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Kenneth Brian Associates are currently recruiting for a Tax Manager with a well-established accountancy practice based in Cobham.
This is a growing firm and as Tax Manager you will play a key role in the firm’s future growth. Within this office-based role, you will be responsible for all aspects of taxation within the tax team including self-assessment, corporate and personal tax returns, Capital Gains Tax returns, Inheritance Tax returns and advice, Trust Tax returns and tax planning advice.
As the Practice Tax Manager, your responsibilities will include:
- Advising on Personal Tax, Trust Tax, Inheritance Tax, Capital Gains Tax, VAT, Research and Development, P11D, Form 42, tax planning and ideally Corporation Tax
- Assisting and training colleagues in Trust tax
- Maintain detailed working knowledge of the impact on tax in respect of changes to accounting standards and guidelines
- Managing a portfolio of personal tax clients
- Handle client enquiries on a day-to-day basis and keeping the Managing Director fully up to date
- Prepare the more complex Personal Tax Returns, along with reviewing working paper files prepared by other members of the team
- Advising on overseas tax implications with regard to Personal Tax Returns
- Reporting to the partners
- Guide colleagues in all tax areas
- Follow existing systems, update them, and develop new policies for the firm as appropriate
- Liaising with clients in relation to planning opportunities and providing written reports
- Develop the tax department and business services in order to win more clients/work
- Ad hoc advisory services
Please do apply if you have the following:
- Ideally be CTA qualified with extensive tax experience gained within a UK practice environment
- Experience of both personal and corporate tax and a good knowledge of VAT, Research and Development, Trusts, Inheritance Tax and some overseas tax
- Up to date knowledge of tax legislation
- Highly IT literate with experience of a variety of accounting software packages, and be able to adapt quickly to new software
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
