Corporate Tax Director

ICAEW; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35-hour working week

Hybrid working policy

Life Assurance & pension

Job summary

Saffery LLP, a leading UK accountancy firm, seeks a Corporate Tax Director to lead compliance and advisory work for a diverse client base, spanning startups to large international groups.

You will mentor a sizable Corporate Tax team, drive complex engagements, and advise on reorganisations, acquisitions, and international tax matters, while delivering high-quality client service.

Qualifications

• Qualified professional with UK corporate tax experience in compliance and advisory work.
• Strong technical knowledge across corporate taxation and international matters.
• Proven ability to manage complex engagements and lead teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and collaborate with a diverse range of clients including startups, private equity-backed groups and large international groups.
• Oversee delivery of corporate tax compliance services including complex provisioning and planning.
• Advise on reorganisations, acquisitions, disposals, financing and international tax matters.
• Support tax governance, risk management and tax control framework projects.
• Identify opportunities for additional services and contribute to business development.
• Collaborate with partners to develop go-to-market strategy for Corporate Tax and mentor junior team members.

Skills

UK corporate tax

Project management

Client relationship management

Communication

Education

ACA/ACCA/CTA

Job description

The role

As part of our continued growth strategy, we are seeking an experienced Corporate Tax Director to join our Corporate Tax team. This senior role will focus on delivering a broad mix of corporate tax compliance and advisory services to a diverse client base, helping clients navigate both their ongoing compliance obligations and wider strategic tax matters.

The successful candidate will work with businesses operating across a variety of ownership structures, including entrepreneurial and owner-managed businesses, private family capital, private equity-backed groups, listed companies and large international groups. The role will involve managing key client relationships, leading complex engagements and contributing to the continued development of our wider Corporate Tax offering.

You will work closely with partners, colleagues across service lines, and clients' management teams to deliver commercially focused tax advice while maintaining high standards of compliance, risk management and client service.

The responsibilities

Frequently dealing with both technical advisory matters and the delivery of complex compliance engagements, the candidate can expect the role to encompass the following areas amongst others:

• Lead and collaborate with a diverse range of clients, including startups, growing entrepreneurial businesses, private family capital, private equity-backed groups, listed businesses and large international groups;
• Oversee the delivery of corporation tax compliance services (including complex compliance and provisioning), ensuring work is completed to a high standard, on time and within budget;
• Advise on corporate reorganisations, business acquisitions and disposals, financing arrangements, international tax matters and other strategic projects, such as HMRC enquiries, disclosures, clearance applications and wider tax risk matters where required;
• Support clients with tax governance, tax risk management and tax control framework projects where opportunities arise;
• Identify opportunities for additional services and contribute to commercial, strategic and business development initiatives that support the growth and market profile of the Corporate Tax team; and
• Work with our partners to develop and execute our go-to-market strategy for Corporate Tax as well as provide pastoral support, whilst supporting the development and engagement of a wider Corporate Tax team of approximately 40 professionals.

The team

Our Corporate Tax team spans our 9 office locations and comprises 5 partners and over 100 professionals. The team advises a broad portfolio of businesses operating across a range of sectors including manufacturing, technology, retail, recruitment, financial services, hospitality, property and professional services.

You

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

• A qualified individual (for example ACA/ACCA/CTA) with significant post-qualification experience in UK corporate taxation, including both compliance and advisory work.
• Strong UK corporate tax technical skills and understanding and significant experience delivering both corporate tax compliance and advisory services;
• The ability to provide advice and solutions to technical tax queries and communicate complex matters clearly to clients and colleagues;
• Experience working with a variety of ownership structures, including owner-managed businesses, private family capital, private equity-backed groups, listed companies and international groups;
• Project management skills and commercial awareness with an ability to contribute to the development and growth of the practice.
• Commitment to delivering high-quality client service and technical excellence;
• Excellent communication, both written and oral, across a range of situations and stakeholders; and
• The ability to coach, mentor and support the development of junior team members.

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.
• Excellent benefits including 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.

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.