Senior Partnership Tax Manager

Slaughter and May; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Slaughter and May is seeking an experienced Partnership tax accountant/manager to join the tax team within the Finance Department. You will work with the Head of Partnership tax and the Senior tax manager to deliver tax compliance and advisory services to the partners and the firm.

The role requires prior partnership accounting and tax compliance experience and strong stakeholder management. You will prepare partnership tax computations, returns, and basis period reforms, manage HMRC

Qualifications

• 4–5 years post-qualification experience in a professional services environment
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Deep understanding of partnership technical issues
• Excellent reconciliation and numeracy skills; confident with journals
• Advanced Excel with pivot tables, complex functions, data validation and conditional formatting
• Ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
• Strong attention to detail with a methodical approach
• Hands-on approach with appropriate delegation and supervision

Responsibilities

• Manage the preparation of the firm’s partnership tax computations and returns
• Assist year-end tax reserving and partners’ capital accounts
• Oversee day-to-day partnership tax compliance and HMRC correspondence
• Support reconciliations and journal preparation for audits
• Assist with Belgium and HK partnership tax matters
• Support Pillar 2, CbC reporting and transfer pricing
• Lead ad hoc partnership projects and drive quality
• Support Senior Manager to deliver high-quality compliance and advisory work
• Assist during busy compliance season
• Maintain relationships with advisers and HMRC
• Drive process improvements, automation and tax tech initiatives

Skills

Stakeholder management

Advanced Excel

Numeracy

Journals

Attention to detail

Prioritisation

Job description

We are recruiting for an experienced Partnership tax accountant/manager to join the tax team who sit within the Finance Department.

You will be working with the Head of Partnership tax and the Senior tax manager and will be responsible for providing tax compliance and advisory services to the partners and the firm. The role is suitable for an individual with previous experience in partnership accounting and partnership tax compliance and who will be comfortable with senior stakeholder management.

Key responsibilities

The key responsibilities of this role are set out below and there may be others which are not listed. You may be required on occasion to work outside our normal working hours of 9:30am to 5:30pm.

• Managing the preparation of the firm’s tax computation, partnership tax return and basis period reform amendments
• Assisting in the year-end tax reserving process and preparation of partners’ capital accounts
• Day to day management of the partnership tax compliance process, including organising tax payments to HMRC and dealing with HMRC correspondence
• Assist with reconciliations and journal preparation, including supporting the firm’s audit cycle
• Assisting with tax matters and compliance for the Belgium branch and HK partnership
• Assisting with the reporting requirements for Pillar 2, CbC reporting and transfer pricing
• Ad hoc partnership projects, which are wide ranging given the size of the team
• Assisting the Senior manager ensuring delivery of high-quality tax compliance and advisory work
• Assisting the tax team during the busy compliance season
• Maintaining strong relationships with third party advisers and HMRC
• Drive process improvement, automation and tax technology initiatives

Candidate profile

Candidates for this position must have:

• At least 4/5 years post-qualification experience within a professional services environment, either in a managerial/advisory role or in-house role
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• You will be able to demonstrate a deep understanding of the technical issues that are key to the partners and partnerships
• Excellent reconciliation and numeracy skills, confident with journals and financial operations
• Advanced Excel experience to include pivot tables, complex functions and formulas, data validation and conditional formatting
• Ability to prioritise work effectively and meet deadlines
• Strong attention to detail with methodical and logical approach
• Ability to balance a hands-on approach with appropriate delegation and supervision when appropriate

We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment processes are barrier-free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who best meet the minimum or essential criteria for our Business Services roles. You are disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. For more information about the Disability Confident scheme, please see the government website here.

We welcome applications irrespective of race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, belief or marital status.