Job Description

It provides support on complex and specialist tax matters to general practice client engagement teams as well as engaging directly with ‘tax-only’ clients on one-off advisory matters. 

You will be expected to work across the range of specialisms, supporting all senior managers, directors and partners in delivering projects. Expectations of level of responsibility would include the following:

• Scoping and costing new projects
• Preparing risk assessments to identify key tax issues to be considered
• Liaising directly with clients and engagement teams to understand and document legal, accounting and commercial background to engagements
• Drafting tax advice for review by senior team members
• Seeking clearances and advance assurance from HMRC
• Reviewing transaction documents for consistency with tax advice given
• Reviewing tax deeds and warranties in transaction documents
• Reviewing target company information and preparing transaction due diligence reports
• Preparing complex corporation tax returns and reviewing lower complexity returns
• Monitoring project budgets and preparing fees.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Good level of post qualification experience in a tax environment, exposed to range of complex assignments, or able to demonstrate equivalent
• CTA and / or ACA / ACCA qualified (or willing to work towards the CTA qualification)
• Experience of public practice, with the competence to deal with managing a portfolio of corporate tax clients
• Excellent interpersonal skills – able to deal with people at all levels
• Self-motivated and able to show initiative
• Accurate and able to work well under pressure
• Good problem solving skills