Overview

This role can be based out of any of our offices in Bristol, Bournemouth, High Wycombe, Peterborough, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh, or Inverness. We are in an expansion phase across the firm and seek an experienced Senior Manager or Manager to join our Tax Services Group to provide direct support to the partners by managing an existing portfolio of professional partnerships and connected partners, while helping to grow and develop this area of our business. The successful applicant will be responsible for their own portfolio and should possess strong tax technical expertise, leadership skills, and the ability to foster client relationships. The allocation of work includes compliance and advisory for professional partnerships and all related matters. The role will include supporting business development activities, including preparing tenders, proposals and delivering presentations. The role will involve mentoring and developing team members interested in a partnership specialism along with line management, assisting with work planning and performance feedback. Ongoing training will be provided, with the opportunity for the individual to attend the firm\'s annual tax conference and attend both internal and external training sessions. The role provides a wide range of interesting work for someone with a solid personal tax background in a friendly and supportive environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage an existing portfolio of professional partnerships and connected partners, providing direct support to partners.


• Deliver 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 pursuing a partnership specialism; participate in line management, work planning and performance feedback.


• Provide ongoing training opportunities, including attendance at internal/external training and the firm\’s annual tax conference.


• Work in a collaborative environment to grow and develop the Tax Services Group practice.

Qualifications

• Qualified (e.g., ACA/ACCA/CTA) with several years of post-qualification experience.


• Strong UK tax technical skills; ability to analyse tax queries and provide robust advice and solutions.


• Project management skills with the ability to plan, prioritise, meet deadlines and monitor budgets.


• Delivery-focused with responsibility for the quality of work.


• Excellent communication skills with a clear client focus and ability to build strong client relationships.


• Ability to work collaboratively with different teams; coaching and mentoring skills to develop others.


• Experience in business development.

About the Firm

The Tax Services Group consists of over 110 employees across eight office locations. The team delivers high-quality compliance and advisory services to high-net-worth private clients, including those with UK and offshore interests, property owners, business owners, partnerships and trusts. Saffery LLP provides market-leading accountancy, audit, business advisory, tax and VAT services and was founded in 1855; we are the UK\u2019s 15th largest accountancy firm. We are a partner-led, people-focused firm with a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion (ED\u0026I) through our Everyone Belongs initiative.

Benefits

• A 35-hour working week with a hybrid policy and the flexibility to work from home up to three days per week (core hours 10:00-16:00).


• Excellent benefits including contributory pension, 25 days annual leave, life assurance and flexible benefits and family-friendly policies.


• Eligibility for the firm\'s Profit-Sharing Plan (paid December).


• Eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme.