Associate Director, Corporate Tax

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We are looking for an experienced tax professional to join our corporate tax team in Reading. Expand your skill set and take the opportunity to establish deep client relationships and build your client portfolio with some of the largest and most influential companies. Joining our team will allow you to expand your tax advisory skills, due to the breadth and variety of work we can offer and our dynamic client base. The Reading Corporate Tax team is over 100 strong and covers a wide range of disciplines including international tax, transfer pricing, mergers and acquisitions and private client services allowing us to serve a large range of clients across the multi-national and privately-owned markets.

Our Associate Directors take the lead on managing our client services. You will use your commercial awareness and professional expertise, along with leveraging the skills and expertise of others, to deliver the best possible experience and outcomes for our clients. We take individual development very seriously and as well as the opportunity to work on a range of diverse and challenging clients with direct interaction with the partners and in the team, you will also receive continuous on the job training. Our performance management process is structured, transparent and interactive, ensuring you receive ongoing supportive feedback to help you achieve your goals.

You will be a confident team member and responsibilities will include:

• Ownership and development of existing UK and international client relationships and cultivation of new relationships
• Support senior team members and subject matter specialists in communication, marketing and delivery of a range of advisory services to clients
• Development of the technical and operational skill set of junior team members
• Managing and overseeing compliance and advisory projects, with regards to managing client and statutory deadlines, billing requirements and delegating effectively to your team
• Working effectively in diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution

Current or past experience in a practice firm, ICAEW or CTA qualifications (or equivalent), strong communication skills - both written and oral, ability to plan and prioritise workload, meet deadlines and work well under pressure, able to take ownership and use initiative to resolve problems, ability to exercise appropriate level of judgement, drive and spirit to succeed and exceed our clients' expectations and a positive approach to personal development, strong business acumen and commercial awareness, ability to adapt to changes in the external environment rapidly and to respond to clients appropriately in this context, good team player with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels, experience of delegation and interest and skills to develop more junior members of the team.

Tax innovation and tax consultancy may not seem to go together, but that's exactly what you'll find at Deloitte. We're constantly seeking the new and working together to push the limits of what's possible. Discover a new kind of tax career that you can make your own. Our comprehensive range of services encompasses everything from the completion of tax returns (corporation tax self-assessment) to complex consultancy assignments and strategic tax planning. We advise on corporate and general tax, international M&A, stamp tax, cross-border transfer pricing, reorganisations and reconstructions, and competent authority negotiations.

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You'll be based in Reading with hybrid working. At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing.

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before. We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for. Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.