Corporate Tax Assistant Manager

Saffery Champness; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking firm as a Corporate Tax Manager in London, where you'll manage a diverse client portfolio. This role offers the chance to engage with both UK and international clients, tackling complex tax issues and providing high-quality advisory services. You'll lead a team, mentor junior members, and have opportunities to specialize in niche areas. With a hybrid working policy and excellent benefits, this position is perfect for a motivated individual looking to make a significant impact in a supportive environment. Embrace the chance to grow your career in a dynamic team dedicated to client success.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Life Assurance cover

Flexible benefits

Family friendly policies

Profit-Sharing Plan

Discretionary bonus scheme

Qualifications

• ACA/CTA qualified with several years of post-qualification experience in corporation tax.
• Strong analytical skills to provide robust tax advice.

Responsibilities

• Manage tax compliance processes and deliver quality advisory services.
• Supervise and mentor junior team members while handling client queries.

Skills

UK tax technical skills

Project management skills

Excellent communication skills

Coaching and mentoring skills

Client relationship management

Education

ACA/CTA qualification

Job description

The role

Based in our London Corporate Tax team, the successful candidate will be 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

Frequently dealing with challenging technical issues, the candidate can expect the role to encompass the following areas amongst others:

1. Responsibility for the efficient delivery of the tax compliance process including tax accounting;
2. Detailed technical research and responding to ad-hoc technical queries from clients and other teams;
3. Helping to identify advisory opportunities within the allocated client portfolio;
4. Supervising, mentoring, and reviewing the work of junior team members;
5. 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.

For those keen to develop specialist expertise, there is scope to develop a niche in particular industry sectors or technical areas, and to work with the creative sector arm of the team, who advise many of the world’s largest film, TV and video games companies. There will also be opportunities to work on a number of one-off advisory projects across an array of differing tax specialisms.

The team

Our Corporate Tax team deals with a large portfolio of companies operating in a variety of sectors, including manufacturing, technology, retail, recruitment, financial services, hospitality and property. Our clients range from smaller owner-managed businesses to large and complex listed groups.

You

The role would suit an ACA/CTA qualified individual with several years post qualification experience in corporation tax.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

1. Strong UK tax technical skills;
2. Ability to analyse tax technical queries and provide robust advice and solutions;
3. Project management skills, with the ability to plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines and monitor budgets;
4. Responsibility for the delivery and quality of work;
5. Excellent communication skills;
6. A clear client focus with a commitment to building strong client relationships;
7. Ability to work collaboratively in different teams;
8. Coaching and mentoring skills to develop other team members;

Reward and benefits

1. 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)
2. Excellent benefits including contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and great flexible benefits and family friendly policies;
3. Eligibility for the firm’s Profit-Sharing Plan. Paid in December.
4. 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.