Corporate Tax Advisory & Compliance - Tax Senior

Corporate Tax Advisory, Tax Senior - London (with very hybrid working)

My client is looking to continue growing their Corporate and Business Tax team and is now seeking a Corporate Tax Senior to join its exciting and growing department. The right candidate will work alongside both the senior management team and partners to provide bespoke tax advice to clients, as well as our team of in-house commercial and private client solicitors to implement that advice. This is an extremely exciting time to join a fast-growing, ambitious firm with private equity backing.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

1. The role of a manager in our team offers excellent opportunities to work on a broad range of tax advisory projects and clients to develop the right candidate's overall tax advisory skills. The right candidate can expect to spend around 80% of their working time working closely with the partners and more junior members of the team to deliver tax advice to the firm’s clients.
2. The candidate will get full exposure to client-facing communication and work on projects from initial engagement through to legal implementation.
3. The candidate would also be expected to play an important role in the development of their peers and more junior colleagues on a day-to-day basis, both technically and professionally.
4. The candidate would be expected to manage the delivery of advice to the partner for approval, balancing working with more junior resources in the team and reviewing their output, while also being responsible for the preparation and delivery of bespoke advice directly to the partners.
5. The candidate would have good exposure to working with partners on pitching for new clients both remotely and in person.

The firm’s clients consist largely of OMBs and large corporates, and advisory projects regularly consist of the following matters:

1. Structuring corporate transactions such as s.110 reconstructions, statutory demergers, and company share repurchases, advising clients on the availability of any relevant reliefs, and ensuring that their work preserves the desired tax outcomes.
2. The right candidate would be expected to have and develop a good working knowledge of a variety of taxes such that consideration can be given to the full scope of relevant taxation such as corporation tax, income tax, capital gains tax, VAT, and stamp duty/SDLT.
3. Preparing tax valuations and clearance letters for submission to HMRC in respect of such transactions, as necessary.
4. Managing full scope tax due diligence projects and liaising with other members of the wider tax team to deliver reports covering corporation tax, PAYE, and VAT (and any other relevant taxes) on such assignments.
5. Advising on employee share incentives such as EMI schemes and preparing the relevant valuation reports for submission to HMRC.
6. Advising on the qualifying conditions for certain tax reliefs such as EIS/SEIS and making advance assurance submissions on behalf of the clients.
7. Writing up technical tax analysis and applying this to the clients' facts in a clear and coherent manner, as well as reviewing work prepared by more junior members of the team to ensure accuracy prior to delivery to the partner.

Although the role is predominantly advisory-based, there will be a requirement to assist with the compliance work that falls within the team. This typically consists of:

1. Reviewing the preparation of more complex corporation tax returns, often for groups, international, or larger clients of the firm.
2. Supporting our General Practice through the review of some annual computations for their audit clients and working closely with them to provide support for technical tax queries that arise from their work and their clients.

Minimum Requirements:

The ideal candidate should be client-focused with a solid knowledge base and experience of aspects of income tax self-assessment, PAYE, and Corporation Tax compliance procedures that will allow them to supervise members of the team who deal with these areas. They should also have an understanding of accountancy principles and be CTA qualified.

Skills and Experience:

• Part-qualified ACA and/or CTA/ATT
• Extensive experience following attaining their qualifications
• Advanced Excel and Word skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• A good team player
• Experience of mentoring and developing more junior team members
• Enthusiastic and willing to learn
• Organised and motivated
• A driven person who will take ownership of tasks and drive to completion
• Ability to prioritise work
• Ability to deliver work to an agreed timescale and budget
• Ability to generate creative ideas for technical work and business development purposes
• Ability to build personal rapport with clients and win their trust

To discuss this opportunity further, please contact Maisie Horrell on 07855746366 or email maisie.horrell@pro-tax.co.uk.

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