TAX MANAGER

Armstrong Knight; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

Promotion opportunities

Job summary

Armstrong Knight in London is seeking a Tax Manager to support a growing tax team, covering personal and corporate tax, advisory projects, and supervision of seniors and juniors. You will liaise with HMRC and manage client portfolios, contributing to the team’s long-term success and development.

The role offers strong progression, a supportive environment, and opportunities for rapid promotion for outstanding individuals. CTA is preferred, with ACA/ACCA or experience considered.

Qualifications

• Strong base of experience in personal tax and/or corporate tax.
• Mixed tax background ideal.
• Experience in advisory work with portfolio management and delegation.
• CTA preferred; ACA/ACCA also considered; qualification by experience may be considered.
• Reporting to partners and general partners; training juniors.

Responsibilities

• Review corporation tax computations and LLP income tax computations for corporate clients.
• Prepare/review personal tax returns for a portfolio of individuals.
• Prepare/review forms P11D for a portfolio of businesses.
• First point of contact for own portfolio; liaise with HMRC.
• Work with partners on tax advisory projects (restructuring, remuneration, incorporations, EMI, R&D credits, EIS/SEIS).
• Assist partners with research into technical areas.
• Identify tax planning opportunities within client portfolios.
• Training and supervision of junior team members; involvement in appraisal process.
• Involvement in management of the team.
• Preparation of invoices for clients.

Skills

Personal tax

Corporate tax

Advisory experience

Portfolio management

Delegation

Communication skills

Team supervision

Education

CTA qualification

ACA/ACCA

Qualified by experience

Tools

Digita Personal Tax

Corporation Tax Advanced

Company Secretarial software

Job description

Our top 20 client is seeking to recruit a Tax manager to bolster their ever growing team.

The tax team works with the firms audit and accounts teams and the firm’s general partners, as well as providing specialist tax consultancy services. The team currently comprises 15 team members, including five tax managers and two tax partners.

Our client prides itself in the investment of its staff training and development all within a friendly yet highly professional environment.

The position will involve training and supervision of the tax seniors and juniors, as well as working closely with your fellow team managers to contribute to and be part of the success of the team in the long term. The firm as a whole is dedicated to the progression of its staff and there are opportunities for rapid promotion for outstanding people.

As the successful candidate you will have a strong base of experience in personal tax and/or corporate tax – a mixed tax background, or experience of mixed tax through study is ideal. You will have practical tax knowledge including a range of advisory experience, and you will be able to demonstrate experience of both manging a portfolio and delegating work.

You will ideally be CTA qualified, however candidates with ACA/ACCA qualification who have been working in tax long term, or candidates qualified by experience may also be considered.

The role will have its own portfolio of clients and will be supported by tax seniors (who will have their own sub-portfolio) and tax juniors. Reporting will be directly to tax partners and general partners.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Review of corporation tax computations and LLP income tax computations prepared by the accounts/audit team for corporate clients in your portfolio.
• Preparation/review of personal tax returns for a portfolio of individuals.
• Preparation/review of forms P11D for a portfolio of businesses.
• First point of contact for own portfolio of clients.
• Liaising with HMRC on behalf of clients.
• Dealing with HMRC enquiries into personal and corporate tax returns.
• Working with the partners on tax advisory projects for existing clients and prospects (for example, restructuring/reorganisations, remuneration planning, incorporations, share buy-backs, R&D tax credits, EMI schemes, EIS and SEIS applications).
• Assisting the partners with research into other technical areas.
• Identify tax planning opportunities within individual and corporate client portfolio.
• Training and supervision of junior team members, including involvement in the appraisal process.
• Involvement in management of the team.
• Preparation of invoices for clients.

You should have good IT skills including confidence with using Word and Excel. We work with Digita Personal Tax, Corporation Tax Advanced and Company Secretarial software.

Strong communication skills, both spoken and written, is vital as this is a role involving regular interaction with colleagues and clients.

A highly competitive salary, benefits package and clearly defined progression path are on offer to the successful candidate.