JOB DESCRIPTION
Our Private Business team specialise in advising privately owned and Private Equity backed businesses together with owners and management teams on all aspects of tax in the UK and abroad. Collaboration with other areas of the business enables us to work holistically with clients to find solutions to achieve their plans.
Our curious minds and collaborative spirit enables us to work together, helping clients navigate the ever changing tax landscape. As part of the team you’ll be actively encouraged to consult, to share specialist knowledge and new ideas as we continue to innovate to deliver best in class service.
We are looking for individuals with significant and varied experiences of advising privately owned or Private Equity backed businesses and business owners on a broad range of complex matters.
1. A key role in a growing team, working closely with experienced Private Business Partners and Directors to develop new client relationships, identifying, and pursuing new opportunities from within our market.
2. Ownership for a diverse and broad portfolio of client engagements, including privately owned and private equity portfolio companies.
3. Developing significant market relationships with both our interesting clients (including many well-known household names) and internal stakeholders, collaborating across the firm when developing client relationships or delivering complex projects.
4. Maintaining an expert level of relevant tax knowledge (both UK and overseas), staying current with technical developments including changes in tax law and legislation.
5. Advising clients and internal stakeholders on the latest tax technical issues, including delivering sessions at client / knowledge events.
6. Supervising, coaching, and providing regular feedback to Managers, Senior Associates and Associates within the team while also keeping more senior stakeholders updated on progress.
Skills and experience
The successful candidate will possess initiative, drive, and the proven ability to work with and help lead a growing team, possessing the personal skills to maintain deep, trusted long-term relationships with our clients and contacts in the market. The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience:
7. Must possess ACA and/or CTA qualification (or an international equivalent)
8. Relevant and up-to-date UK (and some overseas) tax knowledge
9. Varied experience of more complex tax issues facing privately or family-owned businesses, private equity portfolio companies and business owners.
10. Strong project management skills - able to manage several client projects simultaneously
11. Excellent communication skills - point of contact on complex client engagements in their portfolio
12. Excellent written communication - including reports, technical memos
13. Coaching Ethos - coach, develop and delegate to a team
14. Efficient use of technology - in managing client and contact relationships, pursuing opportunities and overseeing the delivery of analysis and written deliverables