Tax Manager in Littleton

We’re BDO, an accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world. We work with 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.

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. As our clients’ needs and the regulatory environment evolve, you’ll encounter new problems to solve and new opportunities for growth.

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

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 key characteristics of BDO Leeds Tax.

This role will provide Tax compliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients, with a particular emphasis on large and complex corporates with international footprints and private equity backed portfolio businesses. 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.

Responsibilities:

• Provide Tax compliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients.
• Manage a substantial portfolio of clients including control of client take on and engagement, billings, and identification of opportunities to improve recoveries.
• Pay attention to self-development and continuing professional education.
• Develop professional relationships with clients and within the Firm.
• Support, train, mentor and advise more junior colleagues.
• Lead on some projects within the team.

We’re looking for someone with:

• An in-depth, up-to-date knowledge of taxation with corporation tax specialist knowledge.
• Project and staff management experience.
• Ability to manage a client portfolio profitably while actively seeking opportunities for developing new clients.
• Experience of dealing with client senior management.
• CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent.
• Demonstrable post-qualified 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.

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values, and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. 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.

At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value and satisfying experiences at work, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices.

We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise.