Manager - Tax Services Group (Personal Tax)

Saffery Champness; Bristol, Bournemouth, Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm is seeking a Tax Manager to oversee personal tax compliance for various clients, including individuals and trusts. The role includes providing tailored advice and supporting the development of junior staff. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in tax compliance and excellent communication skills, along with the ability to manage their own portfolio. The position offers a hybrid working policy with benefits including a pension scheme and discretionary bonuses.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Life Assurance cover

Flexible benefits and family friendly policies

Eligibility for Profit-Sharing Plan

Eligibility for discretionary bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in management of the personal tax compliance cycle.
• Ability to support training of junior staff.
• Understanding of inheritance and capital gains tax planning.

Responsibilities

• Manage personal tax compliance cycle for individuals and trusts.
• Provide ad hoc tax-related advice to clients.
• Support junior staff with on the job training.

Skills

Positive and enthusiastic attitude

High level of motivation

Experience in managing own portfolio

Personal tax compliance services

Excellent organizational skills

Ability to provide tailored tax advice

Professional services background

Confident communicator

Team player

Attention to detail

Excellent IT skills

Job description

Overview

Manager - Tax Services Group (Personal Tax) – Saffery, City Of Peterborough, England, United Kingdom

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Please note, this position can be based out of any of our Bristol, Bournemouth or Peterborough offices

The role

We are recruiting for an experienced Tax Manager with a focus on the management of the personal tax compliance cycle. The role includes the provision of ad hoc advice related to the annual compliance cycle to our growing portfolio of individuals, trusts, partnerships, LLPs across a range of sectors, particularly landed estates and rural businesses. As a training office, there is also an expectation that the candidate would support the development of more junior staff in on the job training. There are opportunities to get involved in firm wide advisory, committees and presentations if the individual wishes to do so.

You

Key Characteristics And Skills Required

• A positive and enthusiastic attitude
• A high level of motivation, ability and commitment
• Will have previous relevant experience of management as will be managing your own portfolio whilst also being responsible for reviewing the work of more junior tax staff
• Will be experienced in the delivery and management of personal tax compliance services
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills are essential to ensure all deadlines are met
• Will have had experience in the provision of tailored advice, including, inheritance and capital gains tax planning, international tax aspects, and trust planning. The exact mix of advisory will be tailored to the strengths of the individual, but a broad base is required to permit work in most if not all of the above areas. Land based issues form a significant part of the current workload.
• Will be from a professional services background
• Will be a confident communicator to colleagues, partners and clients
• Comfortable working on own initiative as well as being a good team player
• High attention to detail and the ability to work in a timely manner
• Excellent IT skills

The team

The Tax Services Group South (TSGS) consists of over 50 employees spread over 4 UK offices (Bristol, Bournemouth, High Wycombe and Peterborough). The team delivers exceptional quality compliance and advisory services to a wide range of high-net-worth private clients, including those with UK and offshore interests, property owners, business owners, partnerships and trusts.

Rewards/Benefits

• A 35-hour working week with a hybrid working policy with the flexibility to work from home for up to three days per week (our core hours are 10-4)
• Excellent benefits including; contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and great flexible benefits and family friendly policies
• Eligibility for the firm’s Profit-Sharing Plan. Paid in December
• Eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme

About Us

Saffery LLP is an adviser to individuals and businesses across a range of sectors, providing market-leading accountancy, audit, business advisory, tax and VAT services. Founded in 1855, we are the UK’s 15th largest accountancy firm.

When you work with us at Saffery, you work with people who know your name, not just a job title. We’re a place shaped by friendly, intelligent people who are individually excellent and collectively exceptional. We’re committed to our clients, but also to our greatest asset – our people.

As a proud member of Nexia, a leading, international network of independent accounting and consulting firms, we’ve got access to local insight on a global scale.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Equality, diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building on our positive work culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our equitable culture of inclusion, led from the top.

We hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and collegiality, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Accounting/Auditing and Finance

Industries

• Accounting

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