Tax Manager

DBASS Chartered Accountants; Ashbourne; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable advisory firm in Ashbourne is seeking a Senior Tax Manager to lead strategic tax planning for a diverse client portfolio. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of tax experience, strong leadership qualities, and will thrive in a collaborative environment. This role offers the chance to shape tax services and contribute significantly to impactful projects. A competitive salary and professional development opportunities are included.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in tax/accounting practice.
• Strong experience managing complex tax projects.
• Ability to coach and support junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of high-quality tax advice to clients.
• Advise clients on business structuring and mergers.
• Engage with Revenue on client matters.

Skills

General tax/accounting practice experience

Knowledge of Accounting and Tax Standards

Experience across all tax heads

Operational supervision of assignments

Technical capabilities in managing tax projects

Software skills: Sage, Taxpro, ROS, Excel

Tools

Sage

Taxpro

ROS

DRIVE

Virtual Cabinet

Microsoft Suite

Job description

This is a senior role offering autonomy, progression, and the opportunity to shape tax services within a collaborative team. Would ideally suit a qualified tax professional seeking impact, variety, and a values-driven workplace.

Job Description

Join DBASS, a dynamic and growing advisory firm, as our new Tax Manager and lead strategic tax planning for a diverse client portfolio.
This is a senior role offering autonomy, progression, and the opportunity to shape tax services within a collaborative team.
Ideal for a qualified tax professional seeking impact, variety, and a values-driven workplace.

Reports To: Firm Directors

Department: Tax

Hours: 8.30am to 5.30pm Mon to Thurs & 8.30am to 2.30pm on Fridays (flexible start and finish time)

DBASS are an established 3 partner chartered accountancy firm based in Ashbourne, Co Meath. With an impressive database of clients, DBASS has been providing quality chartered accountancy services for over 30 years. Our offices are less than 10 minutes from M50 with a broad range of clients both in terms of audit, non-audit, sole trader etc. and in terms of industry/sector type.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of high-quality commercial tax advice and service to clients
• Bring business knowledge, innovation and insight to create value for clients and the firm.
• Deliver tax insights that help business leaders to make confident business decisions
• Advise clients on business structuring, mergers and acquisitions, cross border expansion, financing, tax audits etc
• Produce reports and presentations for clients
• Engage with Revenue on client matters
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Advise on all tax matters for clients across all tax heads.
• Keeping up to date with all tax issues, changes etc.
• Ensuring tax compliance across a range of international clients.
• Involvement in business development and creating new wins for the business.
• Assist in the billing of clients.
• Build a strong team and support junior members of staff and help them develop

Business Development

• Meeting potential new clients;
• Development of “tax products” for clients.
• Review of client files to identify taxation issues and opportunities.
• Meeting fee targets.
• Assisting with developing firm’s image by the provision of technical articles on Taxissues for internal and external publications.

Qualifications & Experience

Technical Expertise

• 5+ years general tax/accounting practice experience
• An in-depth knowledge of Accounting and Tax Standards
• Strong experience working across all tax heads.
• Experience of operational supervision of assignments and managing of client relationships
• Strong technical capabilities from managing and delivering complex tax projects
• Enthusiastic team player and manager with a passion to coach and encourage others to achieve their potential.
• Sage
• Taxpro
• ROS
• Excel (Advanced preferable)
• DRIVE (Practice Management and client database)
• Virtual Cabinet (Document Management System)
• Microsoft Suite

Candidate Attributes

The ideal candidate must possess the following attributes to be successful in this busy role:

• Highly organised
• Relationship management - ability to read situations and modify behaviour to build quality and diverse relationships.
• Creative - develop new ideas and propose innovative solutions to problems.
• Leadership - demonstrate strong commitment and experience to developing yourself, your team members, your clients and the business.