Tax Manager

IPS Finance; Stapleford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

IPS Finance seeks a Tax Manager for its Nottingham office to lead the tax function, overseeing compliance and delivering high-level advisory work for owner-managed businesses and private clients.

You will build strong client relationships, review tax work, and support colleagues while contributing to complex advisory projects across multiple offices, with clear progression opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experienced tax professional with a strong grounding in UK taxation.
• CTA, ACA or ACCA qualified, or qualified by experience with an appropriate level of technical knowledge.
• Previous experience within an accountancy practice or professional services environment.
• Comfortable reviewing tax work and taking responsibility for the delivery of a tax function.
• Able to communicate technical tax matters clearly to clients and colleagues.
• Confident dealing directly with clients in meetings, over the telephone and by email.
• An interest in developing broader advisory experience across corporate and private client tax matters.
• Able to manage competing priorities and work collaboratively with partners and colleagues across different offices.

Responsibilities

• Manage the tax function for the office, ensuring work is completed accurately and to appropriate deadlines.
• Review tax compliance work and provide technical guidance to colleagues where required.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with a varied portfolio of business and private clients.
• Assist with a growing pipeline of corporate and personal tax advisory assignments.
• Support projects including business reorganisations and demergers, share schemes and company disposals.
• Assist with family investment company structures and inheritance tax planning.
• Work closely with senior tax specialists and partners on technically complex assignments.
• Provide tax advisory support to clients and colleagues across other regional offices.
• Identify tax planning opportunities arising from ongoing client relationships.

Skills

UK taxation

Tax compliance

Client engagement

Communication

Technical knowledge

Education

CTA/ACCA/ACA or QBE

Job description

An established and growing accountancy practice is looking to appoint a Tax Manager to its Nottingham office. The firm advises a broad range of owner-managed businesses and private clients, providing a combination of compliance and higher-level tax advisory services.

This is a key appointment with responsibility for managing the tax function within the office. You will oversee the delivery and review of tax work, support colleagues on technical matters and act as a main point of contact for clients. Alongside the day to day tax work, there is significant scope to become involved in more complex advisory projects across multiple offices.

Responsibilities

• Manage the tax function for the office, ensuring work is completed accurately and to appropriate deadlines.
• Review tax compliance work and provide technical guidance to colleagues where required.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with a varied portfolio of business and private clients.
• Assist with a growing pipeline of corporate and personal tax advisory assignments.
• Support projects including business reorganisations and demergers, share schemes and company disposals.
• Assist with family investment company structures and inheritance tax planning.
• Work closely with senior tax specialists and partners on technically complex assignments.
• Provide tax advisory support to clients and colleagues across other regional offices.
• Identify tax planning opportunities arising from ongoing client relationships.

Candidate Profile

• Experienced tax professional with a strong grounding in UK taxation.
• CTA, ACA or ACCA qualified, or qualified by experience with an appropriate level of technical knowledge.
• Previous experience within an accountancy practice or professional services environment.
• Comfortable reviewing tax work and taking responsibility for the delivery of a tax function.
• Able to communicate technical tax matters clearly to clients and colleagues.
• Confident dealing directly with clients in meetings, over the telephone and by email.
• An interest in developing broader advisory experience across corporate and private client tax matters.
• Able to manage competing priorities and work collaboratively with partners and colleagues across different offices.

Progression and Key Selling Points

The role offers a combination of responsibility for an established tax function and exposure to technically varied advisory work. The successful candidate will work closely with experienced partners while developing experience across transactions, reorganisations, share incentives, succession and inheritance tax planning.

IPS Finance has 45 years' experience in the Yorkshire accountancy recruitment market. We have built our business on long term relationships with both individuals and clients in all sectors, bringing real benefits to all concerned. Please visit our website to view the latest accountancy / finance and practice opportunities