Join our client's Financial Services (FS) Tax practice as a Senior Advisor and you will be helping clients meet the complex demands of today’s tax environment. You will help to manage relationships with some of their key local and national clients, both delivering services and introducing deep specialists to them as required.
You will help clients understand the tax implications of political, regulatory, accounting and law changes and build in sustainable strategies to deal with them. With a focus on tax compliance, tax reporting and audit you will also have the opportunity to get involved in advisory and transactions.
The role
Our client has ambitious plans to develop and expand in National Markets and further develop their high performing teams. Working in their FS Global Compliance and Reporting (GCR) team will allow you to serve and strengthen relationships with clients locally and make significant contributions to a number of national accounts.
Our client's FS Global Compliance and Reporting team has grown rapidly over recent years to 120 people and created the need for local tax expertise specialised in the sector. Joining the team will give you the unique opportunity to influence, shape and mould the tax practice whilst gaining invaluable experience. You will have the opportunity to bring your expertise to help drive the growth of the business and build key relationships with prestigious clients. Playing a key role in this success will give you the skills you need to propel your career to the highest level, while gaining a broader experience than you might receive in larger teams.
If you’re creative, innovative, curious and looking to progress in your career this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
Key responsibilities
* Contributing to building and maintaining key client relationships by delivering exceptional client service
* Ensuring technical excellence and practical/business driven approach taken on all projects
* Identifying and driving opportunities – use your knowledge gained from other projects and from the team's knowledge sharing sessions and technical training to add input to new projects and proposals
* Building your own strong client and internal relationships - develop and use your relationship skills to create your own external and internal networks
* Counsel and develop more junior staff through delegation and on the job training
Skills and attributes
* Strategically and commercially aware
* Ability to build strong client relationships and committed to delivery of exceptional client service
* Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral.
* Enthusiastic and flexible attitude to work
* Strong and motivated team player who integrates with new teams quickly
* Coaching and developing more junior staff
* Ability to identify areas of risk, carry out effective reviews and know when to refer upwards
To qualify for the role, you must have
* Experience in corporate tax with a large accountancy or law firm, HMRC or in-house tax team
* Any of the following preferred: ACA / ACCA / CA / CTA (or breadth of knowledge equivalent to CTA, e.g. law qualification)
* Graduate/graduate calibre or equivalent work experience
Ideally, you will also have
* Project management experience
What our client looks for
You’ll proactively maintain your technical knowledge by keeping abreast of developments in UK and international tax concepts and your awareness of issues affecting the financial services sector so that you can better advise clients. The types of project you’ll contribute towards may include:
* Tax reporting
* Tax compliance
* General advisory and applying new tax legislation
* Impact of regulation and regulatory reporting
* Tax due diligence and structuring advice
* Managing relationships with HMRC
In return, our client will provide investment in the right sort of training and offer you the opportunities on projects and assignments that will develop and challenge you so that you’re in the best place to further develop as a tax professional.
Whatever the projects and assignments you work on you can be confident that you’re contributing towards helping clients to develop and execute their international tax strategy ensuring technical excellence and providing the highest levels of client service.
Benefits to you
Our client offers a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Their comprehensive package includes support for flexible working and career development, and you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, they offer:
* Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around
* Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
* The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you
Our client is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. They strive to achieve the right balance for their people, enabling them to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.
Andrew Vinell Tax Recruitment Ltd is a boutique tax recruitment consultancy servicing all areas of tax. With over twenty years of experience in the tax world, we are well placed to service all your recruitment needs.
Andrew’s knowledge of the tax industry, having worked in practice at KPMG and EY and in-house at Saathi & Saatchi, gives him the cutting edge when it comes to identifying top talent and servicing client needs. Andrew is tenacious and driven when it comes to making connections which has led to him placing numerous tax professionals at all levels not only across the UK but in Europe and The Middle East.
Andrew continues to grow his company on the vision of providing the highest quality service possible, tailoring to, and delivering exactly what clients need, as well as finding and securing fantastic roles for our truly exceptional candidates.
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