Share Plans & Incentives Assistant Manager

BDO LLP; Leeds, Nottingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic accountancy and business advisory firm as a Share Plans & Incentives Assistant Manager. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with ambitious, high-growth businesses, providing essential tax compliance and advisory services. You will manage a diverse portfolio of clients, advising on share options and employee ownership schemes while collaborating with senior leaders. The firm values your growth and offers structured career development resources. If you're passionate about making a difference in the entrepreneurial landscape, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of reward tax and related areas.
• Experience in preparing share valuations and liaising with HMRC.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of existing clients and assist in business growth.
• Provide tax compliance and advisory services to clients.

Skills

Tax treatment of share options

EMI and ESS knowledge

Share valuations

Staff management and mentoring

Client relationship management

Accounting and employment law awareness

Education

Degree level education (LLB preferred)

CTA, ATT, ACA qualified or equivalent

Job description

Share Plans & Incentives Assistant Manager

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

We’ll help you succeed

You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working pro-actively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

You will be a key member of the Global Employer Services group, this role will provide reward and share schemes services for a wide range of clients. You will be responsible for assisting Directors & Partners in providing Tax compliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients.

The primary responsibility will be to deal with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of existing clients and assist with the development of targets in order to ensure the continued growth of the business. You will also provide assistance to senior members of staff in both client work and in the management of the group, as appropriate.

We’re looking for someone with:

• Ability to advise on the tax treatment of share options and other forms of employee share ownership
• An in-depth knowledge of EMI, ESS and knowledge of reward tax and related areas such as employment, NIC and capital gains tax etc.
• Expertise on split interest, freezer and nil paid arrangements
• Experience in the preparation of share valuations and liaison with HMRC
• Staff management and mentoring experience
• Awareness of accounting, employment law and company law implications of share incentives
• Experience of dealing direct with clients including agreement of fees
• Educated to degree level (LLB preferred), and/or CTA and/or ATT/ACA qualified or equivalent

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

About Us

BDO UK provides tax, audit and assurance, advisory and business outsourcing services. Our clients are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and the owners and management teams that lead them.

Our firm is distinctive and we want to preserve and build on the strengths of our culture and the characteristics that make us both successful and different.