Accounts & Tax Director

McGinnis Loy Associates Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

McGinnis Loy Associates is proud to be working with a Top80 Accountancy Firm who are looking to recruit an Accounts & Tax Director, with a fast-track route to Partnership within 2-3 years. Working in their East London offices and reporting to one of the Partners, you will be responsible for managing your own portfolio of OMBs/SMEs including sole traders, companies and partnership clients up to £150m turnover and supervising a team of Junior staff. Key deliverables for the position include:

1. Day to day management of a Partner’s portfolio (£1m fee base) along with team management
2. Reviewing the work of the Accountancy & Tax teams
3. Answering complex client queries, training the team in respect of cash flow forecasting, management accounts and general accounting issues
4. Meeting new & existing clients with the Partner, growing your own portfolio in time
5. Providing clients with specialist tax advice including corporation tax, income tax, CGT, IHT, Trust tax, UK residence, EIS/EMI and corporate re-structuring
6. Dealing with SEIS/EIS advance assurance and statement of compliance submissions
7. Reviewing CGT returns and SDLT returns
8. Dealing with VAT enquiries, residence certificates and forms
9. Dealing with tax clearances: share for share exchanges, share buybacks, corporate demergers/partitions, EMI/EIS clearances

To be considered for the role you should be a Qualified ACA/ACCA Accountant, experienced with property clients covering all aspects of Accounts & Tax, and you should be able to provide tax planning advice and spot opportunities that might help clients in wealth management and advisory services. You should have a very good understanding of corporate tax, personal tax, and VAT; be a highly motivated and enthusiastic self-starter with a can-do attitude and able to think broadly and demonstrate a high level of initiative. On offer is a salary up to £90,000 depending on qualifications and relevant experience, with benefits to include company pension, healthcare, 25 days holidays and other flexible benefits.