Corporate Tax Manager

AAB; Leeds; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Enhanced parental leave

Volunteer day

Private medical insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Death in Service

Pension

Life assurance

Hybrid working

Agile working

Job summary

AAB in Leeds seeks a Corporate Tax professional to deliver timely corporation tax compliance, accounting, and advisory services for clients across locations. The role includes managing assignments, budgets, resources, and client communications.

The candidate should have strong tax expertise, effective leadership, and experience with Alphatax and Microsoft Office. Hybrid working and development opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• Professional, technical and proactive approach to delivering tax advice to clients.
• Strong compliance focus with attention to detail.
• Ability to build strong relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Experience leading and developing junior staff.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for timely delivery of Corporation Tax compliance and advisory services across locations.
• Manage assignments, set timescales and budgets, and liaise between departments.
• Perform advanced technical research and present findings to clients.
• Line manage junior staff, provide guidance and on‑the‑job training.
• Ensure adherence to firm procedures and coaching culture.
• Identify process improvements in tax compliance workflows.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Relationship building

Tax advisory experience

Client liaison

Team leadership

Microsoft Office

Education

CA or equivalent, ATT or CTA

Tools

Alphatax

Job description

Application Deadline: 18 September 2026

Department: Corporate Tax

Location: Leeds

Description

DISCOVER YOUR POTENTIAL. BUILD YOUR CAREER. JOIN US AT AAB.

AAB is a leading professional services firm operating across the UK, Ireland, and the USA. We specialise in the mid‑market, supporting individuals, family businesses, and organisations with a full suite of services including audit, tax, corporate finance, payroll, people consultancy, and wealth management. With 1,000+ team members, we deliver expert support to clients all over the world.

EVERYONE HAS THE AABILITY TO SUCCEED- WE’LL HELP YOU GET THERE.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We succeed together as one team, building strong client relationships through passion, empathy, and straightforward advice. That’s what makes AAB different. We invest in brilliant talent across every area of the business, offering tailored training, professional qualifications, and continuous support to help you grow.

Your growth matters to us. We’ll give you the tools, encouragement, and opportunities to lead, learn, and make an impact. Guided by our six core values, we foster a culture where collaboration, trust, and enthusiasm thrive.

AABSOLUTELY DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS

At AAB, your career is what you make it. We are here to help you turn ambition into action, whether that’s becoming a technical expert, a future leader, or someone who simply makes a difference every day. If you're ready to be part of a team that’s united by purpose and driven by values, we’d love to hear from you.

ESG COMMITMENT

We take our responsibility seriously. From reducing our environmental impact, to supporting education through training and talent programmes, to giving back to our local communities with our charitable initiative ABBIE- ESG is part of who we are.

ROLE PURPOSE

• This is a mixed compliance and advisory role
• Take responsibility for the timely delivery of Corporation Tax compliance,Tax Accounting and advisory services to AAB clients across all locations.
• Actively manage and control the delivery of all aspects of assignments for a variety of clients, including resourcing the assignments and setting timescales and budgets, liaison between departments of the firm, and presentation of work to clients
• Develop expertise and undertake detailed technical research of an advanced nature as required, and present this clearly at client meetings or in written form, offer practical solutions and recommendations with due regard for risk
• Line management responsibility of junior staff including monitoring the progress and quality of their work, providing guidance, feedback and on the job training as required. Ensuring effective delegation of work to team members
• Enforce the firms procedures and culture in relation to feedback, accountability and coaching
• Identify areas and recommendations for improvement in respect of the technology enabled corporation tax compliance process and procedures across the AAB group
• Work in an agile way to manage workload and ensure delivery to the clients’ satisfaction
• Make effective business decisions in relation to the management of your team
• Manage the key performance indicators for yourself and your team
• Play an active role in the sustainability, development and growth of the firm
• Be a primary contact for colleagues, clients, their professional team and your own business network, creating and obtaining referrals for work
• Identify and progress opportunities to promote the business in the marketplace, seeking new opportunities for the firm and securing new work, with the support of the business development team
• Be an ambassador for the firm, taking opportunities for networking and client entertaining events
• Identify where the firm is exposed to risk, look for efficiencies, improve procedures, propose recommendations and solutions and take a leading role in the implementation of change
• Demonstrate commercial awareness

Experience & qualifications

• CA, or equivalent, ATT or CTA (or breadth of knowledge equivalent to CTA)
• Professional, technical and pro-active approach to delivering tax advice to clients
• Strong compliance focus
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• The ability to build strong relationships
• Previous line management experience
• Experience of Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel, MS Outlook).
• Experience of using Alphatax preferred

WHAT AAB OFFER

Time Off & Family Support

• Annual leave (plus public holidays), with the option to buy or carry over leave
• Enhanced parental leave (maternity, paternity, adoption)
• Paid volunteering day to support causes that matter to you

Health & Wellbeing

• Private Medical Insurance (PMI) for you and the option to cover family members
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for 24/7 mental health and wellbeing support
• Death in Service benefit

Financial Security

• Competitive pension scheme
• Life assurance policies to support you and your family

Flexible & Agile Working

• Hybrid working model
• Agile working culture that supports flexible hours and smarter working
• Modern office spaces designed for collaboration, focus, and wellbeing

Disclaimer

Unsolicited CVs sent to AAB by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this position. AAB operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our recruitment partners.