Real Estate Tax Manager - Senior Manager | London, UK

Morgan McKinley; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000

Job description

About the job

A Top 15 Accounting practice is recruiting for a Real Estate Tax Manager or Senior Manager within their Tax Team in London.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing Real Estate Corporate Tax Team to provide support by managing the corporate tax real estate affairs of our ever-expanding portfolio of real estate clients, in particular Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).

The team

The Real Estate Corporate Tax team consists of 2 Partners and a team of Senior Managers and Managers through to Trainees. The team has a wide range of clients and the Real Estate Corporate Tax offering is growing both in London and Nationally at a strong pace.

The role

To assist with the delivery of tax advisory & compliance services for a range of clients across the real estate sector. The mix of work will be varied as the client base of the Real Estate Corporate Tax Team is a diverse range of property businesses with clients based primarily in London but also throughout the UK. Tax compliance and advisory work for UK REITs is a key focus of the role, for example the preparation and review of REIT Financial Statements, Corporate Interest Restriction and Property Income Distributions (PID) calculations, as well as preparing PID trackers. Tax planning will arise as a matter of course across this diverse portfolio of clients. This will include areas such as group tax planning, property planning, capital allowances, R&D tax credits and s455 tax planning.

You will also be expected to support the senior team with transactional work and prepare reports for tax structuring and due diligence assignments in connection with our real estate clients, including the co-ordination of work from specialist teams. You will be expected to manage junior team members, utilising the team to deliver on projects and develop junior staff through delegation and coaching. You will need to work with the senior team to manage real estate client accounts and help to build out prospective opportunities.

The responsibilities

• The role provides a good range of work for someone with a solid real estate corporate tax compliance and advisory background, with a particular focus on REITs. Experience of dealing with REITs, large property groups, Real Estate Funds and Partnerships, non-resident landlords would be beneficial.
• The successful applicant will also work closely with the Partners and Senior Managers on stand-alone tax advisory projects, including structuring acquisitions and disposals, transaction support and due diligence. Assist with the delivery of complex tax advisory projects and compliance assignments.
• The role would also include the supervision/review of work undertaken by the tax seniors and trainees within the team, including some staff responsibilities and work planning. The individual will in most cases report directly to the head of the corporate tax team and/or client partner.
• Ensure compliance with the firm's quality assurance and risk management procedures.
• Ongoing training will be provided, with the opportunity for the individual to attend both internal and external training sessions.

You

• The role will suit someone proactive; you should possess the confidence and professionalism to establish credibility at all levels, be commercially minded and have a clear perception of client requirements.
• You should be able to market your skills and those of the firm, both on a one-to-one basis and in presentations.
• You should be innovative with vision, creativity and flair.
• You will require recent practical experience of running a real estate corporate tax portfolio, and providing tax advice to REITs and property businesses, with a detailed and up-to-date working knowledge of real estate corporate tax issues a given.
• Whilst technical skills are obviously important, this position also requires a team-oriented and flexible personality, alongside the experience of organising the delivery of tax work, problem-solving and the ability to use your own initiative.
• You must be able to look at the tax issues of private companies both from the point of view of the company structure and that of their owners.
• CTA and/or ACA qualified.

Reward and benefits

• A 35-hour working week with a hybrid working policy with the flexibility to work from home for up to three days per week (our core hours are 10-4).
• Excellent benefits including a contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and great flexible benefits and family-friendly policies.
• Eligibility for the firm's Profit-Sharing Plan. Paid in December.
• Eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme.