Corporate Tax Director - #1775223

The role

As part of our growth strategy, we are looking to recruit an experienced Corporate Tax Director. The successful candidate will form part of the wider Saffery Corporate Tax team, and responsible for developing our corporate tax offering in the local market as well as helping our existing clients with corporate tax matters, such as tax advisory and transaction services, corporate tax compliance and reporting obligations.

The Responsibilities

Frequently dealing with challenging technical issues, the candidate can expect the role to encompass the following areas amongst others:

• With the support of the Head of Department and other staff, responsibility for developing relationships and new business opportunities to provide a range of tax and other services to.
• Overall responsibility and accountability for a group of clients, with excellent technical expertise in your field.
• Skilled at leading and managing the relationship with clients, with the aim of developing new business from your current client base and beyond.
• Responsibility for encouraging and developing, associate directors and other staff members.
• Ensuring excellent client service whilst minimising conduct risk.
• Contributing to the management of your department and/or office if relevant.
• Work with our internal fee earning partners, to develop our go to market strategy;
  
  

The team

Our Corporate Tax team spans our 9 office locations and comprises 7 partners and over 100 professionals. The Corporate Tax teams deal with a large portfolio of companies operating in a variety of sectors, including manufacturing, technology, retail, recruitment, financial services, hospitality and property.

You

The role would suit a qualified individual (for example ACA/ACCA/CTA) with several years post qualification experience in corporation tax.

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, with the 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; and
• Coaching and mentoring skills to develop other team members.
  
  

Reward And Benefits

• A 35 hour working week with a hybrid working policy with the flexibility to work from home for up to three days per week (our core hours are 10-4);
• Excellent benefits including; contributory pension scheme, 27 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and great flexible benefits and family friendly policies;
• Eligibility for the firm’s Profit-Sharing Plan. Paid in December; and
• 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.

When you work with us at Saffery, you work with people who know your name, not just a job title. We’re a place shaped by friendly, intelligent people who are individually excellent and collectively exceptional. We’re committed to our clients, but also to our greatest asset – our people.

As a proud member of Nexia, a leading, international network of independent accounting and consulting firms, we’ve got access to local insight on a global scale.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Equality, diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building on our positive work culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our equitable culture of inclusion, led from the top.

We hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and collegiality, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.