International Tax - Director

Grant Thornton Ireland; Cork; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton Ireland seeks an International Tax Director to lead a growing Tax department, delivering solutions to complex issues and guiding a team on a day-to-day basis.

You will develop strategies for cross-border transactions and manage multiple projects while helping expand client work across industries. This role offers progression within the firm and a competitive remuneration package.

Qualifications

• ATT/ACA/ACCA or CTA qualified.
• Minimum 8 years post-qualification experience in an international tax department of a large firm.
• Strong technical knowledge with ability to identify opportunities for clients.
• Capable of working on your own initiative.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with clients and the team.
• Strong interpersonal and people development skills.
• Ambitious and pursuing a career in practice.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team providing international tax services for a broad range of clients in multiple industries.
• Provide support to clients’ cross-border transactions and assess international tax strategies.
• Manage the implementation of several projects, meeting deadlines, prioritization and billings.
• Contribute to the tax practice’s development by managing existing clients and identifying opportunities.

Skills

Tax qualifications

International tax

Team management

Client relations

People development

Strategic thinking

Job description

Job Description

International Tax Director

We are seeking an International Tax Director to join our growing Tax department. As a Director, you will be responsible for presenting solutions to increasingly complex technical issues, demonstrate sufficient technical knowledge in your own service area to develop solutions to complex technical issues and manage a team on a day to day basis. Excellent opportunities exist for ambitious and driven candidates to progress within the firm. The position attracts a competitive remuneration package and ongoing career development.

Main responsibilities

• manage a team providing international tax services for a broad range of clients in a variety of industries and sectors
• provide support to clients’ cross-border transactions and assess their international tax strategies
• manage the implementation of a number of different projects at any one time, including meeting deadlines, prioritization and billings
• Contribute to the tax practice’s development by proactively managing existing clients and identifying potential opportunities to undertake additional/new client work

Skills and attributes

• ATT/ACA/ACCA or CTA qualified;
• minimum 8 years’ post qualification experience of working in an international tax department of a large firm;
• strong technical knowledge and proven ability to identify opportunities for clients;
• capable of working on your own initiative;
• ability to build trusted relationships with clients and the team;
• strong interpersonal skills are essential together with proven people development skills to support the development of the more junior staff; and
• ambitious and want to pursue a career in practice.

About Us

We are Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton Ireland is rapidly approaching 3,000 people, in 9 offices across Ireland, Isle of Man, Gibraltar and Bermuda. With a presence in over 149 countries around the world and a global network of 73,000 people, we bring our clients the local knowledge, national expertise and global presence to help them succeed – wherever they’re located.

At GT, we work as trusted advisors, bringing local knowledge and national expertise, with a global presence, to help businesses succeed – wherever they are located. We make business more personal by investing in building relationships and empowering our clients to make the right decisions for their organisation now and for the future. Whether that is working with the public sector to build thriving communities, with regulators and financial institutions to build trust, or with a diverse range of businesses to help them achieve their goals, Grant Thornton Ireland work hard to support clients to act on the issues that matter.

At GT Ireland we don’t just predict your future, we build it

A Career at GT

Looking for a more fulfilling role in professional services? One where fresh thinking, collaboration and diversity are valued? At Grant Thornton we do things differently.

What does this mean for you?

A career in a more inclusive working environment, a more collaborative work culture, a more supported, flexible working role, more possibilities to grow and more opportunities to help shape the future for your clients. We respect and value your experience. And we want you to bring your authentic self to work and be at your best. It is how it should be.

Grow with us

At Grant Thornton, we care about our people and work hard to make you feel valued. If you are looking to deepen and develop your skills, knowledge, and experience throughout your career, then that is what you will get, and more.

Our Benefits

Please follow this link for information on our generous benefits package.

About The Team

Equity, diversity and inclusion

At Grant Thornton, we provide equitable opportunities for all our colleagues. We are a responsible, sustainable business where equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) is at the forefront of our workplace culture agenda, and today, we continue to build and develop on our existing ED&I structure and strategy to meet our workplace culture needs. People are at the heart of our business and teams built with varied individuals present diverse viewpoints, which need to be heard and valued.

We are all at our best when we are able to be ourselves and we view integrity and authenticity as integral values to bring to our day-to-day work-life at the firm. We are excited to see the personality and perspectives you will bring to our team because we know we will all benefit from them. Diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision-making, improves the quality of our delivery, and helps us to meet the needs of our clients. Our firm is built on people and their ideas, so we want to hear all the new perspectives and fresh thinking you have to offer. You form the bedrock of our firm’s best-practice principles and we will champion you as leaders from day one.

Reward And Benefits

Our reward and benefits are designed to create an environment where our people can flourish. We are committed to building a culture where our people have access to the necessary benefits to help promote a healthy lifestyle and thrive.

Recognition

We want to create a culture of recognition and celebrating success, by saying thank you to people who surpass our expectations and recognising the right values and behaviours. Our Shout Out recognition scheme is our way of highlighting and promoting achievements. Whether you simply want to say thank you, celebrate a special occasion or give an award for doing something exceptional, you can do all of this and more through the scheme.