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Job summary
A leading accounting firm in London is seeking an ATT qualified Senior to join their Private Client Tax team. You will manage a diverse portfolio, preparing tax returns, interfacing with clients, and providing tax planning advice. The ideal candidate will have demonstrable personal tax experience and strong communication skills. This role offers a range of benefits, including a hybrid working policy and professional development support.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Demonstrable personal tax experience within a practice environment.
- Ability to prioritize under pressure and work accurately with minimal supervision.
- Good knowledge of income tax, capital allowances, and inheritance tax.
Responsibilities
- Preparing tax returns for review.
- Interfacing between clients and managers.
- Assisting with training and supervision of junior staff.
Skills
Education
Tools
Department: Personal Tax
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: London
The Private Client department comprises 25 specialist staff and is headed by 4 Partners and a 4 Directors.
We require an ATT qualified Senior to join our Private Client Tax team.
Reporting to the Managers, Directors and Partners, the Senior will have their own interesting and varied portfolio of clients including a mix of high profile individuals, professional persons, partnerships, entrepreneurs, and international clients. They will be expected to support on projects and ad-hoc advice where necessary.
- Preparing tax returns for review by the Manager
- Interfacing between clients and managers
- Assisting with general private client issues and suggesting tax planning opportunities for clients within their portfolio
- Communicating and corresponding with HMRC
- Communicating with and answering queries from clients
- Assisting with the training and supervision of more junior members of staff
- Other ad-hoc duties in line with the role
- Demonstratable personal tax experience within a practice environment
- Accurate work, displaying initiative with minimal supervision
- A proactive attitude
- Successful work as a team member
- An ability to work under pressure and to be able to prioritise
- Good communication skills
- Good knowledge of Microsoft software
- Good organisational skills
- Good general knowledge of income tax, capital allowances, employment taxes, capital gains tax and benefits, and international clients
- A basic knowledge of capital gains tax, treatment of foreign income, capital allowances, tax credits, and inheritance tax
The successful candidate will already be ATT qualified. We would be willing to support any remaining CTA papers after successful completion of a probationary period. We would also prefer the successful candidate to have some working knowledge of Digita software, although training will be provided if not.
- Group Life Cover
- 22 days holiday on commencement + bank holidays (some of which are flexible)
- Buying and Selling Holiday Scheme
- Hybrid working policy – at least 2 days in the office a week, with a core hours system in place
- PHI (Permanent Health Insurance)
- Non-Contributory Health Cash Plan
- Enhanced maternity and paternity packages
- Season Ticket Loan (after qualifying period)
- Discounted Gym Membership
- Discounted Tastecard
- Perkbox Membership
- Pension Scheme
- Cycle voucher scheme
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