Corporate Tax Manager

Grant Thornton UK LLP; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Cardiff is seeking a Manager for their Private Capital Corporate Tax team. You will advise a diverse client base on tax advisory projects and compliance, manage teams, and lead business development efforts. Ideal candidates will have a professional tax qualification and experience in a client-facing role. Flexible work options and tailored development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Tailored development programmes

Flexible bank holidays

Pension and private medical benefits

Access to shopping discounts and gym memberships

Qualifications

• Minimum criteria is a professional qualification with post-qualification experience.
• Confidence in managing a portfolio of entrepreneurial business clients.

Responsibilities

• Advise a broad range of clients on tax compliance and advisory projects.
• Engage with clients and respond to queries with high-quality tax advice.
• Develop junior team members and support their career aspirations.
• Lead pitches to grow the business and demonstrate capabilities.

Skills

Knowledge of UK corporate tax legislation

Supervisory experience in a tax environment

Business development experience

Education

Professional qualification (CTA/ACA/ACCA or equivalent)

Job description

About the Role

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 teams (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.

Responsibilities

• Be advising a broad range of clients on a range of tax issues, 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 supporting them 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.

Qualifications

Joining us as a Manager 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:

• Strong knowledge of UK corporate tax legislation and a working knowledge of international concepts
• Reviewed work and supervised people in a tax environment
• Experience working within a professional services environment
• Experience managing a large portfolio of tax clients
• Demonstrable Business Development experience
• An eagerness to develop deep knowledge of the firm's services and capabilities

Culture & Values

At Grant Thornton we do things differently – looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity and genuine partnership. We empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture and work‑life balance. A true alternative. With over 5,000 people in the UK and a presence in 150 global markets, we're on an ambitious journey from great to exceptional and we need the best people to help us achieve our potential. The culture at Grant Thornton sets us apart; we are known for our inclusive culture and for creating environments where all our people can flourish. The values we hold are unwavering principles that shape our daily behaviour and decisions, alongside our drive to do the right thing. We look for people who align with our values and are purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind.

Benefits

• 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
• Access to shopping discounts, gym memberships, financial advice and other perks

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 framework gives flexibility in where, how and when we work to deliver the best results for clients, whilst helping you keep balance between work and life. Life is more than work – the things you do and the people you're with outside work matter, which is why we are happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles. That is how it should be. We look for people who can drive the business forward, who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to proudly do what's right – for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It's how it should be.