VAT Tax Director in Cardiff

We're BDO, an accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today's changing world. Our clients are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy.

Our Tax team is friendly, driven and diverse, servicing clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across BDO to deliver wider business solutions. Tax is a dynamic, ever-changing industry, and as our clients' needs and the regulatory environment evolve, you'll encounter new problems to solve and new opportunities for growth.

You will be providing Tax Advisory services to start-ups, scale-ups, private businesses and FTSE listed multinationals. Each of our clients has different needs, and applying your expertise in different contexts will develop your skills and gain valuable experience throughout your career.

Our clients trust us because of the quality of our advice, which grows from a thorough understanding of their business. You'll work closely with clients, building long-lasting relationships, and will be encouraged to identify opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services.

This role will provide Tax compliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients. The primary responsibility will be to manage a portfolio of clients and assist Partners in client work and group management. You will also be involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis.

• Be a stakeholder in the delivery of the Tax strategic framework with regular involvement in tax planning and complex tax issues.
• Keep the Partner informed about any new business opportunities arising on existing and new clients.
• Develop your own network of contacts internally and externally and start winning your own work and cross-selling.
• Be responsible for the review and delivery of final advice to clients.
• Respond quickly to client requests/needs, keeping clients informed of progress and maintaining regular contact.
• Be responsible for coaching and developing junior members of staff.
• Seek innovative solutions to complex challenges.
• Leverage stakeholder relationships to deliver superior results.
• Lead large scale or complex projects within your area of expertise.

• An in-depth, up-to-date knowledge of taxation with specialist knowledge and the ability to deal with complex tax issues.
• Project and staff management experience.
• Ability to manage a substantial client portfolio profitably while actively seeking opportunities for developing new clients and selling new services to existing clients.
• Experience of dealing with client senior management.
• Educated to degree level and/or CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent.
• Demonstrable post-qualified experience.

At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, with programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values, and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture.

We can provide the best support for our clients and people when we're working side by side. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts. Collaboration is key to creating value for our clients and satisfying experiences at work, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices.

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, and we're always finding new ways to invest in you. We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, adapting and evolving to build on our strengths.