Technology Tax Manager for Growth & Innovation

Howett Thorpe; Knaphill; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible working arrangements

25 days annual leave, plus bank holid…

Regular salary reviews

Professional development and career …

Scope to build a specialist client …

Job summary

Howett Thorpe in the United Kingdom seeks a Corporate Tax Manager to shape technology tax services for a growing client base spanning startups to international groups. You will advise business owners, develop client relationships and help expand the firm’s technology tax offering.

You will lead complex advisory and compliance work, including R&D relief, SEIS/EIS, and international considerations, while mentoring junior staff and helping grow the practice.

Qualifications

• Substantial UK tax practice experience.
• Qualified CTA/ACA/ACCA; CTA preferred.
• Strong knowledge of corporate tax and complex client requirements.
• Experience with R&D tax relief regimes.
• Knowledge of SEIS/EIS, Patent Box, and tax losses.
• Ability to explain complex tax issues to non-tax specialists.
• Experience managing client relationships from start to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Advise business owners, founders and investors on corporate tax matters arising as their businesses develop, raise funding and enter new markets.
• Help shape and expand the firm's technology tax services, including development of service offerings, pricing and new client relationships.
• Lead advisory assignments involving business sales, acquisitions, investment rounds, group reorganisations, management buyouts and succession planning.
• Support clients with tax implications of international growth, including overseas subsidiaries and transfer pricing.
• Oversee R&D tax relief claims and related documentation and HMRC interactions.
• Advise on tax-efficient treatment of software development expenditure and intangible assets.
• Guide SEIS/EIS and employee share schemes, including EMI and growth shares.
• Ensure complex corporation tax compliance and budgeting for assignments.
• Oversee quarterly instalment payments and relief declarations.

Skills

UK tax experience

CTA/ACCA/ACA

R&D tax relief knowledge

Investor-backed business knowledge

Client relationship management

Commercial acumen

Team mentoring

Education

CTA/ACA/ACCA qualification

Job description

Howett Thorpe in the United Kingdom seeks a Corporate Tax Manager to shape technology tax services for a growing client base spanning startups to international groups. You will advise business owners, develop client relationships and help expand the firm’s technology tax offering.

You will lead complex advisory and compliance work, including R&D relief, SEIS/EIS, and international considerations, while mentoring junior staff and helping grow the practice.