Corporate Tax Manager

TPF Recruitment Ltd; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Professional development including CTA

Competitive salary

Job summary

TPF Recruitment Ltd is supporting a Guildford-based accountancy practice in recruiting a Corporate Tax Manager. The role focuses on developing the corporate tax offering for technology clients, managing relationships with founders, investors and software companies, and delivering advanced tax advice.

Work closely with senior leadership to grow advisory services, support transactional projects, and mentor junior staff. A hybrid working arrangement and ongoing professional development are offered.

Qualifications

• Experienced corporate tax professional with UK practice background.
• Strong advisory focus and client handling skills.
• Ability to develop tax offering for technology sector.

Responsibilities

• Develop and grow the corporate tax offering for technology clients.
• Manage a portfolio of technology clients and act as technical contact.
• Advise on R&D tax relief, software costs, patent box, and related areas.
• Support founders with SEIS/EIS and share incentive schemes.
• Lead client meetings and contribute to business development.

Skills

Client relationship management

Business development

Project management

Communication skills

Education

CTA/ACA/ACCA qualification

Job description

Guildford, United Kingdom | Posted on 20/10/2026

TPF Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a well established accountancy practice in Guildford in their search for a Corporate Tax Manager to join their growing tax team.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a respected firm with a long history and a strong reputation for delivering high quality accountancy and tax advisory services. The firm works with a diverse portfolio of entrepreneurial businesses, established companies and international groups, with a particular focus on developing its specialist offering to the technology sector.

About the Role

This is a varied and commercially focused position where you will play a key role in developing the firm's corporate tax offering for technology businesses, including founder led start ups, venture backed scale ups, software and SaaS companies, fintech businesses and international technology groups.

Working closely with senior leadership, you will manage client relationships, deliver complex tax advice and contribute to business development, helping shape the firm's approach to supporting innovative and growing businesses.

Key responsibilities include

• Working with senior colleagues to develop and grow the corporate tax offering for technology clients, including service lines, fee models and business development initiatives
  
• Managing a portfolio of technology clients, acting as a key technical contact and building strong, long term relationships
  
• Advising on R&D tax relief, including preparing and reviewing claims, assessing eligible expenditure and supporting clients with HMRC enquiries
  
• Advising on the tax treatment of software development costs, intangible assets, Patent Box elections, capital allowances and trading losses
  
• Supporting founders and investors with SEIS and EIS applications and compliance, alongside share incentive arrangements such as EMI schemes and growth shares
  
• Supporting clients with transactional and lifecycle advisory work, including funding rounds, group restructures, mergers and acquisitions, tax due diligence, management buyouts and business exits
  
• Advising on international tax matters, including overseas expansion, permanent establishment risks, transfer pricing and the tax implications of overseas subsidiaries and contractors
  
• Reviewing corporation tax computations across a varied client portfolio and preparing computations for more complex assignments
  
• Managing corporate tax compliance projects, including quarterly instalment payments, ATED returns and relief declarations
  
• Building relationships with founders, investors, venture capital firms, accelerators and professional advisers to raise the firm's profile within the technology sector
  
• Leading proposals and new client meetings, contributing to networking events, webinars and thought leadership
  
• Working collaboratively with audit, accounts, outsourcing and corporate finance teams to deliver a joined up service to clients
  
• Keeping up to date with tax legislation and HMRC developments, translating these into practical and commercially focused advice
  
• Supporting and developing junior team members, sharing technical knowledge and building sector expertise across the wider tax team
  
• Ensuring assignments are delivered to a high standard, within agreed budgets and deadlines
  

The role offers an excellent opportunity to combine technical corporate tax expertise with advisory work, client relationship management and business development. You will also have the chance to help shape a growing specialist service line, build your profile within the technology sector and progress your career as the practice expands.

Requirements

Who We're Looking For

The ideal candidate will be an experienced corporate tax professional with a strong UK practice background, looking for a role that offers both technical variety and the opportunity to contribute to the growth of a specialist tax offering.

• CTA, ACA or ACCA qualification, with CTA particularly desirable given the advisory focus of the role. Candidates qualified by experience will also be considered
• A minimum of three years' post qualified UK tax practice experience
• Experience advising corporate clients, ideally within the technology, software or wider innovation led sectors
• Experience with R&D tax relief under the current regime, or a strong desire to develop expertise in this area
• Knowledge of areas such as SEIS and EIS, EMI schemes, Patent Box and the tax considerations affecting loss making or investor backed businesses
• Strong technical knowledge of corporation tax compliance and advisory matters
• Excellent client relationship and project management skills, with the confidence to communicate complex tax matters clearly to non tax specialists
• A commercially minded approach and an interest in business development, networking and building new client relationships
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage competing deadlines
• Confidence working independently while collaborating effectively with colleagues across the wider practice
• Strong IT skills and the ability to embrace cloud based accounting and tax software
• A proactive, entrepreneurial attitude and the motivation to help develop a growing service line

Experience within the technology sector would be particularly advantageous, although candidates with a strong corporate tax background and a genuine interest in developing specialist sector knowledge are encouraged to apply.

• A competitive salary, reviewed annually
• Hybrid working options to support work life balance
• 20 days' annual leave, increasing by one day for each completed year of service up to a maximum of five additional days, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure days
• The option to buy or sell annual leave
• Ongoing professional development and support towards further qualifications, including CTA
• Clear opportunities for career progression and specialisation
• Exposure to interesting tax advisory work and opportunities to develop technical expertise