Corporate Tax Senior Manager

Saffrey LLP; Inverness; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a qualified individual to join their Corporate Tax team, responsible for managing a diverse client portfolio. This exciting role offers the opportunity to work on both UK and international tax compliance and advisory projects. The successful candidate will engage with a variety of clients, from small businesses to large corporations, and will be involved in complex technical issues, mentoring junior staff, and delivering high-quality advisory services. With a hybrid working policy and excellent benefits, this role is perfect for someone looking to make a significant impact in a supportive and dynamic environment.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Life Assurance cover

Flexible benefits

Family friendly policies

Profit-Sharing Plan

Discretionary bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Qualified individual with several years post qualification experience in corporation tax.
• Strong analytical skills to provide robust advice and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Manage tax compliance and advisory projects for diverse clients.
• Supervise and mentor junior team members in technical areas.

Skills

UK tax technical skills

Project management

Communication skills

Client focus

Education

ACA/ACCA/CTA qualification

Job description

Please note, this role can be based in either of our Edinburgh or Inverness offices and there may be some additional flexibility around wider travel requirements.

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.

We live by our potential meets personal mantra and understand that everyone has different requirements in terms of their ideal portfolio. Working with your line manager, we will develop a mix of work that suits your own individual needs.

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.

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.

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.

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.