Tax Associate

Job Title: Tax Associate

Hours: Full time Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm (37.5 hours per week)

Location: Newton Abbot

Affinia is the UK’s largest purpose-led, purpose-built Accountancy firm, focused on building stronger, more valuable relationships. With over 1600 colleagues across the East, Southeast, London and the Midlands, we are dedicated to supporting our clients, colleagues and communities.

We advise businesses, public sector organisations, charities and individuals throughout the UK and internationally across six Service Lines - Accountancy & Advisory, Tax and Planning, Audit & Assurance, Corporate Finance, Payroll and Corporate Recovery. Our team also offer in-depth sector expertise across a number of sectors, ensuring our clients receive the best short to medium and long-term advice, tailored to them. We are committed to delivering excellence in every aspect of our work, adapting to the evolving technology and regulatory landscape while consistently exceeding client expectations.

Our people are our most valuable asset. We are therefore committed to supporting our colleagues throughout their professional development, providing guidance and training at whatever stage of their career they join us

Real people. Real growth. Real difference.

This role will be based at the Peplows Office, in Newton Abbot, who are part of Wilson Partners in the Affinia group.

Purpose Of The Role

This is an exciting role within a fun and dynamic team, where you’ll work with a varied portfolio of clients across outsourced services. Although a high proportion of the work will be tax related, you will be working within a mixed accounting and tax team.

This role is client-facing and therefore requires fantastic levels of communication and the ability to build long-term professional relationships with clients and internal teams.

Accountabilities

The Tax Associate role will collaborate closely with other team members across the Group, responsibilities will include:

• Complete standard income tax returns/P11D/corporate tax returns to required level
• Preparation of statutory reporting
• Year-end opening balance adjustments
• Use standard letters where required
• To regularly update appropriate spreadsheets / workflows / databases
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, clients and HM Revenue & Customs
• Ability to complete all work within the allocated time scales
• Complete time sheets accurately and on a timely basis
• Assist with office administration
• Other ad hoc projects

Skills/Qualifications

Key characteristics include strong diligence, problem solving and communication skills, a professional approach to clients and colleagues and a firm commitment to providing top quality client services.

You Will Have

• Basic understanding of income tax and capital gains tax/corporation tax and business tax
• Effective use of IT including Excel, Word, Outlook, and relevant tax packages.
• Questions to improve knowledge and understanding.
• Able to communicate effectively face to face and over the phone with clients and 3rd parties.
• Takes responsibility for work tasks and quality, managing own workload and deadlines under supervision.
• Shows enthusiasm and commitment to undertaking tasks as required and in particular in seeing tasks through to completion.
• Aware of cost implications of actions and meeting set budget requirements.
• Self-motivated to study and puts concentrated effort into exam study
• Maintains professional standards of conduct and practice.
• Previous experience within an accounting practice (1-2 years)
• Part AAT or ATT qualified
• Willing to embrace change and new ideas.
• Attention to detail.
• Be a good team player demonstrating commitment and respect to other team members.
• Open and honest communication.
• Can-do attitude.

Core Benefits

At Affinia, our culture is driven by ambition and a commitment to positively impact all the communities we serve. We are dedicated to the success, development, and wellbeing of our colleagues, helping them achieve their goals and seize the opportunities that come with our growth. Alongside a flexible and inclusive work environment, we offer the following core benefits:

• 20 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays
• Full study support and paid time off for study / exams
• Auto enrolment Pension Scheme
• Professional membership support
• Paycare – claim money back for Dental / Optical / Professional Therapies
• Agile/Hybrid Working Policy. Ability to work from Newton Abbot
• Dress for your Diary Policy

Affinia is a flexible business which has embraced a hybrid working model where our colleagues enjoy a mix of home and office working. We welcome applications from people looking for flexible, agile, and part-time roles and we are happy to explore your preferred working patterns as part of your application.

Affinia is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is unequivocal: we do not tolerate discrimination based on age, disability, sex, race, religion, or belief, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, or sexual orientation. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive organisation that actively promotes equality of opportunity for all, valuing the right mix of talent, skills, and potential. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates, and selection for roles is based solely on individual merit.

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