Tax Specialist - London, UK

BDO UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO UK is seeking a Tax Accounting Specialist to support high-profile audits and advise clients on tax accounting. This role involves collaboration with audit teams and mentoring junior staff. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in tax accounting and auditing, alongside project management skills. BDO fosters a supportive culture with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Experience of tax accounting and tax auditing required.
• Knowledge of FRS102 and IFRS essential; US GAAP experience is useful.
• Experience dealing with client senior management.

Responsibilities

• Provide tax audit support on high-profile audits across various sectors.
• Act as a point of contact with the main audit team.
• Coach and train junior staff.

Skills

Tax accounting

Tax auditing

Good project management skills

Client management

Coaching and training

Education

Educated to degree level

CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent

Job description

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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 broaden your horizons

BDO's Tax Accounting Group is a national group bringing together tax professionals who specialise in tax accounting and tax audit work. Headed by an equity partner, we can offer an exciting and quality career path for ambitious people.

This role will provide tax audit support on our largest, high-profile audits across a range of groups and sectors. Just as key will be acting as a tax accounting specialist to our non-audit clients, assisting with complex provisioning engagements and the tax accounting aspects of GAAP conversions, carve out accounting and acquisition accounting. Clients and audited entities include FTSE companies, AIM listed companies, large inbounds and private equity backed businesses.

You will be responsible for a number of tax audits, acting as the point of contact with the main audit team, and working closely with junior staff and tax partners to deliver this work. You will also work on a number of ad hoc, project based engagements working with other BDO teams, using your tax accounting knowledge in different contexts to deliver the best to our clients.

You will act as a key contact for tax accounting queries for the wider tax and audit practices and be involved in coaching and training more junior members of the team.

When you join us, we'll make your growth our priority. If you can demonstrate the following skills, we can help you go far. We're looking for someone with:

• Prior experience of tax accounting and tax auditing, with a clear desire to specialise in this area.
• Knowledge of tax accounting under FRS102 and IFRS; prior experience of US GAAP is useful but not obligatory.
• General corporate tax experience providing corporate tax advisory and compliance services to a variety of clients.
• Good project management skills, including meeting agreed deadlines, taking ownership and managing a team.
• Experience of coaching and training more junior staff.
• Experience of dealing with client senior management and key stakeholders.
• Educated to degree level, and CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent

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 for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, 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.