported to grow your skills, explore new opportunities, and contribute from day one. You’ll work with a diverse client base, develop meaningful connections, and gain experience that extends beyond your local team. Together, we grow, belong and impact.

About The Team

I have been with Forvis Mazars for just over 5 years and during that time have been truly impressed by our culture. We take a collaborative approach and are genuinely committed to giving people opportunities. (Chloe Ellis, Partner, National Head of BusinessTax Advisory)

We provide bespoke advice in all areas of taxation, helping our clients to navigate the complexities of tax codes, often in multiple areas of sector jurisdictions, and to help them ensure they are fulfilling all their obligations and paying the correct amount of tax.

In this way we help them to manage an area of significant financial and reputational risk and to make properly informed decisions about their tax position whether they are an individual, a business owner or a corporate organisation. We also help clients resolve any disputes they have with the tax authorities as swiftly as possible.

Here at Forvis Mazars we provide bespoke advice in all areas of taxation, helping our medium sized clients navigate the complexities of tax legislation and deliver on their commercial strategic goals.

About The Role

Your role as a corporate tax manager or associate director in our Business Tax Advisory team will include:

• Building relationship with our mid-market clients, understanding their issues and anticipating their needs whilst also helping them to manage their risk, ensuring elevated levels of client satisfaction.
• Advising of complex areas of legislation that impact clients in this market.
• The role would include advising a range of clients from family-owned companies to PE backed groups.
• Areas of advice would include (but not limited to) CIR, Patent Box, R&D, company reorganisations and transaction support.
• You would be expected to coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional teams both in tax and the wider firm to provide holistic solutions.
• Negotiate fees and manage WIP on a portfolio of clients and engagements.
• Innovating through the use of technology.
• Continuous process improvement and developing our people.

What are we looking for?

• ACA and/or CTA (or qualified by experience)
• Committed to working in the Oxford - Milton Keynes - Cambridge innovation arc
• Experience of working with a portfolio of medium sized groups providing corporate tax advisory services
• Demonstrate strong technical tax knowledge and experience, specifically with medium sized businesses.
• Experience of managing client relationships and identifying and delivering advisory work on these clients.
• Experience of collaborating on projects with colleagues in other service lines, including but not limited to Management consulting, Risk advisory and internal audit, M&A and transactions and Technology and digital consulting.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Forvis Mazars diversity, equity and inclusion are central to our values. We value our people's unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experience, and know this diversity create better outcomes for our clients. We seek to attract, develop, and retain the best talent, inclusive of sex, ethnicity, disability, socio-economic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, and faith. We select candidates based on skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experience and aim to support all our team members to reach their potential. At Forvis Mazars, we promote an environment in which you cangrowyour skills,belongto a team that values your ideas, and make animpactthat matters.