Tax Manager, Private Advisory

Grant Thornton UK LLP; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tax advisory firm in Birmingham seeks a Manager for its Private Tax Advisory team. The role involves providing tailored tax advice to high-net-worth clients and business owners, conducting complex research, and producing detailed reports. Candidates should hold a relevant professional qualification and have strong interpersonal skills. The firm values collaboration and offers a flexible working culture, ensuring work-life balance while supporting personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Inclusive culture

Support for work-life balance

Qualifications

• Minimum relevant qualification in CTA / ACA / ACCA.
• Confidence in interacting with clients.

Responsibilities

• Provide tax advice to business owners and high-net-worth individuals.
• Manage client communications and relationships.
• Conduct bespoke technical research for advisory projects.
• Produce clear and commercially driven tax reports.
• Implement projects, coordinating with other parties for completion.
• Assist in the development of junior team members.
• Stay updated on UK and International tax law developments.

Skills

UK Private Client tax experience

Corporate Tax Advisory experience

Ability to conduct tax research

Client interaction skills

Education

Relevant professional qualification (CTA / ACA / ACCA)

Job description

Our GT Private team specialises in looking after the tax affairs of entrepreneurial and high net worth individuals, their families, and their businesses to provide a bespoke service advising on a variety of tax planning matters such as business structuring (including reorganisations and demergers), business and asset disposals, inheritance tax and estate planning, UK and overseas trust planning and personal international tax planning including residency. Working closely with dynamic individuals is an important part of the role and you'll need to be able to build rewarding relationships quickly. Ideally you will be ACA or CTA qualified so that you have the technical expertise and insight to advise our clients.

Role Overview

A look into the role: As a Manager within our Private Tax Advisory team in the Central region you will:

• Receive challenging, on-the-ground experience in a fully advisory role, providing tax advice to business owners, shareholders and HNW individuals
• Meet clients and be responsible for certain client communications
• Have a good technical process to carry out bespoke technical research for a range of complex advisory projects
• Produce high quality tax reports, that are clear and commercially driven, to advise clients and help them operate in a tax-efficient manner and liaise with HM Revenue & Customs on their behalf
• Manage the implementation of projects including liaising with lawyers and other third parties to see a project through to completion
• Assist in the development of more junior team members
• Keep up to date with and monitor developments in UK and International tax law, both legislation and case law

You will be working in a team orientated environment, fully supported by our Associate Directors, Directors and Partners.

Key Qualifications

Joining us as a Manager in Private Tax Advisory, the minimum criteria you'll need is a relevant professional qualification (CTA / ACA / ACCA or equivalent), and to be confident interacting with clients. It would be great if you also had some of the following skills, but don't worry if you don't tick every box, we'll help you develop along the way:

• UK Private Client tax and / or Corporate Tax Advisory experience (including shareholder tax issues, company restructuring, inheritance tax and estate planning etc)
• Ability to research a range of topics to feed into complex advisory projects
• Experience working with private clients and owner managed businesses (including both tax advisory and compliance matters)
• Experience of overseas structures (mainly trusts and companies) and UK reporting requirements
• An eagerness to develop deep knowledge of the firm's services and capabilities

About Grant Thornton

At Grant Thornton we do things differently - looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. And we empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture and work life balance. A true alternative.

With over 5,000 people in the UK, and a presence in 150 global markets, we’re on an ambitious journey, from great to exceptional, and we need the best people to help us achieve our potential. And with that comes the opportunity to help redefine what our industry looks like, and what you want from your career. Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential. Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work. We’re always happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares - we’ll support you to balance your work and life.

Beyond the job Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance. The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our CLEARR values - Collaboration, Leadership, Excellence, Agility, Respect and Responsibility. We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.