Corporate Tax Assistant Manager

Corporate Tax Assistant ManagerTop 50 Firm, City of LondonUp to £65,000!!

A fantastic opportunity with a mid-tier firm of chartered accountants, business management specialists and corporate and private client advisors based in London's vibrant West End. The business has bloomed through organic growth and strategic acquisition to a 190-strong staff across four divisions working worldwide.

The Role:

I am looking for an experienced Assistant Manager looking to progress and join a busy Corporate Tax team. The ideal candidate will be a CTA qualified with at least three years Corporate Tax working experience.

As an Assistant Manager, you will use your technical competency together with your exceptional communication skills to provide Tax support and advice to a range of clients, and to Partners and colleagues across the firm. You will also be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of compliance procedures as well as ad-hoc advisory work. In this role you will work closely with junior members of the Tax team based overseas. You will have fantastic interpersonal skills and a team player attitude, and will put these to good use by aiding in the development of your more junior colleagues.

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Key Responsiblities:

• Tax compliance, review tax returns and computations and monthly tasks prepared by junior staff including providing feedback to aid their development.
• Ensuring the compliance cycle is run smoothly and making sure any issues are addressed and highlighted to relevant staff where necessary.
• Be able to provide support to junior staff based overseas.
• Building and ensuring good relationships with both internal Partners and staff as well as external clients.
• Assist with managing the expectations of partners and other key staff across the practice to ensure work and projects are completed within reasonable and realistic timeframes.
• Provide tax advice and tax technical support to a wide range of clients, partners and colleagues on various issues
• Deal with HMRC enquiries
• Ensure own compliance with all practice management activities.
• Develop and maintain a good level of technical knowledge through appropriate reading and courses, and to fulfil the professional bodies' CPD requirements where appropriate Carry out any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job

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The Individual:

• Strong experience of corporate tax compliance and consultancy.
• Work autonomously with regards to client and general tasks, with an active interest in promoting a professional and collaborative working practice across the firm
• Confident, professional and coherent in dealings with partners, staff and directly with clients and is responsive to the needs of others
• Exceptional work ethic and desire to provide an outstanding client service, with an in-depth understanding of both internal and external clients and their needs as well as the environment they operate in
• Uses own initiative to progress matters to a satisfactory level
• ?Makes valuable contributions in discussions and meetings, articulating solutions to problems and providing clarity on technical issues confidently
• A solid team player with a strong ability to work in a team environment as well as being a self-starter with the ability to work well using own initiative
• Demonstrates high levels of commitment and flexibility, actively offering assistance and support to other colleagues whilst delegating tasks effectively where necessary and taking ownership for own tasks assigned
• Identify ways to network and expand internal and external contacts through various appropriate channels
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage relationships both internally and externally to a high standard, dealing with first line issues confidently

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Benefits:

• Fantastic private medical insurance
• 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays and 3 additional days over the December holidays
• 3% Pension contribution
• Cashback scheme for medical expenses
• Group Life Insurance
• Mental and Physical Health Support
• Regular social events and activities - including pizza, breakfast and/or drinks on the rooftop terrace, office, or local venues
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Workplace nursery scheme

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Additional Information:

• 9.30am-5.30pm, Monday to Friday
• Flexible working: 3 days (+) in office, 2 days at home