Senior Tax Manager

Senior Tax Manager

North Bristol

The main responsibilities of the Senior Tax Manager role will be achieving strategic and operational delivery of a challenging tax portfolio. 

As the senior of the tax team, you will nurture relationships with a diverse client portfolio. You will take ownership of the team’s workload and distribute accordingly, ensuring all work meets the correct requirements before it reaches directors for final sign off.

The Position: 

We’re looking for a Senior Tax Manager to join a friendly team at an independent accountancy firm. 

• Manage a personal tax client portfolio with a high level of client responsibility
• Oversee the tax team and manage workflow planning
• Reviewing tax compliance and undertaking ad hoc tax advisory            
• Maintaining client relationship and attending client meetings
• Work on wide ranging tax planning and advisory work with examples across CGT, IHT, trusts, property related tax, SDLT
• Provide tax support and planning to client partners, managers, and directors
• Involvement in corporate tax related work as well with potential acquisition, sales and mergers tax advice, company reorganizations
• Provide a range of tax planning and services to a variety of SME clients
• Communicate with internal departments to ensure deadlines are met

Team Development 

• Ensuring appropriate team staffing levels
• Recruitment of any Tax team members
• Training the team to enable the tax department to complete all types of tax related projects
• Program for additional external training if required
• Performance management            
• PDRs for the tax team
• Adequate review and feedback

Personal qualities

• Enthusiastic
• Innovative
• Positive attitude
• Self-motivated
• Trustworthy
• Good communication Skills with stakeholders

Qualifications:

• CTA/ACA/ACCA (or equivalent) qualified
• Previous mixed tax experience in a similar role with a practice environment is essential
• Strong technical knowledge and ability to carry out research into complex are of tax legislation

The Location:

Office accessible from the M4, M5, M32, and Bristol Parkway which makes it the ideal workplace for anyone living within Bristol or the South-West.

The Benefits 

• Competitive salary
• Paid overtime
• Great employee benefits
• Reasonable working hours
• Full general practice training to include audit/accounts/tax/advisory
• Free parking
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff Socials
• Flexitime
• Employee Referral Scheme

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