Corporate Tax Senior Manager

Saffery Champness; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

35 hour week

25 days annual leave

Life Assurance

Profit-Sharing plan

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Saffery LLP is seeking a qualified Corporate Tax professional to join its team in the UK. You will manage a diverse client portfolio, delivering corporate tax compliance and advisory services, with exposure to both UK and international clients.

The role involves supervising, mentoring, and delivering high-quality tax work, including complex areas such as capital allowances, R&D relief, transfer pricing, and cross-border issues. A strong client focus is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong UK tax technical skills.
• Ability to analyse tax technical queries and provide robust advice.
• Project management skills, with the ability to plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines and monitor budgets.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of tax compliance and advisory projects for a diverse client portfolio.
• Technical research and responding to ad-hoc queries from clients and teams.
• Identify and deliver advisory opportunities within the client portfolio.
• Coach and review the work of junior team members.
• Advise on complex tax areas such as capital allowances, R&D relief, transfer pricing, CFC, tax reliefs, and cross-border rules.

Skills

UK tax expertise

Project management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Client relationship

Mentoring

Education

ACA/ACCA/CTA qualified

Job description

The role

The successful candidate will be part of Saffery’s Corporate Tax team, responsible for managing a diverse client portfolio, encompassing the delivery of both corporate tax compliance and advisory services. This is a challenging and interesting client facing role, which will include exposure to a range of both UK and international clients.

The responsibilities

Frequently dealing with challenging technical issues, the candidate can expect the role to encompass the following areas amongst others:

• The successful delivery of tax compliance and related advisory projects. Including working with the accounts team to provide the necessary corporate and deferred tax disclosure for inclusion in statutory accounts;
• Detailed technical research and responding to ad-hoc technical queries from clients and other teams;
• Helping to identify and deliver advisory opportunities within the allocated client portfolio;
• Supervising, mentoring, and reviewing the work of junior team members;
• Advising on a range of technical areas such as complex capital allowances claims, R&D tax relief, transfer pricing, Substantial Shareholdings Exemption, Controlled Foreign Companies, Corporate Interest Restriction, Withholding Tax and Double Taxation Relief, with the support of specialist colleagues where required; and
• Delivery of stand-alone tax advisory projects, including structuring acquisitions and disposals, transaction support and due diligence.

The team

Our Corporate Tax team spans our 9 office locations and comprises 7 partners and over 100 professionals. The Corporate Tax teams deal with a large portfolio of companies operating in a variety of sectors, including manufacturing, technology, retail, recruitment, financial services, hospitality and property. These clients range from smaller owner-managed businesses to large and complex listed groups, as well as charities and not for profit organisations.

You

The role would suit a qualified individual (for example ACA/ACCA/CTA) with several years post qualification experience in corporation tax.

• Strong UK tax technical skills;
• Ability to analyse tax technical queries and provide robust advice and solutions;
• Project management skills, with the ability to plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines and monitor budgets;
• Responsibility for the delivery and quality of work;
• Excellent communication skills;
• A clear client focus with a commitment to building strong client relationships;
• Ability to work collaboratively in different teams; and
• Coaching and mentoring skills to develop other team members.

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 10-4);
• 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. Paid in December; and
• 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.

Built on values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and collegiality, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.