UKI - Global Compliance & Reporting - Corporate Tax Manager - Reading | Reading, UK

EY; Reading; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a driven Corporate Tax Manager to join their Reading office. This role offers the chance to work with prestigious clients, navigating complex tax environments while delivering exceptional service. The ideal candidate will have significant corporate tax experience and strong relationship management skills, contributing to a dynamic team. You'll lead initiatives, mentor junior staff, and ensure quality in all deliverables. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact in a growing team focused on excellence in tax advisory and compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years' experience in corporate tax.
• Proven ability to interpret tax statutes and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of complex tax advisory and compliance engagements.
• Grow and maintain relationships with existing and new clients.
• Supervise, coach, and mentor junior staff.

Skills

Corporate Tax Experience

Client Relationship Management

Negotiation Skills

Business Development

Time Management

Effective Communication

Team Player

Coaching and Mentoring

Education

ACA / CA / ACCA / CTA

Law Qualification or Equivalent Tax Specialist Qualification

Job description

UKI - Global Compliance & Reporting - Corporate Tax Manager - Reading

Our Global Compliance, Reporting and Advisory professionals help businesses meet complex demands for tax compliance and reporting and with the associated tax advisory, strategy and controversy. The Global Compliance, Reporting and Advisory team continues to experience growth due to strong client demand.

By integrating deep technical and industry knowledge with established methodologies and cutting edge tax technologies they work with a wide range of large and complex multinational companies (predominantly FTSE and significant inbound businesses) to help them develop and implement effective, practical and sustainable tax strategies.

The opportunity

Due to significant growth following a number of high-profile client wins we are looking for an experienced and driven Corporate Tax Manager in our Reading Office. The role offers the opportunity to work on some of the largest and most exciting clients in the market to help support them as they navigate an ever increasingly complex tax environment.

Your key responsibilities:

• Grow and maintain relationships with clients both existing and new clients
• High level management of the successful delivery of technically complex tax advisory, compliance and reporting engagements
• Involvement in tax audit engagements
• Providing exceptional client service with responsibility for quality provided
• Working collaboratively with other tax specialist teams
• Grow networks and relationships internally and externally
• Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff
• Lead team initiatives, covering all aspects of leading a successful team

Skills and attributes for success:

• Significant experience in corporate tax from practice or from an in-house tax background
• Strong client relationship management skills
• Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and exhibit strong and stakeholder management
• Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work
• Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral
• Enthusiastic team player with the ability to create and sustain effective teams
• Experience of coaching and developing more junior staff
• Ensure delivery of quality work

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Experienced corporate tax practitioner (Minimum of 4 years' experience)
• ACA / CA / ACCA / CTA; or Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training course; or Law qualification/Tax specialist qualification/or breadth of knowledge equivalent to a Tax specialist qualification
• Experience in tax accounting/tax audit
• Proven ability to read and interpret existing and new tax statute

Ideally, you'll also have

• Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget

What we look for

• Team player; ability to integrate with new teams quickly
• Outgoing with good relationship skills and the ability to deliver quality output
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral
• Change orientated with flexible approach