Personal Tax Manager

ACCA Careers; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading firm in tax consultancy is seeking a Personal Tax Manager for their Plymouth team. This role involves providing tax compliance and advisory services to a diverse clientele, including business owners and high net worth individuals. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in personal tax, excellent communication skills, and experience in team management. This position offers hybrid working, 27 days of holiday, and numerous development opportunities.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Hybrid working

Contributory Pension scheme

Life assurance

Health cashback plan

Perkbox discounts

Employee wellbeing app

Social events

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in private client/personal tax environment required.
• Excellent communication skills to build client relationships.
• Experience in coaching and developing teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a wide range of taxation advice.
• Develop and coach trainee tax accountants.
• Handle capital and international tax issues.

Skills

Tax compliance

Advisory services

People management

Client communication

Education

Qualified tax professional

Job description

About the role

We are looking for a talented Personal Tax Manager to join our expanding Plymouth Tax team. This role will enable you to provide tax compliance and advisory services to a range of clients from business owners, property landlords to high net worth individuals. You might be an Assistant Manager who is looking to step up and progress their career or an experienced Manager who is looking for new challenge within an environment that will enable you to reach your potential.

Role

Working closely with our Senior Management team, you will play a key role in delivering a wide range of taxation advice which will include:

• Remuneration planning including share incentivisation schemes
• Capital tax planning, including inheritance tax and trusts
• Property tax projects
• International tax issues

You will also develop and coach our trainee tax accountants into becoming accomplished business advisors.

About You

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

• Appropriately qualified with experience of working within a private client/personal tax environment
• An excellent communicator who is able to build strong relationships with their clients
• A great people manager who enjoys developing and coaching their teams
• Keen to contribute towards the overall success and growth of Bishop Fleming

Why Bishop Fleming?

Bishop Fleming is an award-winning and 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, the firm saw growth of almost 15% over the last 12 months. Currently ranked fifth in the Accountancy Age Mid-Tier Power Index and is also 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; Bishop Fleming offers full services across a diverse range of sectors.

Bishop Fleming is also a member of Kreston Global, a global network of independent accounting firms in more than 100 countries.

With 9 offices, over 47 partners, and over 500 people, we have the capability and capacity to meet our clients’ needs. From owner-managed businesses to large businesses; to schools, not-for-profit and public sector organisations; and private clients we have the full-service expertise to advise our clients.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays plus Christmas off!
• Hybrid working
• A contributory Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Simply Health cashback plan including access to 24/7 online GP service and counselling services
• Perkbox discounts and rewards platform with over 4,00 perks and discounts
• Yulife employee wellbeing app
• Social events with active social committees that plan internal and external events
• Numerous opportunities for development.

Please contact Sam Ford, Talent Acquisition Manager if you would like to discuss this opportunity further.

We welcome applicants who would like the flexibility in their working arrangements, including working from home or part time working, which may help to accommodate parent or carer responsibilities, further studies and activities outside of work.

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

Closing date: 26th Sep 2025

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.