SSC – Tax Associate

BDO UK; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm is seeking an Associate for their Tax Hub in Liverpool. The role involves supporting client-facing tax teams, ensuring quality assurance of tax returns, and managing a small team. Ideal candidates should have experience in expatriate tax, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in tax software. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive environment that values professional growth.

Benefits

Agile working opportunities

Career development programs

Investment in personal goals

Qualifications

• Completed or working towards ATT/ACCA or equivalent QBE.
• Demonstrable experience of Expatriate tax including residency tests.
• Well presented with strong professional communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support regional client-facing tax teams with review of tax returns.
• Deliver quality assurance outputs to agreed timescale and quality.
• Monitor accuracy of team members' output.

Skills

Expatriate tax knowledge

Attention to detail

Team management

Strong MS Excel skills

Education

ATT/ACCA or equivalent

Tools

CCH tax software

Job description

Overview

Ideas | People | Trust

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 leading them.

We’ll broaden your horizons

Our Shared Service Centre team (SSC) provides essential support to a number of teams across our firm. As well as assisting on large-scale operations, beyond the capacity of a core specialist team, they provide the unparalleled expertise we need to keep moving forward. As part of this friendly department, you’ll have the chance to work on exciting projects and develop your skillset. There’s real opportunity, making it a great chance to use industry knowledge and experience to solve problems in your next career step, or it can be a place to learn if you’re just starting out. If you want to work on important projects and explore your potential, we’ll give you the friendly, supportive working environment to go far.

We’ll help you succeed

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships.

You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively 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.

We are looking to recruit an experienced and dynamic Associate to join the Tax Hub based in central Liverpool. This team is one of several Hubs within BDO’s rapidly growing Shared Service Centre (SSC). SSC team members work internally within the business providing support to the client facing members of the firm.

The Tax Hub provides UK-wide tax compliance services to BDO colleagues in the tax stream. The successful candidate will play a key role in contributing to the next phase of BDO’s Shared Service strategy.

Responsibilities

• In this role, you’ll:
• • Support regional client-facing tax teams with review and quality assurance of expatriate and personal tax returns
  • Deliver quality assurance outputs to agreed timescale, quality, and volume
  • (Desired) Perform quality assurance of US personal tax returns
  • Monitor accuracy of team members' output, embedding a continuous improvement ethic through effective monitoring and root cause analysis of errors and omissions
  • Deliver coaching and feedback to team members to improve quality and aid in their development
  • Team management responsibility (up to 2 individuals), including coaching and feedback, day-to-day management, conducting one-to-ones and training and development of the team
  • Work extensively with BDO's tax software and workflow tools
  • Deal with internal queries with colleagues and teams across BDO UK
  • Build relationships with colleagues and stakeholders in local offices
  • Monitor productivity output and quality of the teams

Technical requirements and professional skills

• Completed or working towards ATT/ACCA or equivalent QBE
• Demonstrable experience of Expatriate tax including residency tests and remittance/arising basis application
• (Desired) Knowledge of the US tax system
• Energised, enthusiastic and results orientated
• Ability to work well in a team environment - mentoring/supervising experience is advantageous
• IT skills - strong working knowledge of MS Excel, other MS Office products and similar desktop applications
• Knowledge of CCH tax software is advantageous
• Well presented with a professional level of communication – both verbal and written
• Good time management, organisation skills and the ability to prioritise and complete tasks with limited supervision

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to our business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer everyone the opportunity to work in ways that suit them, their teams, and the task at hand.

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.

We’re in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value and satisfying experiences at work, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

We’re looking forward to the future

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy.

Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions.

We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.