Corporate Tax Assistant Manager

Affinia; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Bank Holidays

Pension scheme

Death in Service

Professional membership support

Paycare

Dress for your Diary

Job summary

Affinia, the UK’s leading purpose-led Accountancy firm, is seeking a Corporate Tax Assistant Manager in Nottingham. The role focuses on compliance with opportunities to contribute to advisory projects within a mixed role.

You will manage client portfolios, mentor juniors, review work, and deliver all aspects of corporate tax compliance while developing tax planning skills. The role offers hybrid working with three days in the office and two at home.

Qualifications

• CTA qualified is essential.
• Minimum 3 years post-qualification experience.
• Good understanding of accounts and financial processes.
• Strong IT skills and working knowledge of accounting software.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of clients ensuring all deadlines are met.
• Supervise and mentor junior team members.
• Review work produced by juniors and provide feedback.
• Support personal development and mentor juniors.
• Deliver comprehensive corporate tax compliance for clients.
• Review computations prepared by the AS/BA team.
• Handle ad hoc client inquiries and internal requests.
• Manage billing, WIP, and own workflow to deadlines.
• Conduct technical research for discussions with colleagues and clients.
• Liaise with HMRC regarding client liabilities and responses to inquiries.
• Provide support to Partners and Managers for client meetings.
• Participate in corporate tax planning work.

Skills

CTA qualified

Post-qualification experience

Understanding of accounts

IT skills

Excellent communication

Attention to detail

Job description

Job title: Corporate Tax Assistant Manager

Hours: Full time Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm (37.5 hours per week)

Location: Nottingham

Affinia is the UK’s largest purpose-led, purpose-built Accountancy firm, focused on building stronger, more valuable relationships. With over 1,600 colleagues across the East, South East, London and the Midlands, we are dedicated to supporting our clients, colleagues and communities.

We advise businesses, public sector organisations, charities and individuals throughout the UK and internationally across six Service Lines - Accountancy & Advisory, Tax and Planning, Audit & Assurance, Corporate Finance, Payroll and Corporate Recovery. Our team also offer in-depth sector expertise across a number of sectors, ensuring our clients receive the best short to medium and long-term advice, tailored to them. We are committed to delivering excellence in every aspect of our work, adapting to the evolving technology and regulatory landscape while consistently exceeding client expectations.

Our people are our most valuable asset. We are therefore committed to supporting our colleagues throughout their professional development, providing guidance and training at whatever stage of their career they join us.

Real people. Real growth. Real difference.

Purpose Of The Role

The role will be predominantly compliance, but you will have the ability to work on advisory projects and to move more into a mixed compliance/advisory role.

Duties Will Include

• Manage a portfolio of clients, including interaction with clients and colleagues to ensure all deadlines (client & statutory) are met
• Management of junior member of the team
• Review of work undertaken by junior colleagues
• Active role in personal development and mentoring of junior team members
• Delivering all aspects of corporation tax compliance support to clients
• Review of computations prepared by the Accounting & Business Services team
• Responding to ad hoc queries from internal and external clients
• Full portfolio management, to include billing, work in progress and management of your own workflow to meet deadlines
• Completing technical research for discussion and presentation to colleagues and clients
• Liaising with HMRC in relation to client liabilities and responding to HMRC enquiries
• Providing support to Partners and Managers for client meetings
• Direct involvement in corporate tax planning work

Working arrangements

The working week: with flexibility of hours to meet specific demands – we offer a hybrid model of three days in the office and two days homeworking

Skills/Qualifications

Person specifications – Desirable experience and skills

• CTA qualified essential
• 3 years + post qualification experience
• Understanding of accounts
• Strong IT skills and knowledge
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Strong attention to detail

Culture & Core Benefits

At Affinia, our culture is driven by ambition and a commitment to positively impact all the communities we serve. We are dedicated to the success, development, and wellbeing of our colleagues, helping them achieve their goals and seize the opportunities that come with our growth. Alongside a flexible and inclusive work environment, we offer the following core benefits:

• 25 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays (Sept-Aug).
• Opportunity to purchase 3 extra days holiday per year.
• Auto enrolment Pension Scheme with True Potential.
• 3 x salary - Death in Service.
• Professional membership support.
• Paycare – claim money back for Dental / Optical / Professional Therapies
• Dress for your Diary Policy.

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

Affinia is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is unequivocal: we do not tolerate discrimination based on age, disability, sex, race, religion, or belief, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy, or maternity, or sexual orientation. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive organisation that actively promotes equality of opportunity for all, valuing the right mix of talent, skills, and potential. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates, and selection for roles is based solely on individual merit.

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