Corporate Tax Associate Director

Grant Thornton; Reading; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accounting and advisory firm in Reading is seeking an experienced Associate Director for its Private Capital corporate tax team. You will advise a varied client base on compliance and advisory projects, manage a portfolio of entrepreneurial clients, and support junior team members. A strong knowledge of UK corporate tax legislation and a professional qualification is required. This role offers a supportive, flexible work environment with tailored development programs.

Benefits

Tailored development programmes

Flexible bank holidays

Pension and life assurance

Private medical benefits

Health and shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Minimum post-qualification experience managing entrepreneurial business clients.
• Experience in a professional services environment.
• Experience of managing a large portfolio of tax clients.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on compliance and advisory projects.
• Engage with clients to deliver high-quality tax advice.
• Develop junior team members and support their career aspirations.
• Lead pitch proposals and actively grow business.

Skills

Knowledge of UK corporate tax legislation

Business Development experience

Working knowledge of international concepts

Education

Professional qualification (CTA / ACA / ACCA or equivalent)

Job description

NEW GROUND WON’T BREAK ITSELF.

Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals.

Our Private Capital corporate tax team specialises in looking after exciting entrepreneurial businesses - we focus on the tax affairs of privately owned and private equity backed companies. These are exciting businesses to work with, they are dynamic, entrepreneurial and often fast growing and they need us to help them navigate their increasingly complex tax compliance obligations and support with a range of tax advisory projects as they grow, restructure and consider succession planning.

Our approach is to work hard to build a strong trusted adviser relationship - we listen to what they want to achieve from a business and a personal perspective and help them do so in the most tax efficient way.

We are part of a much wider national tax practice that also consists of corporate and multinational (who deal with groups with significant multi-national footprint and in-house tax functions) and our specialist services (innovation tax, employment taxes, VAT and real estate). We are able to draw on this specialist expertise to support our Private Capital clients as they grow.

A look into the role

As a member of our Private Capital corporate tax team you will have the opportunity to work with a varied client base, from owner-managed business to private equity backed businesses.

As an Associate Director within our Private Capital corporate tax team, you will :

• Be advising a broad range of clients on a range of tax covering a broad range of compliance and advisory projects
• Be actively involved in client meetings, concisely and confidently answering client queries
• Engender trust and respect from clients by producing high quality tax advice accurately, delivering on expectations and deadlines
• Lead from the front in regards to delivering client work, engaging with the wider Tax teams to ensure correct skill utilisation on all projects
• Take responsibility for developing more junior team members, understanding their career aspiration and support in this delivery
• Provide intelligent and creative solutions to client tax issues both reactively and proactively, taking an active approach to cross‑selling wider solutions for other teams around the GT network.
• Lead on pitch / proposals. You’ll actively grow the business by being present in the market and demonstrating our capabilities to clients and targets.

Knowing you’re right for us

Joining us as an Associate Director, the minimum criteria you’ll need is a professional qualification (CTA / ACA / ACCA or equivalent) with post qualification experience, and to be confident managing a portfolio of entrepreneurial business clients.

It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the way :

• You’ll possess strong knowledge of UK corporate tax legislation and a working knowledge of international concepts
• You’ll have reviewed work and supervised people in a tax environment
• You’ll have gained experience working within a professional services environment
• You’ll have experience of managing a large portfolio of tax clients
• You’ll have demonstrable Business Development experience
• An eagerness to develop deep knowledge of the firm’s services and capabilities

Knowing we’re right for you

The culture at Grant Thornton is what sets us apart, we’re known for our inclusive culture and creating environments where all our people can flourish. The things that set you apart, we value them, and this helps us all to perform at our best.

Our values are the unwavering principles that shape our daily behaviours and decisions, alongside our drive to do the right thing. We’re looking for people who align with our values and are purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind. You can learn more about our values in practice here.

It’s not just about our culture and values, in addition to a competitive salary and reward package, us you’ll also get :

Tailored development programmes and access to coaching

Flexible bank holidays – allowing you to celebrate the days that are important to you

Benefits including pension, life assurance and private medical, additional holiday purchasing and health benefits

Any benefits giving you access to shopping discounts, gym memberships, financial advice

And more. Visit our benefits section to read more.

How we work

We have a trust‑based way of working, driven by responsible people who have the best interests of our firm and our clients at heart. Our how we work framework gives flexibility in where, how, and when we work to deliver the best results for our clients, whilst helping you keep a balance between work and life. Life is more than work, the things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles. That is how it should be.

We’re looking for people who can help drive the business forward, who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.