Corporate Tax, Assistant Manager

Saffery; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

35 hour working week

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Flexible benefits

Profit-sharing plan

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Saffery LLP in High Wycombe seeks a qualified Corporate Tax professional to manage a diverse client portfolio, delivering UK corporate tax compliance and advisory work with international exposure.

The role is client facing, offers a 35-hour week with hybrid working and a pathway to develop under Partners and Managers, including involvement in planning projects, capital allowances, R&D relief and structuring advice.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CTA with 1–2 years post-qualification experience in corporation tax.
• Strong UK tax technical skills and ability to provide robust advice.
• Excellent communication and client relationship skills.
• Project management with ability to plan, prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Willingness to learn and develop in new areas.

Responsibilities

• Preparation and review of corporation tax computations.
• Managing milestones, return and payment deadlines.
• Corresponding with clients and HMRC.
• Supporting on advisory assignments including international tax, R&D relief and structuring advice.
• Advising on technical areas like capital allowances and transfer pricing, with support from specialists.
• Providing support in stand-alone tax advisory projects, including structuring acquisitions and due diligence.
• Guidance from senior management to achieve long-term career goals.

Skills

UK tax

Tax technical

Project management

Client relationships

Communication

Team collaboration

Mentoring

Willingness to learn

Education

ACA/ACCA/CTA

Job description

The role

The successful candidate will be part of Saffery's Corporate Tax team, responsible for managing a diverse client portfolio, encompassing the delivery of both corporate tax compliance and advisory services. This is a challenging and interesting client facing role, which will include exposure to a range of both UK and international clients.

The responsibilities

• Preparation and review of corporation tax computations.
• Managing key milestones, return and payment deadlines.
• Corresponding with clients and HMRC.
• Supporting Partners and Managers on the delivery of tax advisory assignments and planning projects including international tax, capital allowances, R&D tax relief and structuring advice.
• Advising on a range of technical areas such as complex capital allowances claims, R&D tax relief, transfer pricing, Substantial Shareholdings Exemption, Controlled Foreign Companies, Corporate Interest Restriction, Withholding Tax and Double Taxation Relief, with the support of specialist colleagues where required.
• Providing support in stand‑alone tax advisory projects, including structuring acquisitions and disposals, transaction support and due diligence.
• Support and guidance of an approachable senior management who will help you to achieve your long‑term career goals.

We live by our "potential meets personal" mantra and understand that everyone has different requirements in terms of their ideal portfolio. Working with your line manager, we will develop a mix of work that suits your own individual needs.

The team

Our Corporate Tax team spans our 9 office locations and comprises 7 partners and over 100 professionals. The Corporate Tax teams deal with a large portfolio of companies operating in a variety of sectors, including manufacturing, technology, retail, recruitment, financial services, hospitality and property. These clients range from smaller owner‑managed businesses to large and complex listed groups, as well as charities and not for profit organisations.

You

The role would suit a qualified individual (for example ACA/ACCA/CTA) with one to two years post qualification experience in corporation tax.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Strong UK tax technical skills.
• Ability to analyse tax technical queries and provide robust advice and solutions.
• Project management skills, with the ability to plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines and monitor budgets.
• Responsibility for the delivery and quality of work.
• Excellent communication skills.
• A clear client focus with a commitment to building strong client relationships.
• Ability to work collaboratively in different teams.
• Coaching and mentoring skills to develop other team members.
• Willingness to learn with a keen desire to become involved in new areas and share knowledge.

Reward and benefits

• A 35 hour working week with a hybrid working policy with the flexibility to work from home for up to three days per week (our core hours are 10-4).
• Excellent benefits including a contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and great flexible benefits and family friendly policies.
• Eligibility for the firm's Profit‑Sharing Plan. Paid in December.
• Eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme.

About us

Saffery LLP is an adviser to individuals and businesses across a range of sectors, providing market‑leading accountancy, audit, business advisory, tax and VAT services. Founded in 1855, we are the UK's 15th largest accountancy firm.

When you work with us at Saffery, you work with people who know your name, not just a job title. We're a place shaped by friendly, intelligent people who are individually excellent and collectively exceptional. We're committed to our clients, but also to our greatest asset - our people.

As a proud member of Nexia, a leading, international network of independent accounting and consulting firms, we've got access to local insight on a global scale.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Equality, diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building on our positive work culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our equitable culture of inclusion, led from the top.

We hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and collegiality, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.