Job Description
Job Title: |
Tax Senior |
Department: |
Corporate Tax |
Reporting To: |
Corporate Tax Managers, Directors |
Based in: |
London |
Contractual Hours: |
Standard 9:30am to 5:30pm Monday |
You will be a member of a growing corporation tax specialist team focusing on providing pro-active corporation tax services to a wide range of clients operating in the Creative, Media & Technology sectors. You will need to be client facing, show willingness to work as part of a team and be able to meet deadlines.
Essential Job Functions
Duties and responsibilities would include the following:
- Corporation tax compliance work on a portfolio of clients including both standalone companies and groups;
- Liaising with HMRC on queries into tax returns;
- Basic introduction to tax advisory work, under the supervision of managers, to partners and clients including:
– research and development tax relief;
– group tax planning;
– venture capital tax reliefs;
– share schemes and valuations;
– Preparation of the tax sections of due diligence reports;
- Completion of EMI and EIS/SEIS documentation;
- Assisting managers with billing and managing work in progress on portfolio of clients.
Work-Based Competencies
- Qualified/Nearly Qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA/CA or equivalent), either working in a corporation tax role or with exposure to Corporation tax in a general practice role. Alternatively, the candidate can have relevant corporation tax experience qualified at least to ATT level;
- Has previously managed a client portfolio would be preferred but not essential;
- Able to use the Microsoft suite, including Outlook, Excel, Word;
- Knowledge of Alphatax preferred but not essential.
Behavioural Competencies
- Self-motivated individual;
- Able to deliver work to a high standard and meet internal and external deadlines;
- Displays good organisational and time management skills and the ability to run and manage a client portfolio;
- Able to demonstrate good client focused skills, the ability to work unsupervised within a team environment and can influence and negotiate;
- Good communication skills essential, being able to communicate with all levels externally and internally;
- Aware of own personal development and contributes towards it. Training and study support will be available where applicable.