Corporate Tax Director

PKF FRANCIS CLARK; Poole; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking firm as a key member of the Tax team, where you will leverage your extensive compliance and advisory experience to manage a diverse portfolio of corporate clients. This role offers the chance to work in a collaborative environment with a strong focus on professional development. You'll engage with a talented team, provide mentorship, and ensure high-quality service delivery. Enjoy a flexible hybrid working arrangement and the opportunity to grow your career in a supportive culture recognized as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces. Make a meaningful impact while being part of a dynamic, independent firm with a global reach.

Benefits

Pension

Private Medical Insurance

Group Life Assurance

Health Cash Plan

Cycle to Work Scheme

Volunteering Day

Emergency Funding

Electric Vehicle Lease Scheme

Qualifications

• Significant experience in large corporate tax compliance.
• CTA qualified, ACA or ACCA is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with corporate clients.
• Manage and review complex corporate tax returns.
• Provide technical support to junior team members.

Skills

Tax Compliance

Advisory Services

Interpersonal Skills

Problem-Solving

Communication Skills

Education

CTA Qualified

ACA or ACCA

Job description

In a nutshell

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 who are spread across our nine offices. With support from our 13 experienced Tax Partners, the team do interesting and meaningful work daily.

The role comes with flexible, hybrid working with plenty of opportunities to develop and grow your Tax career.

What you'll be doing day to day

• Playing a key and leading role in developing and maintaining relationships with our 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 the 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 able to accurately interpret and apply current tax legislation
• Managing work-in-progress on all assignments ensuring regular and timely billing and assisting with the prompt collection of debtors
• Be involved in internal and external presentations
• Assisting in developing tax technical materials and where relevant, carrying out training on specific corporate tax technical areas

About you

• 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

Why work at PKF Francis Clark

As the largest firm of independent chartered accountants and business advisors in South West England, joining PKF Francis Clark brings opportunities to develop your career in a direction that interests you.

Having celebrated our centenary in 2019, we’re a team of nearly 1,000 people, based across our offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, Taunton, Torquay and Truro.

Our culture is flexible and supportive, enabling you to be the best you can be. We work hard to ensure you can be yourself, develop and be part of a forward-thinking team that makes brilliant things happen. But don’t just take our word for it.

PKF Francis Clark is certified as a Great Place to Work. In 2024, we climbed nine places to 24 out of 105 large organisations on the list of the UK’s Best Workplaces.

We’re also ranked among the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women (33 out of 90 large organisations), Best Workplaces for Development (30 out of 100) and Best Workplace for Wellbeing (44 out of 100).

Workplace culture experts Great Place to Work also highlighted PKF Francis Clark as a top achiever among the UK’s Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services.

And in recognition of our outstanding training programmes for graduates, school leavers and career changers, we’ve been ranked among England’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers for two years running.

Whilst we’re proudly independent, PKF Francis Clark is a member of the PKF Global family of firms – together we’re the 12th largest provider of accountancy services in the UK. Being part of a global community of business advisors in 150 countries provides opportunities to expand your horizons by connecting with PKF colleagues around the world.

Your core benefits

Financial benefits:
• Pension
• Group life assurance - up to four times your core salary
• Group income protection
• Health cash plan to help cover the costs of everyday healthcare

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 you with 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*

Please note
* These benefits are provided via a salary exchange and are subject to employee’s post exchange hourly rate remaining above the national minimum wage.