Corporate Tax Manager

Kingsbury Sutton Limited; Oldbury; On-site; GBP 62,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits package

Car allowance

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking a Corporate Tax Director to oversee their Midlands Tax team specializing in innovation taxes. This full-time role involves managing a team, leading discussions with clients, ensuring compliance with tax legislation, and promoting the firm's R&D offerings. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with R&D tax relief claims, strong communication skills, and a proactive approach to business development. This position offers opportunities for progression within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with R&D tax relief claims for small and large companies.
• Ability to sign off technical reports and manage junior staff.
• Strong communication skills to explain complex concepts.

Responsibilities

• Manage R&D team and ensure career progression.
• Lead meetings with clients to develop business opportunities.
• Prepare R&D claim calculations and liaise with internal teams.

Skills

Excellent knowledge of UK R&D tax relief schemes

Project management

Communication skills

Business development

Commercial awareness

Job description

Pay Range

Salary: £62,100 pa, plus excellent benefits package, inc car Allowance.

Job Overview

We have a vacancy for a Corporate Tax Director to work in our Midlands Tax team specialising in Innovation taxes. The role would preferably be based in our Cheltenham or Oldbury office, and ideally is a full‑time permanent role with opportunities for progression and growth of the Innovation taxes fees. The director will support our client base within the Midlands and South West, whilst working alongside our national Innovation taxes team on tax technical matters, risk management of claims, marketing and business development.

Core Responsibilities

• Line management of members of the R&D team and ensuring the development of the necessary skillset and career progression
• Leading R&D meetings with clients, building and developing effective working relationships with colleagues, intermediaries and other networks to develop further opportunities and business over time
• Identification of qualifying R&D projects and expenditure through participation in technical and financial discussions with clients
• Undertaking technical and financial assessments and supporting the team to produce summaries
• Revision of technical and financial assessments prepared by other members of the team
• Ensuring R&D claims meet the requirements of relevant tax legislation and guidelines
• Preparation of R&D claim financial calculations and liaison with both internal and external tax teams to ensure tax returns and computations correctly reflect the outcome of technical assessments
• Project management of claims such as liaison with clients, colleagues and HMRC to ensure claims are optimised and deadlines are met
• Contributes to the development of solutions to complex technical problems
• First point of contact with clients
• Actively developing and promoting, both internally and externally, the firm’s R&D tax offering
• Continuously developing own knowledge and skills and keeping technical knowledge up to date
• Representing the Firm at seminars, presentations and other events

Requirements

• Excellent knowledge of UK R&D tax relief schemes and claim quantification. Able to sign off technical reports along with the additional information forms and supporting costings prepared for the team.
• Proven experience of managing several projects simultaneously, and experience in working within a business unit with internal and external clients
• Proven experience of working on R&D tax relief claims for both small and large companies, comfortably liaising with Managing Directors, Financial Directors, CEOs, CTOs etc. of such companies
• Willingness to train, supervise, manage and take responsibility for junior staff within the team, coaching them on R&D tax relief scheme rules and preparation of underlying supporting information.
• Excellent communication (both spoken and written) and people skills with the ability to translate complex ideas into non‑technical concepts
• Be highly proactive in the approach to new work opportunities including an ability and willingness to develop the R&D fees through business development in the region.
• Able to produce technical and marketing content for internal and external use evidencing credentials of the Innovation taxes team and updates to changes to UK R&D schemes.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of commercial awareness

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Accounting/Auditing

Industries

Accounting and Financial Services