Personal Tax Assistant Manager

Accountancy Practice and Tax recruitment specialists Clark Wood are currently working with a highly reputable and regional firm of chartered accountants in Edinburgh who are looking to add a Personal Tax Assistant Manager to their team.

Working within the private client tax team, your role will involve managing a diverse portfolio of Personal Tax clients.

Supporting the partners and managers, you will be responsible for ensuring all aspects of compliance and reporting work for your clients is completed. Your role will be varied and may include partnership tax computations and tax returns, capital tax computations and reports, trust tax returns, IHT accounts and trust accounts.

Aside from the compliance aspect of the role, you will be responsible for providing tax advice to your portfolio of clients as required and for other clients as required by partners and managers.

You will also be responsible for supervising and providing guidance to junior team members within the team.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working in a Personal Tax or Mixed Tax role and may be ATT/CTA/ACCA Qualified.

This is a fantastic opportunity for the successful individual to join a well-regarded and forward-thinking firm in Edinburgh as a Personal Tax Assistant Manager where there will be genuine scope for career development.

Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Manage a portfolio of clients and take responsibility to ensure compliance
2. Deal with complex tax matters with an international aspect
3. Identify opportunities for any additional services that clients may need and liaise with subject specialists
4. Manage and navigate HMRC enquiries on behalf of the client
5. Provide guidance and assistance to junior members of the team
6. Take responsibility of the billing of clients within your portfolio
7. Participate in internal tax technical training sessions
8. Liaise with internal teams (Accounts, Business Management & payroll) to ensure client affairs are co-ordinated and delivered on time

Skills:

1. CTA Part or Fully Qualified (ATT, ACCA or ACA Qualified also considered)
2. Strong Personal Tax experience within a practice environment