Personal Tax Manager - Watford

Hillier Hopkins LLP; Watford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm in Watford is seeking a Personal Tax Manager to assist their team in delivering exceptional client services. The role involves preparing complex tax returns, advising clients on tax planning opportunities, and liaising with HMRC. The ideal candidate is CTA qualified with over 2 years' experience, excellent IT skills, and a strong ability to manage interpersonal relations. This full-time position offers a combination of office and home working, and a comprehensive benefits package including annual bonus and pension scheme.

Benefits

Annual Christmas Bonus

Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Death in Service cover

Group Income Protection Scheme

25 days annual leave

Qualifications

• CTA qualified or equivalent.
• Minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience.
• Experience in personal tax practice required.

Responsibilities

• Assist team in growing the firm.
• Liaise and meet clients to understand their needs.
• Prepare complex personal, partnership and trust tax returns.

Skills

CTA qualified or equivalent

2+ years PQE

Experience in personal tax practice

Interpersonal skills

Good IT skills

Up-to-date technical tax knowledge

Communication skills

Tools

Digita tax software

Job description

Our VAT Controller bridging software will be unavailable on 12 January due to scheduled upgrade work

Personal Tax Manager - Watford

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This is a full time position and based at our Watford office. The role is to assist our Watford team in helping to grow the firm, the duties you will carry out are:

• Working closely with the Tax Principals and other members of the team to achieve results and create an excellent team environment.
• Liaising with and meeting clients to understand and satisfy their requirements.
• Preparing personal, partnership and trust tax returns for some of the Firm’s more complex clients.
• Reviewing personal tax returns, advice or other technical work prepared by junior members of the team.
• Identifying tax planning opportunities, advising clients and helping to implement chosen options.
• Assisting and dealing with HMRC enquiries and compliance checks.
• Working together with multiple teams and Principals, as necessary, across the firm on ad-hoc advisory work in order to deliver solutions.

The ideal candidate

Ideally you will have the following skills:

• CTA qualified or equivalent.
• 2+ years PQE.
• Experience gained in a personal tax practice.
• Be an excellent team player with good interpersonal skills and an ability to manage junior team members.
• Ability to work on a portfolio of clients, taking responsibility for compliance work and identifying tax planning opportunities.
• Good IT skills and ideally familiarity with Digita tax software.
• Up-to-date technical tax knowledge evidenced by recent training and experience.
• Ability to communicate well with clients and colleagues.
• Full time role – Monday to Friday (flexible time policy – combination of office/home working).
• Remuneration will be dependent on experience.
• Right to work in the UK required.

The package will include:

• Annual Christmas Bonus equivalent to 1 week’s salary.
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme all staff are auto enrolled. (Employer: 5%; Employee: 3%) subject to eligibility.
• Private Medical Insurance following completion of 3 months service (this is a taxable benefit).
• Death in Service scheme cover (4x salary).
• Group Income Protection Scheme (non-contributory) following completion of 3 months service.
• Annual Leave will be 25 days per annum (pro rata). 3 days are normally taken at Christmas/New Year.

To apply for this position please complete the application form below.