Employment Tax Assistant Manager in Exeter

We are looking to recruit a talented Employment Tax Assistant Manager to join our growing tax team. This is a great opportunity to take the next step in your career. You’ll work with a broad and varied client base, including entrepreneurial owner-managed businesses and dynamic corporates, supporting them on a range of engaging and technically interesting tax advisory projects. As an Assistant Manager, you’ll play a key role in delivering client work, supporting the development of more junior team members, and contributing to the smooth delivery of our Employment Tax services. You’ll work closely with Managers, Directors, and Partners, giving you fantastic exposure to complex advisory work and career development opportunities.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting on a variety of Employment Tax advisory projects, such as benefit and reward structuring, international employments, NMW and CIS issues.
• Assisting with employment tax elements of due diligence and transactions, including drafting input for reports.
• Collaborating with more senior colleagues to manage and deliver client assignments.
• Helping to coach and support the development of trainees and more junior team members.
• Building strong client relationships through clear communication and dependable service.

This role provides plenty of opportunity to learn, develop and progress your career in a supportive, high-performing team.

To be considered for the role, you will need to be:

• Appropriately qualified, or working towards a relevant qualification, with experience in Employment Tax.
• Confident working with clients and able to explain technical issues clearly.
• Keen to continue developing your technical expertise and client-handling skills.
• A team player who enjoys coaching and collaborating with colleagues.
• Motivated to contribute to the ongoing success and growth of Bishop Fleming.
• Experience with international employments or CIS is beneficial but not essential — we’ll help you grow in these areas.

Bishop Fleming is an award-winning and certified Great Place to Work® provider of Audit, Accountancy, Tax and Advisory services in the South West and West Midlands. With a turnover of £48m, the firm saw growth of almost 15% over the last 12 months. Currently ranked fifth in the Accountancy Age Mid-Tier Power Index and is also the largest provider of audit services to multi-academy trusts in the academy sector. From owner-managed businesses, SMEs, and large businesses; to entrepreneurs and private individuals; Bishop Fleming offers full services across a diverse range of sectors. Bishop Fleming is also a member of Kreston Global, a global network of independent accounting firms in more than 100 countries. With 9 offices, over 47 partners, and over 500 people, we have the capability and capacity to meet our clients’ needs.

If that’s not enough, we offer a fantastic range of benefits including:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Extra time off at Christmas - in addition to your annual leave entitlement, we close between Christmas and New Year
• Hybrid working
• A contributory Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Simply Health cashback plan including access to 24/7 online GP service and counselling services
• Perkbox discounts and rewards platform with over 4,000 perks and discounts
• Yulife employee wellbeing app
• Social events with active social committees that plan internal and external events
• Numerous opportunities for development

Please contact Grace Harris, Recruitment Advisor if you would like to discuss this opportunity further. We welcome applicants who would like the flexibility in their working arrangements, including working from home or part time working, which may help to accommodate parent or carer responsibilities, further studies and activities outside of work. We are committed to welcoming new people into an inclusive working environment, where everyone is given equal opportunity to reach their full potential. We support a culture where people are valued and treated fairly with respect and differences are understood and celebrated. The more varied our workforce, the broader the expertise within our business. The broader our expertise, the greater our chances of innovation and success. That’s why we’re committed to equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion at every level.

As part of our recruitment process and our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant working environment, we carry out background checks on all successful applicants. These checks will include verification of references, confirmation of right to work in the UK, and, where applicable, a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Further details will be provided during the recruitment process.