Partnership Tax Associate Director

BDO LLP; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading professional services firm as a Partnership Tax Associate Director, where you will have the opportunity to work with a diverse client base, including law firms and financial services. This role offers a collaborative environment where you can develop your technical and client relationship skills. Benefit from a hybrid working model that allows flexibility while ensuring you engage with your team at the Baker Street hub. As part of a supportive team, you will manage a varied portfolio of tax compliance and advisory services, helping clients navigate complex tax matters. If you are ambitious and eager to grow your career, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA/CTA with post-qualified experience in tax compliance.
• Experience dealing with partnerships and corporate tax issues.

Responsibilities

• Manage client relationships and ensure timely responses to client needs.
• Develop a network of contacts and support business growth.
• Coach and develop junior staff while managing a client service team.

Skills

Tax Compliance

Tax Advisory

Client Relationship Management

Business Development

Team Management

Communication

Self-Motivation

Education

ACA/CTA Qualification

Job description

Partnership Tax Associate Director

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Location: London - Baker Street

Time Type: Full time

Posted On: Posted Yesterday

Job Requisition ID: R16393

We’ll help you succeed.

We are looking for someone who is willing to get involved, and who is keen to learn and develop – the team will support you in gaining new market knowledge, new skills, and new technical expertise to help build your career.

At BDO we are proud of our Workable hybrid working framework – we have core team days, and an expectation that team members will be at our Baker Street hub for at least 2 days a week, but otherwise you will have substantial freedom to plan your balance of time in the office and time at home.

You will be joining one of the largest Professional Services tax teams in London. We serve a wide variety of clients within the sector, including law firms, consultants, recruiters, architects and property services firms, as well as financial services businesses and private equity firms. We also look after their Partners and Senior Executives.

The role provides an exceptional opportunity for the successful candidate to develop their technical, commercial and client relationship skills in a supportive and collaborative environment, working with colleagues who are recognised as experts in the sector.

Our client base will provide you with a fantastic opportunity to work on a challenging and varied portfolio, delivering tax reporting, compliance and advisory services both in the UK and internationally.

You will have the chance to deal with matters relating to the management of clients operating within the professional services and investment fund management sectors, particularly partnerships/LLPs and their partners, as well as some corporate businesses.

Furthermore, you will be able to consider and highlight further opportunities to develop new work. When you join us, we’ll make your growth our priority. If you can demonstrate the following skills, we can help you go far.

Responsibilities

• Run client relationships - acting as a key point of contact for clients, ensuring the team respond promptly to, as well as anticipate, client requests/needs, and maintaining regular contact with clients.
• Manage a portfolio of clients, running the client service team to deliver tax compliance and advisory services.
• Develop your own network of contacts internally and externally, supporting your own career development and the growth of our business.
• Deal with interesting and varied tax issues, with support from partners and directors.
• Actively participate in the management of the group.
• Be responsible for coaching and developing junior members of staff.
• Act as a liaison between the client and other specialist service groups within BDO, both in the UK and internationally.

Requirements

• Qualified ACA/CTA (or equivalent) with demonstrable post-qualified experience.
• Experience in a corporate and/or partnership tax compliance and advisory role, ideally including experience of dealing with professional partnerships.
• Significant involvement in and ability to deal with interesting and challenging tax advisory projects.
• Some involvement in business development activities with new and/or existing clients.
• Experience of dealing with client senior management.
• Self-motivated with excellent communication.
• Experience of managing junior staff.
• A commitment to technical and personal development, with the drive and ambition to progress and fulfil your full potential.

About Us

BDO UK provides tax, audit and assurance, advisory and business outsourcing services. Our clients are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and the owners and management teams that lead them.

Our partners and staff are specialists in their fields and have a proactive, flexible approach to helping clients overcoming the challenges they face. We aim to be as innovative and entrepreneurial as our clients. Our approach and expertise are what help us deliver exceptional client service. 95% of our clients would recommend us.

We operate from 17 locations across the UK, covering all major business centres. We employ 8,000 people who are encouraged to bring their best selves to work; taking responsibility for their work and their relationships with clients. All our people share core values that underpin both our culture and the value that we bring to our clients. Our values are also reflected in continued focus on ESG.

Our firm is distinctive and we want to preserve and build on the strengths of our culture and the characteristics that make us both successful and different. We look for people from all kinds of backgrounds who share these same qualities.

BDO LLP is a key member of the BDO global network of public accounting, tax and advisory firms. The firms have representation in 164 countries, with 111,300 people working out of over 1,803 offices worldwide. That’s BDO and we are proud to be part of it. Being part of an integrated network of firms across the world provides us with myriad opportunities for success.