Employment Tax Manager

ACCA Careers; Bath; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Hybrid and flexible working

Contributory Pension

Life assurance

Critical illness cover

Simply Health cashback

Perkbox discounts

Social events

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Bishop Fleming is seeking an Employment Tax Manager to join its expanding tax team in the UK. You will deliver diverse employment tax advisory projects, including benefits packages, international employment matters and national minimum wage related work, while mentoring trainees and supporting business development.

The role emphasizes leadership, coaching, and contributing to the growth of the employment tax services across the firm.

Qualifications

• Experience in employment tax advisory required.
• International employment advisory experience desirable but not essential.
• CIS experience not essential.
• Strong communication and client-relations skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a wide range of employment tax advisory projects.
• Advise on benefit and reward packages and international employments.
• Sign off employment tax due diligence reports on acquisitions or sales.
• Develop and coach trainees.
• Contribute to business development and strategy for employment tax services.

Skills

Employment tax

International employment

CIS knowledge

Client relationships

Job description

Description

About this opportunity

We are looking to recruit a talented Employment Tax Manager to join our growing tax team.

Working with a diverse range of clients, from entrepreneurial owner-managed businesses to expanding corporates, you will get to work on a variety of interesting and challenging tax advisory projects.

An important part of this role will be focussed around developing junior team members into becoming accomplished tax advisors. We will also look to you to support us in our business development activities as we continue to expand.

Role

Working closely with our Tax Partners and Directors, you will play a key role in delivering a wide range of taxation advice which will include:

• Delivering a wide range of employment tax advisory projects, including advising on benefit and reward packages, international employments, national minimum wage and construction industry scheme enquiries
• Advising businesses on employment tax issues on acquisitions or sales of businesses including signing off employment tax due diligence reports
• Developing and coaching our trainees
• Contributing to business development activities in the local marketplace and across the firm.
• You will also have the opportunity to participate in business strategy and contribute to the development of our employment tax services.

What We Are Looking For

To be considered for the role, you will need to be:

• Appropriately qualified with experience of working within an employment tax environment.
• Experience in advising on international employments is desirable but not essential.
• Experience of CIS is not essential.
• An excellent communicator who can build strong relationships with their clients
• A great Growth Coach who enjoys developing and coaching their teams
• Keen to contribute towards the overall success and growth of Bishop Fleming

Why join us

We are an award-winning certified Great Place to Work® provider of Audit, Accountancy, Tax and Advisory services in the South West and West Midlands. With a turnover of £48m, we saw growth of almost 15% over the last 12 months. We are also currently ranked fifth in the Accountancy Age Mid-Tier Power Index and are the largest provider of audit services to multi-academy trusts in the academy sector.

From owner-managed businesses, SMEs, and large businesses; to entrepreneurs and private individuals; we offer full services across a diverse range of sectors.

With 9 offices, over 50 partners, and over 500 people, we have the capability and capacity to meet our clients’ needs. From owner-managed businesses to large businesses we have the full-service expertise to advise our clients.

We are also a member of Kreston Global, a global network of independent accounting firms in more than 100 countries.

We Also Offer a Multifaceted Benefits Package, Which Includes

• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Extra time off at Christmas - in addition to your annual leave entitlement, we close between Christmas and New Year
• Hybrid and flexible working
• A contributory Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Critical illness cover
• Simply Health cashback plan including access to 24/7 online GP service and counselling services
• Perkbox discounts and rewards platform with over 4,000 perks and discounts
• Social events with active social committees that plan internal and external events
• Numerous opportunities for development

We welcome applicants seeking flexible working arrangements, including part‑time working or working from home, to support responsibilities such as caring commitments, further study, or interests outside of work.

We are committed to welcoming new people into an inclusive working environment, where everyone has equal opportunity to reach their full potential. We support a culture where people are valued and treated with respect, and where differences are understood and celebrated.

The more varied our workforce, the broader the expertise within our business. The broader our expertise, the greater our chances of innovation and success. That's why we're committed to equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion at every level.

As part of our recruitment process and our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant working environment, we carry out background checks on all successful applicants. These checks will include verification of references, confirmation of right to work in the UK, and, where applicable, a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Further details will be provided during the recruitment process.

For agencies:

Please note that we do not accept unsolicited CVs. Submissions will only be reviewed where a role has been briefed by our Talent Acquisition team.

Closing date:

28th Aug 2026