Corporate Tax Manager in Bristol

About this opportunity

Are you a corporate tax professional who enjoys the advisory and commercial side of tax and wants to develop your career working on transactions? We are looking for a Transactions Tax Advisory Manager to join our growing specialist Transactions Tax team. You don't necessarily need to have spent your whole career in a dedicated Transactions Tax team though that would be an advantage. You could also be an experienced Corporate Tax Manager who has had exposure to advisory and transaction work and would now like to specialise further.

This is an opportunity to build a genuine specialism in transactions tax, working across the full transaction lifecycle, from initial planning and structuring through to completion and post-deal implementation. You'll work with owner-managed businesses, corporate groups, management teams, investors and shareholders on a broad range of transactions, gaining exposure to diverse commercial challenges and deal structures. You'll work alongside experienced Transactions Tax professionals and closely with colleagues across Transaction Services, Corporate Finance and our wider tax practice.

No two transactions are the same but depending on your experience, your responsibilities may include:

• Preparing high-quality technical advice for clients on acquisitions, disposals, restructurings, demergers and succession planning matters.
• Supporting tax due diligence assignments and identifying key tax risks, opportunities and value drivers.
• Advising on transaction structuring, pre-sale planning and post-transaction implementation.
• Supporting complex business reorganisations, group reconstructions and shareholder transactions.
• Working closely with clients, lawyers, corporate finance advisers and other stakeholders throughout the deal lifecycle.
• Project managing the delivery of complex advisory assignments.
• Ensuring all tax technical advice is commercially led.
• Collaborating with colleagues across Tax, Transaction Services and Corporate Finance to deliver integrated client solutions.
• Coaching and developing junior members of the team and reviewing their work.
• Supporting the continued growth and development of Bishop Fleming's Transactions Tax proposition.

You'll increasingly take ownership of projects, managing the day-to-day delivery of assignments and acting as a key contact for clients, lawyers, corporate finance advisers and other stakeholders.

What we are looking for

To be successful in this role, you'll bring:

• ACA, CTA, ACCA or equivalent professional qualification.
• Experience of transactions tax, corporate tax advisory, restructuring or other relevant project-based tax work.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to get to grips quickly with complex issues.
• Strong written skills and the ability to turn technical analysis into clear, concise and commercially useful advice.
• Confidence communicating with clients and other professional advisers.
• Good project management skills and the ability to manage several assignments and competing deadlines.
• Ability to identify when specialist input is needed and coordinate effectively with other tax and advisory teams.
• Collaborative approach, including an interest in coaching and developing more junior members of the team.

Why join us?

We are an award-winning certified Great Place to Work provider of Audit, Accountancy, Tax and Advisory services in the South West and West Midlands, with a turnover of 50m plus. Having won best regional tax team in the Tolley’s Taxation Awards 2025, we were a finalist in two categories this year.

We are investing heavily in Tax team growth having recently promoted two partners, three Directors and two senior managers from within demonstrating our commitment to growing our people as well as bringing fresh ideas and talent into the team from outside.

From owner-managed businesses, SMEs, and large businesses; to entrepreneurs and private individuals; we offer full services across a diverse range of sectors. With 9 offices, 60 partners, and over 500 people, we have the capability and capacity to meet our clients’ needs.

We are also a correspondent firm of Kreston Global, a global network of accounting firms in more than 100 countries.

We also offer a multifaceted benefits package, which includes:

• 27 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 and flexible working
• A contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Critical illness cover
• 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
• Social events with active social committees that plan internal and external events
• Numerous opportunities for development

Please contact Grace Harris, Talent Acquisition Advisor if you would like to discuss this opportunity further.

We welcome applicants seeking flexible working arrangements, including part‑time working or working from home, to support responsibilities such as caring commitments, further study, or interests outside of work.

We are committed to welcoming new people into an inclusive working environment, where everyone has equal opportunity to reach their full potential. We support a culture where people are valued and treated with respect, and where 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 commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant working environment, we conduct 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.

We do not currently offer visa sponsorship. To be eligible for this role, applicants must have the unrestricted right to live and work in the UK.

For agencies: Please note that we do not accept unsolicited CVs. Submissions will only be reviewed where a role has been briefed by our Talent Acquisition team.

Summary Location: Bristol; Birmingham Type: Full time