Corporate Tax Manager in Dewsbury

Ensure that your CV is up to date, and that you have read the job specs first. 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 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. From meeting clients' evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team. If you’re after a career that will keep you on your toes, we’ll give you the autonomy to drive your career forward.

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.

BDO supports all kinds of different businesses in different sectors across the UK and around the world. 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 that will serve you throughout your career.

Our tax team based in the Leeds office is 60 strong, of which 25 sit in our corporate tax team led by three partners who have an extensive network and client base across Yorkshire and the North East of England, nationally and internationally. The corporate tax team is highly integrated with the indirect tax, employment tax, private client, tax risk assurance and innovation incentives specialists making up the rest of our local tax group.

As a core and year-round provider of services, 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 a key characteristic of BDO Leeds Tax.

This role will be leading the tax compliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients, with a particular emphasis on large and complex corporates with international footprint and private equity backed portfolio businesses. We offer services including tax strategy and governance, tax due diligence, tax structuring, corporate international advice and more.

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 to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

Responsibilities:

• This role will provide Tax compliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients.
• The primary responsibility will be to deal with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of clients.
• Provide assistance to Associate Director/Director/Partners in both client work and in the management of the Corporate Tax group.
• Manage a substantial portfolio of clients including control of client take on and engagement, billings, and identification of opportunities to improve recoveries, together with cash collection.
• Pay attention to self-development and continuing professional education with a view to progressing within practice.
• Develop professional relationships with clients and within the Firm and adapt the approach for the relevant audience.
• Support, train, mentor and advise more junior colleagues.
• Take personal responsibility for own decisions and actions and those of others.

We’re looking for someone with:

• An in-depth, up-to-date knowledge of taxation with corporation tax specialist knowledge and the ability to deal with complex tax issues.
• Project and staff management experience.
• Ability to manage a client portfolio profitably whilst being able to actively seek opportunities for developing new clients and for selling new services to existing 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. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences.

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you.