Senior Tax Manager

Able Bridge Recruitment; Inverness; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Private medical insurance

Life insurance x4

Income protection

Pension up to 10% contributory

Flexi working & hybrid working

Job summary

Able Bridge Recruitment is partnering with a top 15 accountancy firm to recruit a Corporate Tax Senior Manager for their Inverness office.

The role focuses on providing comprehensive corporate tax advice to a diverse client portfolio with occasional personal tax input, and it involves line management responsibilities and collaboration with other service lines. A CTA is preferred but not essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years within an accountancy firm in the UK
• CTA qualification is desirable but not essential
• Client facing role requiring excellent communication skills

Responsibilities

• Provide wide portfolio of corporate tax advice to clients
• Occasionally advise on personal tax matters
• Manage client relationships and build trusted partnerships
• Work with non‑tax teams to deliver business tax projects
• Review and manage complex corporation tax returns, including groups
• Advise on reorganisations, EMI schemes and owner‑managed business planning
• Provide remuneration, succession, CGT and IHT mitigation advice
• Deliver specialist tax strategies such as profit extraction and MBOs
• Offer high‑level personal tax guidance for high‑net-worth individuals

Skills

Corporate tax

Client relationships

People management

Education

CTA qualification

Job description

The Company

Able Bridge Recruitment are currently working in partnership with a top 15 accountancy firm in the recruitment of a corporate tax senior manager who will be based in the Inverness office.

Benefits include

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Private medical insurance

Life insurance x4

Income protection

Pension which is up to 10% contributory

Flexi working & hybrid working

This vacancy, the result of growth will report into the one of the firms partners and will be office based for at least 3 days per week.

The Responsibilities

The purpose of this role is to provide a wide portfolio of clients tax advice. Although you will predominantly be providing corporate tax advice, there will be the requirement to offer personal tax advice from time to time.

On a day-to-day basis you can expect to be responsible for the following;

Providing clear and concise advice to your portfolio of clients, building trusted and effective relationships

Day to day responsibility for managing ongoing client relationships

Work closely with non-tax fee earners across the group, including Business Services and Audit, to deliver a wide range of business tax projects

Managing and reviewing complex corporation tax returns including groups, advising on matters such as corporate reorganisations, EMI schemes, and tax planning for owner managed businesses.

Advising owner managed businesses regarding remuneration planning, succession planning, CGT and IHT mitigation

Delivering specialist tax advice which may include profit extraction strategies, management buy outs, and key stages of the business lifecycle.

Providing high level personal tax advice to high-net-worth individuals and business owners including capital gains tax, inheritance tax and other tax issues within families

Line management responsibilities for more junior members within your team, reviewing projects and providing regular feedback and supporting their development.

The Requirements

We are seeking a highly experienced and professional corporate tax senior manager who has a minimum of 5 years within an accountancy firm from within the UK. Ideally, the successful applicant will hold a CTA qualification although this is not essential. Applicants will be based in the Inverness office so candidates must be able to travel to the office or have ties to the inverness area. This role will be a client facing role so excellent communication skills in both written and verbal form are essential.

Our client does not hold a license to offer study support so will only consider applicants who are able to work unrestricted within the UK and who are based in the immediate vicinity.