Corporate Tax Director

Saffery; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Saffery LLP in Bristol is seeking an experienced Corporate Tax Director to join our growing team, supporting owner‑managed clients across sectors. The role blends tax compliance and advisory work, reporting to clients or Partners and offering strong career development in a collaborative environment.

You will lead client relationships, drive business development and deliver strategic tax advice to owner‑managed businesses and private company groups, overseeing complex engagements and developing

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing a substantial corporate tax portfolio for owner-managed businesses.
• Up-to-date technical knowledge of corporate tax and ability to provide strategic advice.
• Proven leadership with business development and relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead client relationships and deliver strategic tax advice to owner-managed businesses.
• Drive business development and win new work for private company groups.
• Oversee complex engagements and build high-performing tax teams.

Skills

Corporate tax

Portfolio management

Leadership

Business development

Job description

The role

We are looking for an experienced Corporate Tax Director to join our growing Bristol team, supporting our predominantly owner-managed clients across the full range of industry sectors. The role offers a broad mix of tax compliance and tax advisory/planning work, reporting directly to clients or client Partners. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced corporate tax professional seeking varied and challenging work, strong career development opportunities, and a collaborative, supportive environment.

You

We are seeking a commercially minded tax professional to play a key role in leading client relationships, driving business development and delivering strategic tax advice to owner-managed businesses, shareholders and private company groups. Alongside strong technical expertise, you will be an effective leader with experience overseeing complex engagements, developing high-performing teams and managing the successful delivery of tax services. You will take a holistic approach to advising private companies, considering both corporate and shareholder objectives to provide commercially focused, practical solutions.

• Significant experience managing a substantial corporate tax portfolio, with a strong track record of delivering complex advisory services to owner-managed businesses, shareholders and private company groups.
• Comprehensive and up-to-date technical knowledge of corporate tax, coupled with the ability to provide commercially focused, strategic advice to clients.
• Proven leadership, business development and relationship management skills, with the ability to win work, grow client relationships and develop high-performing teams.

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 (our core hours are 10am - 4pm)
• 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 which is paid in December.
• Eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme.

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. We hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, collaborative, progressive and responsible, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.