Corporate International Tax Associate

Our client’s Tax team thrives on keeping busy. Friendly, driven and diverse, they service clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across the firm to deliver wider business solutions. From meeting clients’ evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team. If you’re after a career that will keep you on your toes, they’ll give you the autonomy to drive your career forward.

The role                           

This role will provide Tax compliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients. The primary responsibility will be to deal with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of clients. You will also provide assistance to Director/Principals/Partners in both client work and in the management of the group and on occasions the practice. You will be involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis. A key part of the role requires the individual to actively seek, and keep the Partner informed about, any new business opportunities arising on existing and new clients.

Key responsibilities

• Advise on tax planning and restructuring projects in the UK, as well as produce complex UK tax computations and returns
• Pro-actively manage your workload and ensuring communication with managers/directors/partners on a regular basis to service clients
• Be comfortable working with AIM listed companies, FTSE companies as well as private equity backed or privately owned businesses
• Consider and highlight further opportunities to develop new work with existing and new clients

Skills and attributes

• Some understanding of and previous experience within tax compliance, dealing with the annual tax return process of both small clients and those with a much more extensive number of assignees.
• Experience providing some tax advisory and compliance services to a variety of clients.
• Ability to undertake tax audits for clients under UK GAAP, IFRS and US GAAP
• Ability to prepare proposals for new work, including researching target client companies and on technical issues to identify new solutions
• Ability to actively seek opportunities for selling new services to existing clients
• Some experience of dealing with client senior management and key stakeholders
• Educated to degree level, and studying for the CTA and/or ACA or equivalent

Behaviours and attitude

• Are a trusted point of contact and support, often for less experienced colleagues
• Make independent decisions within limits of authority.
• Contribute to, or review processes and procedures.
• Resolve non routine issues by escalating to technical experts.
• Contribute to projects of limited scale or complexity.