US Tax Assistant Manager in Reading

We are BDO, an accountancy and business advisory firm providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy, directly advising the owners and management teams that lead 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. There are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team, from meeting clients' evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation.

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 will 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 that will serve you throughout your career.

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

You should be 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. You will be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

We are an International Tax Team working across every industry sector with a diverse and interesting range of clients, from entrepreneurial start-ups to large, global FTSE 100 companies.

For you, it’s the chance to get involved in:

• Cross border M&A transactions
• Tax planning
• Transfer pricing
• US Tax Consulting and more

Your potential will grow too, with plenty of opportunities to learn new skills or further enhance your current ones. Along the way, we’ll give you all the client exposure, support and connections you need to take your career in whichever direction you want it to go.

We are looking for someone with:

• US Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent
• Demonstrable US tax knowledge
• Strong collaboration skills: Able to guide and supervise less experienced colleagues
• Project management experience
• Client facing skills
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal, with the ability to adapt style as appropriate
• An understanding of quality control procedures

You will be able to be yourself; we will recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We are committed to agile working, offering every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand.

At BDO, we will 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 are proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we will support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

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 will always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we have invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you will never stop learning at BDO.

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we are always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK, thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help the companies we work with achieve their ambitions.

We have a clear purpose, and we are confident in our future, adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, believing in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.