Corporate Tax Director

PKF FRANCIS CLARK; Cotswold District; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading firm of independent accountants in the Cotswold District is seeking an experienced Tax professional to manage their corporate tax team. This role offers flexible hybrid working and opportunities to grow your career in a supportive environment. The ideal candidate will have significant tax compliance experience and strong communication skills. This organization is recognized for its focus on wellbeing and career development, making it a great place to work.

Benefits

Pension

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Significant experience of tax compliance.
• Excellent communication skills with all levels.
• Self-motivated and accurate under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with corporate clients.
• Lead Complex Corporate Tax team.
• Provide mentoring to junior team members.
• Act as point of contact for HMRC.

Skills

Tax compliance expertise

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving

Pressure handling

Education

CTA qualified

ACA or ACCA

Job description

Overview

A fantastic role in our Tax team for an individual with significant compliance and advisory experience. You will help manage and develop our corporate tax team and well‑established portfolio of OMB/SME and large corporate clients providing a mix of compliance and advisory services. You'll be part of a collaborative 130‑strong multi‑discipline tax team spread across our nine offices. With support from our 13 experienced Tax Partners, the team does interesting and meaningful work daily. The role comes with flexible, hybrid working with plenty of opportunities to develop and grow your Tax career.

Responsibilities

• Playing a key and leading role in developing and maintaining relationships with corporate clients
• Reporting to and assisting the Tax Partners
• Liaising with the Accounts and Audit Directors/Partners to ensure a comprehensive tax service to clients
• Managing the Complex Corporate Tax team
• Providing technical and mentoring support to junior Tax team members
• Managing and reviewing complex corporate tax returns
• Being the point of contact for HMRC, including the CCM where relevant and supporting clients with handling HMRC investigations
• Remaining technically up to date with all relevant tax matters and accurately interpreting and applying current tax legislation
• Managing work‑in‑progress on all assignments to ensure regular and timely billing and assisting with prompt collection of debtors
• Being involved in internal and external presentations
• Assisting in developing tax technical materials and carrying out training on specific corporate tax technical areas

Qualifications

• Significant experience of tax with a focus on large corporate tax compliance
• CTA qualified, ACA or ACCA an advantage
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – able to work with people at all levels
• Self‑motivated and able to show initiative
• Accurate and able to work well under pressure
• Good problem‑solving skills
• Sociable and enjoys being part of a wider team

Company Overview

As the largest firm of independent chartered accountants and business advisers in South West England, PKF Francis Clark offers a breadth of opportunities to develop your career in the way that's right for you. Established in 1919, we have grown to a team of nearly 1,000 people based across our offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, Taunton, Torquay and Truro. We are a firm that allows you to belong, be yourself and be brilliant as part of a forward‑thinking team. We offer a flexible approach to hybrid working and focus on wellbeing and learning and development, which has been recognised nationally. For the past three years, PKF Francis Clark has been certified as a Great Place to Work and ranked among the UK’s Best Workplaces.

Benefits

• Pension
• Group life assurance – up to four times your core salary
• Group income protection
• Health cash plan to help cover everyday healthcare costs
• Health & Wellbeing benefits: Private medical insurance, option to buy 5 extra days holiday, counselling and support for you and your immediate family, virtual GP for you and your immediate family, cycle to work
• Other benefits: Medicash Extras providing shopping and gym discounts, gifts for career and family milestones, one volunteering day per year to support local organisations, emergency funding from the Francis Clark Charitable Foundation, electric vehicle lease scheme
• All benefits are provided via a salary exchange and are subject to the employee’s post‑exchange hourly rate remaining above the national minimum wage.