M & A Tax Manager / Senior Manager in Chester

An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy – and directly advise the owners and management teams leading them.

Working, achieving, and thriving together, our Tax team move with every challenge. Friendly, driven and diverse, they service our 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. From meeting clients’ evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team. Tax is a dynamic, ever-changing industry. As our clients’ needs and the regulatory environment evolve, you’ll encounter new problems to solve and new opportunities for growth.

Whether it’s advising clients on high-profile specialisms like Corporation Tax or leading the implementation of intelligent technology solutions, you’ll enjoy variety as well as stretch in your role. You’ll be providing Tax Advisory services to start-ups and scale-ups, to private businesses and FTSE listed multinationals. Our tax team based in the Leeds office is 60 strong of which 25 sit in our corporate tax team led by three partners who have an extensive network and client base across Yorkshire and the North East of England, nationally and internationally.

The corporate tax team is highly integrated with the indirect tax, employment tax, private client, tax risk assurance and innovation incentives specialists making up the rest of our local tax group. As a core and year round provider of services, the corporate tax team plays a fundamental role in leading trusted relationships with a variety of exciting businesses to deliver the holistic tax service BDO in Leeds is known for.

With a strong culture and team dynamic that is friendly, team-orientated and very supportive, high performance and enriching development opportunities are a key characteristic of BDO Leeds Tax which makes this a positive place to be, aligning personal purpose and success with excellent client service and impactful results for the BDO business.

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships.

This role will be leading the tax compliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients, with a particular emphasis on large and complex corporates with international footprint and private equity backed portfolio businesses. We offer services including tax strategy and governance, tax due diligence, tax structuring, corporate international advice and more. So, there’s plenty of variety from one day to the next.

You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. Whether building great relationships with clients or colleagues, you’ll be supported by a team that brings out the best in you.

This role will provide Tax compliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients. Provide assistance to Associate Director/Director/Partners in both client work and in the management of the Corporate Tax group and on occasions the practice. Will be involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis.

Provide Tax compliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients using local junior team support, resource from a shared service team or via technology tools. Manage a substantial portfolio of clients including control of client take on and engagement, billings, and identification of opportunities to improve recoveries, together with cash collection.

Understand potential risks to the Firm in relation to the Firm’s quality control procedures and raise with the appropriate person. Lead on some projects within the team.

An in depth, up to date, knowledge of taxation with corporation tax specialist knowledge and the ability to deal with complex tax issues. In depth knowledge of tax accounting and audit of tax for groups. Understands potential risks to the Firm in relation to the Firm’s quality control procedures and raising to the appropriate person. Project and staff management experience.

We’re committed to agile working, and we offer everyone the opportunity to work in ways that suit them, their teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions.