Personal Tax Manager

Bishop Fleming; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Critical illness cover

Health cashback plan

Job summary

Bishop Fleming is seeking a Personal Tax Manager to join our expanding tax team in the South West. You will deliver tax compliance and advisory services for business owners, landlords and high-net-worth individuals, while guiding trainees and working with senior management.

Ideal candidates are appropriately qualified with private client tax experience, excellent communicators, and capable people managers who want to contribute to the firm’s growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in private client/personal tax environment.
• Excellent communicator capable of building strong client relationships.
• Strong people-management skills with a track record of coaching teams.
• Keen to contribute towards the overall success and growth of Bishop Fleming.

Responsibilities

• Provide tax compliance and advisory services to clients including business owners, property landlords and high-net-worth individuals.
• Deliver a wide range of taxation advice (capital and inheritance tax, remuneration planning, property tax projects, international tax).
• Develop and coach trainee tax accountants into accomplished business advisors.

Skills

Private client tax experience

Excellent communication

People management

Business development

Education

Appropriately qualified in tax

Job description

Personal Tax Manager

About the Role

We are looking for a talented Personal Tax Manager to join our expanding 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 a new challenge within an environment that will enable you to reach your potential.

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

• Capital tax planning, including inheritance tax, succession planning and trusts
• Remuneration planning including share incentivisation schemes
• 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’ll bring:

• 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 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 £50m. 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, 60 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 correspondent firm of Kreston Global, a global network of 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 commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant working environment, we conduct 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.

We do not currently offer visa sponsorship. To be eligible for this role, applicants must have the unrestricted right to live and work in the UK.

End Date:

October 31, 2026, 2026.