Senior Manager/ Manager – Partnership Specialist (Tax Services Group)

Saffery Champness; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Manager or Manager specializing in Tax Services to manage professional partnerships. Responsibilities include providing advisory services, mentoring team members, and supporting business development. The ideal candidate will be ACA/ACCA/CTA qualified with strong UK tax skills. Benefits include hybrid working and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Life Assurance

Profit-Sharing Plan

Discretionary bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Several years post-qualification experience.
• Demonstrated responsibility for work quality.
• Strong client focus with commitment to relationships.

Responsibilities

• Manage an existing portfolio of professional partnerships.
• Provide compliance and advisory services for partnerships.
• Support business development activities.

Skills

Strong UK tax technical skills

Ability to analyse tax technical queries

Project management skills

Excellent communication skills

Coaching and mentoring skills

Education

Qualified ACA/ACCA/CTA

Job description

Overview

Saffery LLP is seeking a Senior Manager or Manager – Partnership Specialist (Tax Services Group) to join our Tax Services Group. This role can be based at any of our offices in Bristol, Bournemouth, High Wycombe, Peterborough, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh, or Inverness.

Responsibilities

• Manage an existing portfolio of professional partnerships and connected partners, applying strong tax technical expertise and leadership to foster client relationships.
• Provide compliance and advisory services for professional partnerships and related matters.
• Support business development activities, including preparing tenders, proposals, and delivering presentations.
• Mentor and develop team members interested in a partnership specialism, along with line management, work planning and performance feedback.
• Participate in ongoing training, with opportunities to attend the firm’s annual tax conference and internal and external training sessions.
• Deliver high-quality work and contribute to client satisfaction and growth of the partnership practice.

About You

The role would suit a qualified individual (for example ACA/ACCA/CTA) with several years post-qualification experience. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Strong UK tax technical skills
• Ability to analyse tax technical queries and provide robust advice and solutions
• Project management skills: ability to plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines and monitor budgets
• Responsibility for the delivery and quality of work
• Excellent communication skills
• A clear client focus with a commitment to building strong client relationships
• Ability to work collaboratively with different teams
• Coaching and mentoring skills to develop other team members
• Business development experience

The Team

The Tax Services Group consists of over 110 employees spread across 8 office locations. The team delivers high-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

• 35-hour working week with a hybrid working policy; up to three days per week working from home (core hours 10-4)
• Excellent benefits including contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance, and 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.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are top priorities. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building an inclusive culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our culture of inclusion. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and encourage applicants regardless of ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence.