Senior Tax Professional

Blusource Professional Services Ltd; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Flexible working

Continued professional development

Health Shield cash back plan

Pension

Life assurance

Paid study leave

Paid professional subscriptions

Job summary

Blusource Professional Services Ltd in Cambridgeshire is seeking a Senior Tax Professional (semi-senior considered) to join a successful long-standing accountancy firm. Expect a challenging workload and direct client engagement, with flexible working options and a negotiable salary.

You will manage private client tax compliance, advisory matters, and capital gains, inheritance tax, and trust issues, with support from Partners and senior colleagues.

Qualifications

• Experience managing tax compliance for private clients.
• Ability to communicate with clients and progress tax matters independently.
• Knowledge of CGT, IHT, and trust taxation.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver tax compliance work, ensuring all statutory and client deadlines are met.
• Work closely with Partners and senior colleagues on private client and advisory tax matters.
• Provide support and advice on CGT, including disposals of UK property and other assets.
• Prepare and review UK property CGT returns, ensuring accurate and timely submission.
• Assist with Inheritance Tax (IHT) planning, compliance, and advisory matters.
• Deal with trust taxation, including TRS requirements and related IHT matters.
• Undertake Statutory Residence Test (SRT) reviews and advise on residence/domicile considerations.
• Prepare and review tax returns for non-UK resident individuals.
• Liaise directly with clients, building strong relationships and explaining complex tax matters clearly.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the practice while managing own workload.
• Keep up to date with changes in tax legislation and reflect them in advice and compliance work.
• Take ownership of work, prioritising effectively and delivering high-quality results on time.
• Develop knowledge across a broader private client tax practice, including trusts and IHT.

Skills

Client communication

Tax compliance

Independent work

Time management

Job description

We are actively recruiting for a job opportunity with a successful, long standing, accountancy firm based inCambridgeshire. The role is commutable from locations such as Cambridge, Ely, Huntingdon, St Ives, Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds, Thetford, and Peterborough.

The firm are looking to hire a Senior Tax Professional but will consider Semi-Senior level applicants. The salary is negotiable and will of course depend on experience and qualification level and is open within reason.

The successful candidate will need to be confident, independent, and self-sufficient, with the ability to manage their own workload, communicate directly with clients and progress personal tax compliance matters with minimal day-to-day supervision.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver tax compliance work, ensuring all statutory and client deadlines are met.
• Work closely with Partners and senior colleagues on a range of private client and advisory tax matters.
• Provide support and advice on Capital Gains Tax (CGT), including disposals of UK property and other assets.
• Prepare and review UK property CGT returns, ensuring accurate and timely submission.
• Assist with Inheritance Tax (IHT) planning, compliance, and advisory matters.
• Deal with trust taxation, including Trust Registration Service (TRS) requirements. Inheritance Tax matters relating to trusts. General trust compliance and advisory work.
• Undertake Statutory Residence Test (SRT) reviews and advise on the UK tax position of individuals with complex residence or domicile considerations.
• Prepare and review tax returns for non-UK resident individuals.
• Liaise directly with clients, building strong relationships and explaining complex tax matters in a clear and practical manner.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the practice while also managing individual workloads and responsibilities independently.
• Keep up to date with changes in tax legislation and ensure advice and compliance work reflects current requirements.
• Take ownership of work, prioritising effectively and delivering high-quality work within agreed timescales.
• Develop knowledge and experience across a broader range of private client tax matters, with opportunities to build specialist expertise in areas such as trusts and Inheritance Tax.

Benefits

• Competitive salary in line with market rate
• 25 days annual leave per annum plus Bank Holidays
• Continued development including attending training courses, webinars, leadership, management development and continuing professional development programmes
• Flexible working is encouraged and regularly reviewed
• Enhanced Maternity Pay Policy
• Enhanced Paternity Pay
• Income protection is provided
• Life assurance
• Paid study leave
• Paid professional subscriptions
• Health Shield cash back plan for treatments such as dental, optical and physiotherapy etc
• Flu vaccinations
• Enhanced sick pay
• Tax efficient pension
• Wellbeing programme, which includes counselling and mental health support and legal advice
• Team social events, fundraising and activities