Why this role?
Are you ready to join a multinational Professional Services network and one of the most well-established accounting practices? Some of the benefits of joining the Tax team include:
- Opportunities to learn for a lifetime and be effectively supported in terms of mentorship, training and personal development
- Diversity is celebrated – different specialisms and disciplines often in one team
- Chance to work on exciting and stimulating projects with a diverse range of clients of different sizes and from different sectors
- Hybrid & flexible working encouraged to support colleagues
- Opportunities to be involved in various Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives and to support charitable causes
- Development opportunities such as secondments and a ‘people manager’ programme to develop your career and find new opportunities
What’s the Opportunity?
Iconic Resourcing presents a fantastic opportunity for a Manager (Corporate Tax Compliance) to join a successful tax team within one of the Big 4 Accountancy Practices.
If you are looking to join a firm who recognise the importance and value of corporation tax compliance and want to achieve the best outcomes for both clients and colleagues, then this role could be for you.
This is your chance to join a brand new “Integrated Compliance Hub” which is receiving heavy investment with the aim of giving you the flexibility and opportunity to develop your career in the areas that really interest you. You will have the ability to shape your career in the way that you way, whether you are already a subject matter expert or have a particular interest in developing in certain areas.
The FS practice is diverse and comprises Asset Management (including Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Funds), Banking and Insurance.
You will be delivering corporate tax compliance services but you will also be able to be involved in tax advisory work and developing innovative technology solutions. There will be opportunities to participate in client demonstrations as well as other aspects of business development.
Both full time and part time roles are available with flexible working arrangements which include, early or late starts to fit around other commitments, shorter working days etc.
How will you fit?
In order to take on this role, you will:
- Be ATT/CTA/ACCA qualified (or equivalent) or qualified by experience
- Have experience of manager level review of corporate tax computations and returns, including client liaison through the compliance process.
- Be able to identify and resolve technical issues or escalate as appropriate.
- Have experience/awareness of specific technical areas including complex capital versus revenue treatment; pension scheme and share scheme adjustments; group relief; basic transfer pricing; tax accounting for single entities and groups; controlled foreign companies and corporate interest restriction.
- Have strong interpersonal skills with experience of managing and / or coaching junior staff, in addition to strong oral and written communication skills.
- Have excellent teamwork, management and organisational skills, including monitoring timetables and budgets.
- Alphatax is the primary compliance deliverable tool. A background in another tax software solution will come with transferable skills and transition training will be provided.
It is not a requirement to have specific Financial Services tax knowledge, but this would be desirable
You’ll add value to the team by:
- Maintaining a portfolio of clients and taking responsibility for ensuring the tax computations are prepared to a high standard, on a timely basis and finalised and submitted to HMRC within agreed deadlines.
- Overseeing the work of assistant managers, providing coaching and technical guidance as part of the overall review process.
- Working directly with the client to plan and understand the requirements at the start of each compliance cycle including potential visits to clients/local offices to ensure we use appropriate technology and resources to deliver a quality product on time
- On more complex clients, acting as the main point of liaison with the client to obtain additional information if required, feeding back to the tax computation preparers to enable them to provide an updated draft computation for subsequent review.
- Identifying and resolving technical issues, preparing technical analysis and involving specialists as appropriate to prepare or review analysis.
- If desired, the role offers the opportunity to get involved in tax advisory work to help build out your expertise and experience.
- Carrying out a full manager review of computations and other deliverables prior to sending to clients and HMRC.
- Working with local Financial Services teams and specialists in their field, including, for example, providing assistance in the drafting of responses to HMRC correspondence and preparing tax accounting disclosures in addition to managing risk.
- Identifying opportunities and any additional services that the client may need and liaise with subject specialists.
- Following company best practice and policy.
So what next?
We value your experience as a candidate and understand that considering a new role can be daunting, therefore we are offering first stage informal and confidential chats where you can find out more about the role and your suitability.
To find out more, please contact Caitlin Farquharson.
Iconic Resourcing is an equal opportunities employer, and all applications will be treated as such. We act as both an employment business and an employment agency.