Mixed Tax Senior Manager

Nyman Libson Paul; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nyman Libson Paul is seeking a senior tax professional with CTA qualifications and 10+ years of experience in tax to manage complex client portfolios in a collaborative team.

You will deliver tax computations, provide technical guidance to Partners, mentor junior staff, and contribute to business development and client service initiatives. A proactive, engaging leader with strong communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified – CTA expected.
• 10+ years' experience within relevant tax discipline at this level.
• Develop good technical and compliance knowledge and skills and develop an area of expertise with support.
• Maintain professional scepticism.

Responsibilities

• Deliver complete tax computations and returns for complex client portfolios.
• Provide technical resource to Partners and liaise with them on client needs.
• Coach and develop assistants and trainees, reviewing their work and giving feedback.
• Lead tax planning, projects and compliance matters; respond to client queries.
• Build a network of professional contacts; share knowledge with team to achieve goals.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Business development

Networking

Client relationship management

Team collaboration

Education

CTA (Chartered Tax Advisor)

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake technical support and research in delivering tax services to a portfolio of clients and provide technical resource to meet client needs liaising with relevant Partner
• Prepare complex personal tax returns
• Effectively delegate work to assistants and trainees, review the same and provide constructive feedback
• Undertakes tax planning, projects, compliance matters and deal with client queries. Prepares correspondence to clients and liaise with Partners
• Apply technical knowledge in the understanding of the principles of residency, ordinary residency and domicile, capital gains tax, inheritance tax and understand the taxation of death estates and trusts
• Take responsibility for the delivery of the complete tax computations and returns for more advanced jobs and be able to deal with all aspects of tax accounting
• Be able to deal with the tax issues affecting owners of companies including how to efficiently extract cash from the company and business assets disposal relief, setting up and closing down companies, regroup aspects including transfer process, group rebates etc
• Work in collaboration with the team to share knowledge and ideas to assist in the communication and achievement of team goals. Coach and develop others to build their knowledge of tax
• Build profile as a technical expert and develop a network of professional contacts outside of the firm by use of technology and attending events
• Assist with Marketing initiatives and build knowledge and awareness of all aspects of the firm's service to help identify opportunities to up sell and cross sell services to clients
• Support marketing and business development initiatives to include writing content for articles and researching specific topics as directed
• Be pro-active and identify opportunities to win new work in conjunction with Partners
• Engage positively with the business and advocate the firm's values
• Take responsibility for own personal and professional behaviour and development to progress learning and career progression
• Act with honesty, fairness and integrity in all dealings with clients, contacts and team members whilst respecting confidentiality and building trust

General

• Take ownership of work/assignments/portfolio
• Take responsibility for following the firm's procedures
• Meet all targets set by the firm
• Follow firm's procedures on billing and recoveries
• Maintain client confidentiality out of the office, including on client premises

Technical, Training and Skills Levels

• Professionally qualified – CTA expected.
• 10+ years' experience within relevant tax discipline at this level
• Develop good technical and compliance knowledge and skills and develop an area of expertise with support
• Maintain professional scepticism
• Understand and identify business risk
• Effective use of business tools
• Develop coaching, and mentoring skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Build relationships with peers internally and externally
• Understand other client facing service areas: audit, theatre division, business services, payroll
• Excellent client handling and relationship skills
• Awareness of relevant financial targets and constraints
• Seek innovative solutions with 'out of the box' thinking to deliver excellent client service
• Generate and implement new ideas to progress the business
• Develop specialist expertise relevant to servicing client portfolio
• Strong business acumen
• Develop good networking and rapport building skills
• Marketing and business development skills
• Demonstrate effective management and leadership style that inspires others