Tax Associate - Advisory - Private Client

Gillespie Macandrew Llp; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Scottish legal firm in Edinburgh is seeking an experienced Tax Associate to join their Private Client team. The role involves providing expert tax planning advice and requires at least 5 years of practical tax advisory experience. If you thrive in a client-focused environment and are ATT or CTA qualified, this opportunity offers a competitive remuneration and benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of practical tax advisory experience.
• Understanding of tax compliance procedures.
• Applications from Solicitors with tax experience will also be considered.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert tax planning advice relating to personal, succession, trust and executry taxation.
• Advise on Inheritance Tax, Capital Gains Tax and Income Tax.
• Assist with tax aspects of land transactions and heritable property.

Skills

Tax advisory experience

Client focus

Technical skills in taxation

Education

ATT or CTA qualified

Experience with tax compliance procedures

Job description

Overview

Tax Associate – Advisory – Private Client Edinburgh
Permanent

Gillespie Macandrew is a successful independent Scottish legal firm with a strong focus on private client and property-related legal work. Our strategy focuses on 4 core sectors; Private Client, Land & Rural Business, Renewable Energy and Commercial Real Estate. To clients in these sectors, the firm offers a comprehensive range of legal services spread across 8 practice teams. With over 180 Partners and staff, we operate from offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth.

Our Private Client team is one of the largest in Scotland and is central to the strategy of the firm representing a significant proportion of the firm’s overall turnover. We provide a full-spectrum of wealth protection, tax and inheritance, trusts and executries advice to high net worth individuals, the elderly, and family-owned and SME business owners in addition to wills, probate, executry and tax compliance services.

We have an excellent opportunity for a senior tax advisor to join our leading Private Client team, which provides tax and succession advice to a wide range of clients including landed estates, rural businesses, trusts, executries and high-net worth families.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert tax planning advice relating to personal, succession, trust and executry taxation, with support from Tax partners and senior colleagues as required.
• Advise on Inheritance Tax (including APR and BPR), Capital Gains Tax and Income Tax; basic understanding of VAT is advantageous but not essential. Knowledge of LBTT and SDLT is desirable, with training available.
• Assist with tax aspects of land transactions and heritable property.
• Demonstrate a highly motivated, collaborative approach with a strong client focus and excellent client service. Contribute to business development opportunities and internal training to generate cross-service line referrals.
• Display strong technical skills and the ability to advise across all areas of tax planning related to personal, succession, trust and executry taxation.

Qualifications

• ATT or CTA qualified, or qualified by experience. Support may be available to follow the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners syllabus to achieve TEP status or other appropriate professional qualifications.
• At least 5 years of practical tax advisory experience and understanding of tax compliance procedures.
• Applications from Solicitors with tax experience will also be considered.
• Role is full-time; consideration will be given to part-time and flexible working.

Remuneration and Benefits

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career in a modern, professional and rewarding environment, supported by a competitive remuneration and benefits package.

How to apply

To find out more, contact us at [e-mail] or ask to speak in confidence with our HR Team.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and creating a workplace culture in which diversity and inclusion is valued and everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As part of our zero-tolerance approach to discrimination in any form, you and any job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (Protected Characteristics). We are also committed to providing equitable treatments to all those we deal with as an organisation, including our clients and suppliers.