Corporate Tax Senior Manager, Creative Sector

Saffery; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm based in Greater London is seeking a Corporate Tax Advisor to manage a diverse client portfolio. The role involves overseeing tax compliance and advisory services for clients in the film, television, and video game sectors. The successful candidate will need a professional tax qualification and a solid track record of client engagement. This position offers a hybrid working environment and excellent benefits, including a contributory pension and annual leave.

Benefits

35-hour working week

Contributory pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Life Assurance cover

Profit-Sharing Plan

Discretionary bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in tax (CTA/ACA or equivalent) with relevant experience.
• Proven track record of leading engagements with corporate clients.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of tax reporting and compliance engagements.
• Conduct technical research and review analysis.
• Identify business opportunities for the team.
• Mentor colleagues and review their work.
• Advise on creative sector tax reliefs.
• Handle various technical areas based on experience.

Skills

Tax reporting and compliance

Technical research

Mentoring

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Education

CTA/ACA (or equivalent)

Job description

The role

Based in our London Corporate Tax team, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading 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.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join the fast‑growing tax group that handles the corporate tax aspects of the firm's Film, Television, and video game clients. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing corporate tax advisory and compliance engagements.

Our clients include all the major Hollywood studios, major streaming networks as well as many independent film and television production companies in the US and UK. We also work with many other entities ancillary to film and television production, such as film financiers, visual effects and post‑production houses and other service providers. Finally, we work with a number of video game developers ranging from small independents to large multi‑national studios.

The responsibilities

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

• Responsibility for overseeing the delivery of tax reporting and compliance engagements, including tax accounting, across our portfolio of F&TV corporate tax clients.
• Detailed technical research and reviewing technical analysis for clients and other teams.
• Helping to identify business opportunities for the team, including advisory projects and widening the services delivered to our clients.
• Mentoring colleagues and reviewing the work of more junior team members.
• Advising on the operation of the creative sector tax reliefs, and how clients can structure their productions to obtain the maximum benefit from them.
• Advising on a range of technical areas depending on experience and interest. These could include: international tax matters, capital allowances, R&D tax relief, transfer pricing, restructuring, Corporate Interest Restriction.

You

The successful applicant will be enthusiastic and technically capable, with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills. The position will require a high level of teamwork and commitment, with the ability to manage deadlines and run multiple projects concurrently.

Candidates should be self‑motivated, display a positive approach and can get things done. In addition, they should possess the confidence and professionalism to establish credibility at all levels, be commercially minded and have a clear perception of client requirements.

Technical skills are important, and the successful candidate will have a proven track record of leading engagements with corporate clients. This position also requires a team‑orientated and flexible personality, alongside the experience of organising the delivery of tax work, problem solving and the ability to use their own initiative. The successful candidate will possess a wide range of tax reporting and advisory experience and will need to have experience in managing a demanding portfolio.

Candidates must be professionally qualified CTA/ACA (or equivalent) with relevant experience.

The firm will provide training and support to help develop the successful candidate's specialist knowledge and capabilities. For the right individual, there is scope to progress quickly within the team. Knowledge of creative sector relief is preferred but not essential.

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.
• 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.
• 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.

We hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and collegiality, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.