Corporate Tax Senior Manager - Edinburgh or Inverness

Georgiana Head Recruitment Limited; Inverness; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm is seeking a Corporate Tax Senior Manager based in Inverness or Edinburgh. The role involves managing a diverse portfolio, delivering tax compliance and advisory services to both UK and international clients. Qualified individuals with strong UK tax skills and several years experience in corporate tax are encouraged to apply. The firm offers a flexible working environment and a competitive salary and benefits package.

Benefits

Excellent salary and benefits package

Flexible working options

Family friendly policies

Qualifications

• Several years post qualification experience in corporation tax.
• Ability to provide robust advice and solutions to tax queries.
• Commitment to develop other team members.

Responsibilities

• Manage a diverse client portfolio delivering tax compliance and advisory services.
• Supervise and mentor junior team members.
• Conduct detailed technical research addressing client queries.
• Identify and deliver advisory opportunities.

Skills

Strong UK tax technical skills

Project management skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to analyse tax technical queries

Education

Qualified (ACA/ACCA/CTA)

Job description

Our client is a Top 20 accountancy firm and this role will be based in either their Inverness or Edinburgh office and they seek a Corporate Tax Senior Manager. The successful candidate will be part of the 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 firms’ Corporate Tax team spans 9 office locations and comprises 7 partners and over 100 professionals dealing 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.

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 successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

• 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 develop other team members.

The firm will consider a part-time or full-time appointment and flexible working is possible. This is a growing team and there is clear scope for promotion. Excellent salary and benefits package too, including family friendly policies. This role would suit a qualified individual (for example ACA/ACCA/CTA) with several years post qualification experience in corporation tax. Please note, this role can be based in the firms Edinburgh or Inverness offices and there may be some additional flexibility around wider travel requirements.